Manager Product Software Engineering

Job Title: Senior Manager - Software Engineering

Role Summary

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for leading and scaling highperforming product engineering teams while driving technical excellence, timely delivery, and strategic innovation. This role requires strong people leadership, deep technical expertise, crossfunctional collaboration, and the ability to leverage modern engineering practices including AIassisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

You will partner closely with Product Management, UX, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to define and execute product roadmaps, contribute to longterm technical strategy, and foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & People Management

• Lead and manage a sizable, distributed team of software engineers, fostering a positive, inclusive, and highperforming culture.
• Provide strong technical and managerial leadership, offering guidance on complex engineering challenges and critical decisionmaking.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineering managers and individual contributors, supporting career growth and succession planning.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide actionable feedback, and identify development opportunities.
• Build trust within teams by setting clear expectations, ensuring accountability, and promoting transparency.

Delivery & Execution Excellence

• Plan, prioritize, and schedule work to ensure efficient resource utilization and predictable delivery.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects while balancing scope, quality, risk, and resources.
• Monitor development processes, framework adoption, and project progress to ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Estimate project cost, effort, and resource needs allocate resources effectively across initiatives.
• Continuously monitor ongoing processes and outcomes, providing feedback and driving improvements.

Technical & Architectural Leadership

• Drive engineering best practices across code quality, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and longterm technical strategy aligned with business goals.
• Ensure strong understanding and application of modern software architecture, cloud technologies, and scalable system design.
• Provide oversight and guidance on DevOps practices, microservices architecture, and platform engineering.
• Promote automation across development, testing, deployment, and operational workflows.

AI Tools & Modern Engineering Practices

• Drive adoption of AIassisted development tools (e.g., code generation, code review assistance, test automation, DevOps intelligence).
• Leverage AI tools to improve developer productivity, reduce cycle time, enhance code quality, and accelerate troubleshooting.
• Encourage responsible and secure usage of AI tools in engineering workflows, following organizational and compliance guidelines.
• Use data and AIdriven insights to improve delivery predictability, quality metrics, and engineering efficiency.
• Stay informed on emerging AI trends and assess their applicability to product engineering and platform evolution.

Stakeholder & CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Communicate effectively in a matrixed organization with senior leadership, stakeholders, and crossfunctional partners.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to define, prioritize, and execute product roadmaps.
• Partner across teams, geographies, and functions to enable smooth integrations and successful product launches.
• Influence without authority and resolve dependencies across teams to ensure alignment and progress.

Required Skills & Expertise

Core Technical & Engineering Skills

• Product Software Engineering: Strong expertise in designing, developing, testing, and delivering scalable software products.
• Cloud Computing: Handson understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), cloudnative architectures, and managed services.
• DevOps: Experience with automation, CI/CD, continuous delivery, monitoring, and rapid feedback loops.
• Software Architecture: Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and platform engineering.
• APIs & Integrations: Experience designing, securing, documenting, and managing APIs.
• Automation: Expertise in designing and optimizing automated systems across SDLC.
• Frameworks: Strong knowledge of modern development frameworks and best practices.

Ways of Working

• Agile Methodologies: Experience leading teams using Agile/Scrum/Kanban with a strong focus on continuous improvement.
• Implementation & Delivery: Proven ability to execute plans effectively and deliver complex initiatives.
• Problem Solving & Analysis: Ability to break down complex problems and develop practical, scalable solutions.
• Spec Driven development
• AI oriented SDLC

People & Leadership Skills

• People Management: Strong skills in coaching, delegation, conflict resolution, motivation, and performance management.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Influence & Collaboration: Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment.

Competencies & Leadership Behaviours

• Judgement & Decision Making
• Accountability & Ownership
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Inspiration & Alignment
• Courage to Take Smart Risks

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience leading multiteam or multilocation engineering organizations.
• Exposure to AI/MLpowered engineering platforms or developer productivity tools.
• Experience in largescale product organizations or SaaS platforms.

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