Full-Time Platform Engineering Manager

Area of workThe Internal Platform is a pivotal foundation that accelerates product development by providing a reliable, scalable, and self-service ecosystem. It supports the entire software lifecycle and is meticulously tailored to meet the organization’s technological needs and strategic direction.

The platform enables development teams to operate autonomously in 80% of cases, reducing dependency on the Internal Platform team, and ensuring that compliance, security, and business continuity are integrated across the entire platform - defending general reliability of services, and data integrity. We work closely with the Product teams to increase productivity and speed up software delivery.

RoleWe seek a strategic leader to join our company as the Engineer Manager for one of Internal Platform’s teams related to testing and development environments.

The team's mission is to provide stable and scalable environments to streamline the process of development and testing across our products. We will work towards enhancing the developer experience, improving the time of delivery, and ensuring the lowest possible entry level.

The team provides a set of solutions, using a platform-as-a-product approach, to empower teams to manage their applications, features, and fixtures autonomously - all that owning processes from discovery to delivery.

What you will be doing

1. Managing the team: Lead a team of 6-9 senior engineers (multi-disciplinary team).
2. Facilitates the technical decision in the proper direction that meets the requirements.
3. Work closely with the technical leader of the team to develop an accurate technological strategy.
4. Facilitate communication within the team and across different departments to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives.
5. Build the team’s mission collaboratively and ensure that all decisions align with and aim to achieve this mission.
6. Product managementUnderstand and focus on your customer's needs. Foster Platform as a Product approach. Own process from discovery to delivery. Facilitate OKR process. Enhance and facilitate communication between the team and the product teams. Set and clearly communicate the team roadmap to achieve the mission and goals.
7. Managing the projectDevelop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. Act as a hands-on project manager and people leader throughout the process. Ensure that all projects are delivered on time within scope and budget. Build strong relationships with stakeholders, tech leaders, product teams, and legal and security teams.
8. Develop peopleProvide guidance, mentorship, and coaching inside the team. Provide regular feedback to team members and help them set and achieve personal career goals. Regularly assess the performance of team members.

What will help you thrive?

• Proven experience as a leader in the development of multi-purpose environments or related fields.
• Experience in team building and leadership, with excellent mentorship and coaching skills.
• Strong technological background related to the whole SDLC.
• Proven Product management experience in Platform scope.
• Strong project management skills and experience managing projects end-to-end, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Growth mindset: nobody ticks all those boxes above, but a willingness to learn is strongly valued here.

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