Product Engineering Manager (12-20 yrs)

We seek a highly skilled Product Engineering Manager who represents Lean-Agile Leadership principles and practices. This role requires a strong technical background combined with exceptional leadership skills.

Experience level : 12+ Years

Technical Requirements :

- Extensive experience with full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance

- Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and experience leading Agile teams

- Strong knowledge of modern software development practices, including CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud technologies

- Past hands-on experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., .NET, C#, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript)

- Familiarity with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems

- Experience with database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)

- Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes

- Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA)

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead and mentor cross-functional engineering teams in delivering high-quality software products

- Drive technical decision-making and architecture design for complex systems

- Collaborate with product owners to translate business requirements into technical specifications

- Implement and optimize development processes to improve efficiency and product quality

- Manage the entire product lifecycle, from conception to deployment and maintenance

- Attract, recruit, induct, and retain capable technical personnel

- Evaluate performance, including team input; provide guidance and corrective actions

- Participate in defining and administering compensation, benefits, and promotions

- Perform career coaching and personal development for team members

- Set priorities for team members to ensure task completion and project success

- Support teams in problem identification, root cause analysis, and decision-making

- Eliminate technical and organizational impediments to team productivity

- Manage full financial responsibility for own profit unit

- Establish short- and mid-term technical plans in cooperation with the management team

- Participate in product strategy creation and communicate targets clearly

- Foster an environment that supports cooperation among work teams and with other areas of the organization

- Balance hands-on technical involvement with empowering teams to problem-solve independently

- Act as a role model for company values and technical excellence

- Handle products in the maintenance phase, including managing client escalations, critical issues/tickets, and urgent fixes

- Effectively collaborate with product owners, onsite teams/leaders, and technical support personnel

- Establish and follow Agile ways of working, ensuring continuous improvement of development processes

Required Skills :

- Strong technical background with hands-on coding experience

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

- Proven track record of delivering complex software projects on time and within budget

- Strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical

- Experience in stakeholder management and client-facing roles

- Ability to balance technical leadership with people management responsibilities

- Recruitment of new talent

- Building a culturally diverse team

- Career progressions

- Performance management and Salary revisions

- Cross-skilling for future opportunities

- Continuous improvements in teams

- Ensuring the team atmosphere is healthy and competitive

- Ensuring focus on Innovation

- Monitoring various matrices to ensure team /product and deciding course of action accordingly.