{"id":1174514,"url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-software-standards-manager","title":"Software Standards Manager","company":{"id":8101,"name":"General Parts Group","domain":"genpt.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/genpt","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":8,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":21,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Rotherham, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":30000,"max_usd":79000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":161},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":".NET","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"New Relic","optional":false},{"name":"Ping Identity","optional":false},{"name":"C#","optional":true},{"name":"ITIL","optional":true},{"name":"Scrum","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T10:46:45Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T19:00:49Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) is a leading distributor of passenger and commercial vehicle parts to the independent automotive aftermarket in Europe. It operates in France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary and Romania. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), the largest global automotive replacement parts distributor with activities in North America, Europe, and Australasia. AAG’s network serves thousands of customers across Europe supported by a logistics infrastructure of 75 Distribution Centres, approximately 2,550 Stores and thousands of vehicle repairers, body shops and auto-centres. AAG has a revenue of 3.4 billion euros with over 17,000 employees. Learn more at www.allianceautomotivegroup.eu\nThe Software Standards Manager is a new role within Alliance Automotive UK & Ireland, reporting to the Head of Digital & Internal Applications. Operating across both B2B, B2C and internal technology teams, this role exists to bring structure, visibility, and control to a diverse and evolving software landscape shaped by organic and acquisition growth.\nWith multiple homegrown and proprietary applications primarily built on .NET and LAMP stacks, our engineering teams have historically operated with autonomy in tooling, frameworks, and processes. As we continue to scale, we must now centralise standards around source code management, vulnerability remediation, technical debt allocation, and risk reporting-without disrupting the pace of business value delivery.\nThe Software Standards Manager acts as the bridge between delivery-focused development teams and compliance, cyber, and risk stakeholders. This role protects engineering capacity by creating a structured intake and prioritisation model for security and compliance requests, ensuring they are logged, translated into backlog items, and progressed in a measurable way.\nYou will own the catalogue of internally developed applications, maintain visibility of framework lifecycle status, and oversee vulnerability posture across SAST and monitoring tools such as New Relic and Tenable. Through clear weekly reporting and monthly scorecards, you will provide leadership with a single, reliable view of remediation progress and risk exposure.\nThis is a highly visible and influential role, combining governance, technical literacy and stakeholder management to ensure our software estate is secure and sustainable.\nResponsibilities\nTechnical Role Delivery\nOwn and maintain a centralised catalogue of all internally developed applications, including framework versions, hosting environments, ownership, and lifecycle status\nDrive the centralisation and standardisation of code repository management and software governance practices\nEstablish and manage a structured intake process for cyber and compliance requirements\nConsolidate vulnerability findings from tools such as New Relic, Tenable, and other monitoring platforms\nTranslate security and compliance findings into clearly defined, prioritised backlog items within Agile workflows\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies (stands-ups, reviews, retrospectives) to ensure visibility and progress of remediation tasks\nAdvocate for and track a defined allocation of development capacity toward technical debt and vulnerability remediation\nProtect development teams from unstructured or reactive requests by creating a controlled and prioritised engagement model\nPerformance & Reporting\nAct as the primary liaison between Digital, Compliance, and Cyber teams\nDesign and own structured reporting templates, dashboards, and scorecards\nProvide weekly progress updates and monthly governance scorecards to the Head of Department(s) and wider stakeholders\nEstablish a single source of truth for software risk posture and remediation progress\nClearly communicate risk exposure, remediation velocity, and technical debt reduction trends\nReduce reactive reporting cycles by implementing consistent and predictable governance communications\nSupport leadership decision-making with accurate, transparent, and actionable insights\nDeliver a long-term change program to enable Ping Identity IGA & MFA across all employee-accessed applications\nCandidate Qualities & Experience\nEssential Requirements\nProven experience working within software engineering environments (Agile/DevOps)\nStrong understanding of SDLC, backlog management, and sprint planning processes\nPractical experience with vulnerability management and SAST tooling\nAbility to interpret technical risk and translate it into prioritised, actionable remediation plans\nDemonstrated ability to influence engineering teams without direct line management authority\nExperience designing and delivering structured reporting to senior stakeholders.\nWorking knowledge of modern application stacks (including .NET and/or LAMP environments)\nFamiliarity with cloud hosting environments and application lifecycle management\nDegree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or related discipline\nHighly Desirable Qualities\nExperience centralising code repositories and driving engineering standards across multiple teams\nExposure to multi-entity or acquisition-led environments with fragmented technology estates\nExperience engaging with Cyber Security and Compliance stakeholders\nExperience building governance dashboards or automated reporting metrics\nExposure to SSO and IGA rollout projects (preferably Ping Identity)\nRelevant professional certifications, such as:Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)\nCertified Information Security Manager (CISM)\nAgile/Scrum certifications\nITIL (Service Management)\n\nPersonal Attributes\nStructured and disciplined thinker who brings order to complex environments\nPragmatic and commercially aware, balancing risk reduction with business value delivery\nCalm and credible under pressure, able to manage competing stakeholder demand\nConfident communicator who can translate technical detail into executive-level clarity\nResilient and assertive when protecting engineering capacity\nNaturally collaborative, building trust across Development, Cyber, Compliance, and Leadership teams\nOutcome-focused, with a bias toward measurable progress and continuous improvement\nNot the right fit? Create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!\nAlliance Automotive Group is an equal opportunities employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6459,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce","Manufacturing","Wholesale","Automotive Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T10:46:45Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:6","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T01:23:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-software-standards-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/general-parts-group-software-standards-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-25T01:23:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1379,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3621,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-26T00:00:00Z"}}}