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Sr. Manager, Engineering

Sr. Manager, Engineering

Strategic EducationMission Viejo, CA, US
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Sr. Manager Of Engineering

Join our Transformation Office and lead a senior engineering team that converts bold ideas into business-changing results. As Sr. Manager of Engineering, you'll be the technical heartbeat of cross-functional initiativespartnering in discovery on academic and operations initiativesthen shaping solution strategies, validating them through rapid experimentation, and scaling what works across the enterprise. Beyond producing great software solutions, you'll be a multiplier. You'll recruit and develop top talent, coach teams to operate with autonomy and accountability, and put in place modern engineering practices (CI / CD, automated testing, observability, SLOs) that unlock sustained velocity. You'll influence roadmaps, clarify priorities, and create strong feedback loops with stakeholders so the team always works on the most impactful problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

  • Define, launch, and scale engineering and technical solutions across multiple teams.
  • Manage engineering teams and external vendors across multiple geographies and time zones.
  • Ensure security and integrity of all information systems and data.
  • Influence and drive technical architecture and key technology decisions to build for the long-term, while managing roadmaps and business needs.
  • Document systems and processes while implementing best practice engineering methods.
  • Build out additional engineering teams and capabilities as needed in alignment with business objectives.
  • Provide regular updates to senior management and peers about ongoing and future projects. Assist in creating and managing adoption of IT governance controls across various technical applications.
  • Own engineering operational excellence, including creation of and monitoring metrics for continuous improvement.
  • Champion agile processes.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Skills :

  • Demonstrated ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems - technical, product and people.
  • Track record of employing high-quality architectural principles, and identifying and choosing between multiple architectural options.
  • Solid understanding of Database technologies such as SQL, PostgreSQL, and relational database schema design.
  • Familiarity with Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, NextJS and other modern development languages and frameworks (direct experience is a plus).
  • Familiarity with AWS (direct experience is a plus).
  • Proficiency with tools such as Jira (advanced proficiency is a plus).
  • Experience working with user-facing content management systems and websites is a plus.
  • Experience working in an agile environment.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to influence at all levels in the organization.
  • Passion for solving problems in education sector is a plus.

    • Work Experience :

  • 10+ years of experience working in engineering space required.
  • 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • 1 to 2 years of experience managing offshore development team(s).
  • 1 to 2 years of experience defining and scaling best-in-class engineering principles across multiple engineering teams.
  • 1 to 2 years of experience building world-class engineering teams.

    • Education :

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or a related field required. Master's Degree preferred.

    • Other :

  • Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.
  • Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
  • Typical office setting.
  • Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
  • Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
  • Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant.
  • Access information using a computer.
  • Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.
  • Effectively cope with stressful situations.
  • Strong mental acuity.
  • Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.
  • Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.
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