Manager, Engineering

Liberty Mutual•Portsmouth, NH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Liberty Mutual’s US Retail Market (USRM) Architecture team is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead Accelerator, a team of software engineers who build reusable assets—including patterns, libraries, tutorials, templates, and documentation—that put USRM architecture standards into practice. These assets provide USRM engineering squads with a faster, more consistent starting point for development. The team also builds fitness functions and a framework to measure how well teams adhere to architecture standards. The manager is directly accountable for team effectiveness, delivery quality, and engineer growth. The role involves setting team strategy and direction, improving engineering practices, and acting as a change agent to help the team adopt new ways of working, including agentic engineering practices where appropriate. The manager will create a motivating environment of continuous learning and accountability, using agile practices. This is a hybrid role requiring two days in the office each week in Boston, Portsmouth, Indianapolis, Columbus, or Plano. Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of software engineering experience.
Experience managing teams that use Agile Scrum.
Working knowledge of a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and cloud-native architecture.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and an understanding of how AI is changing engineering practices and solution delivery.
Experience driving adoption of architecture standards, platforms, or shared engineering practices across multiple teams.
Ability to set a clear vision, mission, and strategy for a team and rally others around it.
Passion for advancing engineering practices and helping teams adopt approaches that work best.
Strong communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
Track record of coaching engineers and building inclusive, high-trust teams.
Strong analytical skills and sound judgment, with the ability to build consensus across cross-functional stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Background in platform engineering, developer experience, or enterprise architecture.
Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure as code.
3+ years leading engineers.

Responsibilities

Define reusable assets, including patterns, libraries, templates, tutorials, and documentation, to speed adoption of USRM architecture standards.
Identify where standardization at scale can deliver the most consistency and value across USRM.
Identify new reusable assets, such as skills and agents, that support agentic engineering best practices.
Promote AI-enabled engineering practices that speed delivery and improve outcomes.
Champion modern cloud engineering practices, including cloud-native design, automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
Assist in evaluating and selecting new technologies.
Guide the fitness functions and framework used to measure adherence to architecture standards, and turn results into clear next steps for engineering teams.
Partner with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Architect to align team work with shared product goals and define success KPIs.
Build partnerships with clients, technology and business managers, vendors, and technology executives to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Monitor team effectiveness, remove roadblocks, and manage dependencies on other teams.
Mentor and coach team members.
Deliver performance reviews, address performance issues promptly, and support professional development, including rotations and special assignments.
Set the team's direction and support adoption of new ways of working, including agentic engineering practices where appropriate.
Create a motivating environment of continuous learning and accountability, leveraging agile practices.