Senior Manager, Engineering

Role overview

Senior Manager, Engineering to lead multiple engineering teams for a scalable financial technology platform. You’ll combine people leadership, technical collaboration, and operational excellence to drive consistent delivery and reliability, while fostering AI-native engineering practices and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams through direct leadership, manager development, and cross-functional collaboration
• Coach and develop Engineering Managers and Team Leads; directly manage teams when needed
• Set and maintain consistent standards for hiring, performance management, delivery quality, and team health across teams
• Partner with Product and Design to align objectives, OKRs, KPIs, customer needs, and business priorities
• Drive cross-team execution by managing dependencies and ensuring stakeholder commitments are met
• Balance engineering investments across teams based on strategic priorities and business impact
• Ensure delivery excellence, reliability, and quality practices; identify improvement opportunities
• Lead during major incidents, escalations, and high-priority initiatives requiring multi-team coordination
• Identify and remediate systemic issues to prevent recurring problems
• Oversee engineering skills assessments and maturity initiatives
• Promote AI-native engineering practices and adoption of modern tools and workflows
• Encourage strong architecture practices, including documentation and collaboration with senior technical leaders
• Mentor emerging engineering leaders to expand responsibilities

Requirements

• 10–15 years of relevant engineering experience
• Proven ability to manage engineering leaders and scale organizations while improving team performance
• Demonstrated success developing Managers, Team Leads, and engineers via coaching, feedback, and career growth
• Experience leading hiring, performance management, delivery, and organizational change
• Experience managing both direct teams and teams through other managers
• Ability to align engineering priorities with business objectives, customer outcomes, OKRs, and KPIs
• Experience driving cross-team collaboration, resolving dependencies, and maintaining delivery