Davidson’s technology specialisation helped our client secure the best talent against a backdrop of high demand for candidates with niche technology skillsets.

CHALLENGE

Our client had embarked on a fundamental transformation of its business from a traditional financial services organisation to a financial technology company. Key to its strategy was the transformation of its systems to become a ‘Tech-First’ business. To achieve this goal, the company needed to significantly grow its technology teams to build out numerous tribe teams. 

Roles needed included data engineers, software developers and DevOps engineers. Back-end API and data engineering domains had the highest demand for these skillsets, but were the most difficult areas for which to secure talent. 

Looking for an innovative solution to its talent acquisition challenge, our client engaged Davidson’s expert team of technology recruiters to support its contingent needs to and bolster their permanent workforce and deliver on their strategy.

SOLUTION

Harnessing the benefits of specialisation

Our account manager worked with the client’s Head of Systems and lead engineers to define skill requirements, and benchmarked the required standards. We aligned our delivery obligations into our client’s project management frameworks to ensure delivery of project milestones. 

We formed a project team to leverage both our Specialisation and Research & Delivery practices. This team comprised the expertise of seven consultants who specialised in relevant niche markets. They were supported by our research team and our on-shore resourcing team. 

The project team consisted of a:

• Software Development team, comprising a practice lead and senior consultants 
• Specialist data consultant, dedicated to data analytics and engineering
• Two cloud and infrastructure consultants managing all DevOps and SRE requirements.

Our account manager managed all communications and ensured we met delivery standards, removing the need for our client to allocate time and effort to manage multiple relationships. 

OUTCOMES

A reliable technology recruitment provider

Over the course of the transformation project we placed more than 70 contractors and six key permanent hires with the organisation. All placements were made in accordance with our client’s project schedule, and as the project progressed we continued to support demand.

Despite a great amount of competition for candidates in this space, and with multiple vendors providing recruitment services, we quickly established Davidson as our client’s go-to technology recruitment provider. This was due to our ability to deliver the quality of resources needed on time, and the ease of working with us. 

Thanks to a strong understanding of the technologies our client used and required skillsets, we achieved a resource retention consistently of 94% over the life of the project.

Our client was able to continue on its transformation having successfully managed one of the key risks.