Full-Time Senior Engineering Manager

Senior engineering managers (Delivery Manager) play both the roles of Group Managers (Resources Management focus) and Project Managers (Project focus). At the same time, senior engineering managers can be in charge of multiple projects/groups, or be the practice manager for a service of the company.

As Project Managers, the engineering managers coordinate all functional aspects of project team initiatives – Requirements gathering, Design, Development, Quality Assurance, and 3rd party vendors – to ensure that requirements are met and exceeded. Managers carry out this responsibility by motivating and guiding project teams while collaborating with internal/external customers throughout the software development process until project completion.

Managers are responsible for closely monitoring the schedule, scope and budget. Managers have the additional responsibility of influencing processes and methodologies, and in providing overall guidance to business objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• In charge of sub-ordinates’ career path and performance review
• Plan recruitment, conduct interviews and make hiring decisions as needed
• Build process/procedures for the service that they are in charge of

Group Management:

• Listen and understand each staff;
• Give support and encouragement to ideas and staffs (career development plan);
• Deal with individual problems;
• Recognize and use individual abilities;
• Develop team spirit, motivate and build morale;
• Ensure communication within the group;
• Train the group.

Project Management:

• Manage client’s expectation, engagement, and stakeholder relationship
• Participate in pre-sales meetings and marketing events when required;
• Coordinate all aspects of a project throughout specific software development process methodology and project management software tools;
• Set standard, work with Test team to generate quality acceptance criteria for the project;
• Participate in software architecture, CI/CD, test design and engineering activities;
• Adhere to strict delivery schedules;
• Communicate project status and issues;
• Mentor and provide guidance to subordinates in the project teams.

Optional: Act as an instructor, course composer

Knowledge and skills required:

• Experience running a complex project (or multiple projects) more than 40 headcounts;
• Possesses solid knowledge and skill of software requirement, development process, project management and leadership;
• Perform exemplary work in managing projects, practice/service and mentor others in project management, leadership;
• Knowledge of specific domains and technologies that match the company's focus;
• Aptitude to learn and understand changes in software development process, procedures and methodologies;
• Good human relation skills, ability to collaborate effectively across departments and teams;
• Experience with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design processes;
• Strong presentation and client relation skills;
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills.