Go big or go home

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Hello. I’m Dave Johnson, Director of Digital Engineering at the Co-op and one of the people Mike mentioned here. I’m @davej_leeds on Twitter.

30 days ago Mike, Mat, Tom, Russell and Ben joined the Co-op to lead the creation of fantastic digital services with co-op values. Our team of colleagues across the Co-op have been busy…the first 30 days looked like this…

  • Launch Co-op Digital Blog on day 1…done
  • Launch Slack across Digital Strategy teams…done
  • Lots more Slack channels in the pipeline…
  • Purchase team boards and post-its
  • Purchase more team boards and post-its…done
  • Bring the internet inside the Co-op — ambitious for the first 30 days but progress…social media now accessible…more to do
  • Bring co-op values to the internet — already there, build on that…

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  • Tool up……jira…confluence…github…jenkins…ansible…teraform…done!
  • Developer builds for MacBooks…done. You can read about Lee Murray’s experience of joining the Co-op digital team here
  • Buy some computers…
    • AWS – done
    • Azure – researching
    • Heroku – done
  • Digital platform sprints * 2
  • Show & tells * 2

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  • Product roadmaps * 1
  • Platform and infrastructure backlogs * 2
  • Interviews with world class digital talent * 2
    • Job offers made 2, accepted 2
  • Team drinks after work * 2

Day 31 –

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Our job is to lead and build a world-class digital engineering team at the Co-op, and then build fantastic new digital services with Co-op values. We’re starting at the heart with Membership, and we’ll grow quickly. We’ll need the best digital talent to do that.

Here at the Co-op things are changing. We’ve learnt. We’ve grown. We’ve invested in the things that matter to our customers. We’ve invested in Digital and we are working to make the Co-op a world-leading digital player. Our ambition is bold: to re-create the Co-op for a digital era, and demonstrate a different way of doing business for an increasingly connected community. With this transformation comes a lot of opportunity. As a result we are looking to recruit  a number of talented players within the Digital space. Developers, Engineers, Architects, Business Analysts, User Researchers and Product Managers are just a few of the positions available within our growing and innovative team.

If you want to get involved by playing a key role within our digital transformation, please get in touch with  Polly Haslam today.