IT Applications & Development Manager - Law Firm

Job Responsibilities

• To lead the management and continuous improvement of the firms' business applications portfolio, ensuring system performance, integration, and alignment with the firm's strategic and security objectives, along with overseeing the in-house development and implementation of off the shelf software that increases efficiencies across the firm.
• Lead and develop the Applications Team, promoting technical excellence, secure development practices, and adherence to quality standards.
• Oversee application governance, life cycle management, and secure development aligned with OWASP ASVS.
• Provide strategic guidance on architecture, integrations, and data integrity, aligned with firm-wide enterprise architecture.
• Stay abreast of emerging tech trends, such as artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and data analytics and evaluate applicability to the firm's operations.
• Establish, document, and govern the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Secure SDLC (SSDLC) frameworks.
• Coordinate application solution architecture and ensure consistency across projects.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation of business systems to support operational efficiency.
• Support the firm's migration of systems to Microsoft Azure, ensuring application compatibility, security, and performance optimisation.
• Ensure compliance with security, data protection, and industry standards.

Skills Required

• Previous experience managing the application and development function within a law firm.
• Experience with legal application such as iManage or Inprotech.
• Knowledge of SQL, C#, Python, Java, HTML/CSS, and related development frameworks.
• Understanding of API integration, data modelling, and application performance tuning.
• Project management skills are essential for implementing new systems or major upgrades.
• Experience with software life cycle tools (eg, Jira, Azure DevOps, ManageEngine Projects).
• Awareness of cloud platforms (Azure essential) and secure development practices.

This role offers hybrid working - 2 days WFH weekly.