Key Responsibilities Engineering Execution & Delivery
• Govern delivery of priority initiatives across projects.
• Ensure consistent sprint and SDLC execution.
• Identify risks early and drive corrective actions with Team Leads.
• Act as an escalation point when execution or commitments break down.
• Define, track, and improve delivery KPIs related to speed, reliability, and predictability; proactively suggest metrics to measure execution health.
Code Quality & Standards
• Own org-level code quality tracking and PR discipline.
• Enforce engineering standards and policies.
• Reduce recurring defects, regressions, and avoidable incidents.
• Partner with Team Leads to close quality and process gaps.
• Own root-cause analysis for major incidents and ensure preventive actions are implemented and tracked to closure.
Technical Guidance (Selective)
• Participate in critical code reviews and design discussions.
• Guide technical trade-offs and technical debt decisions.
• Drive execution of leadership initiatives to completion.
• Ensure long-term maintainability and operational stability.
People Leadership
• Manage Team Leads
• Run independent 1:1s, performance feedback, and improvement plans.
• Conduct people gap analysis and drive upskilling.
• Recommend promotions, role changes, and people risk analysis with clear justification.
Cross-Functional Leadership
• Act as an escalation point across Engineering, Product, and Ops.
• Coach Team Leads to push back on unclear or inadequate requirements.
• Escalate risks and alignment issues when needed.
• Communicate clearly with Product and business stakeholders to understand requirements, articulate trade-offs, and align on execution outcomes.
What This Role Is Not
• Not a ticket or Jira manager
• Not a feature-level IC role
• Not a proxy Product Manager
• Not a UAT or release coordinator
Required Experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Prior experience as Tech Lead, Module Lead, or Acting Engineering Manager.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, sprint execution, and delivery governance.
• Proven ability to raise code quality and engineering standards.
• Experience managing senior engineers or Team Leads.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage business and product teams, clarify requirements, and communicate execution risks early.
Technical Background: Backend or full-stack experience (C#/.NET, Angular, SQL preferred), with comfort reviewing code and guiding design decisions.