Software Engineering Manager

SRAM • Phoenixville, PA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is based in Phoenixville, PA and will oversee the development of software developers and related roles for the implementation of value-stream or internal system software deliverables. The Software Engineering Manager will serve as the resource manager for software professionals on the team, monitor team sentiment and take actions as needed, address performance issues, and create an environment of trust, accountability, and continuous learning. They will maintain a sustainable pace while setting high expectations and grow team capability over time by coaching engineers in their career path of interest and providing opportunities to advance. This role also involves leading hiring for open positions. The manager will run Agile rituals for the teams, monitor delivery progress, represent team capacity against roadmaps, milestones, and incoming requests, and partner with a Product Manager. They will drive non-functional backlog management, manage story refinement and ordering, and own release management, including triaging issues and making decisions about release readiness to keep an incremental release cadence on schedule. Additionally, the role involves advancing the collective software culture, taking on leadership roles in department-wide initiatives, and applying continuous improvement and lean product development principles. The manager will also manage the engineering budget for direct reports and projects within their scope of responsibility.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, plus 7 years of professional experience
• Prior people management experience, or internal candidate taking on a management role for the first time
• Prior experience delivering software product using an incremental approach
• Prior experience managing development team(s) delivering similar products
• Prior or current experience as a professional software developer, ideally on products similar to those developed by this team
• A passion for: Code craftsmanship, Quality, Delivery
• Agile (or similar) process expertise with a proven track record, including experience working with Product Management
• Experience running Agile teams and associated tools (e.g., JIRA)
• Experience in organizations with development at scale — software orgs producing many products across many teams

Responsibilities

• Serve as the resource manager for software professionals on the team
• Monitor team sentiment and take actions as needed
• Address performance issues
• Create an environment of trust, accountability, and continuous learning
• Maintain a sustainable pace while setting high expectations
• Grow team capability over time
• Coach engineers in their career path of interest and provide opportunities to advance along identified paths
• Lead hiring for open positions
• Run Agile rituals for the teams managed by this role (e.g., daily stand-ups, per-sprint retrospectives)
• Monitor delivery progress and represent team capacity against roadmaps, milestones, and incoming requests
• Partner with a Product Manager, with the PM representing features and priorities ("what") and this role representing "how" and non-functional needs to be prioritized alongside functional needs
• Drive non-functional backlog management in concert with development leads
• Manage story refinement and ordering in cooperation with the PM (who owns feature prioritization)
• Own release management, in partnership with the team and Product Management
• Triage issues discovered in release preparation and facilitate rapid prioritization with the team and PM
• Make decisions about release readiness
• Keep an incremental release cadence on schedule
• Move the team forward in a way that advances the collective software culture (i.e., avoid operating as an isolated silo)
• Take on leadership role(s) in department-wide initiatives as opportunities arise (e.g., Captain of a Software SI track, Guild Administrator, running book clubs)
• Apply continuous improvement and lean product development principles to optimize efforts and systems and effectively utilize resources
• Manage engineering budget for direct reports and projects within scope of responsibility

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $155,000 – $200,000, commensurate with experience and skills
• Eligible for annual corporate bonus based on company and individual performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager