As an Engineering Manager, you will have formal staff responsibility for 15-25 engineers (employees and consultants) working on various products focused on SAP and SaaS products in the Enterprise Apps space. Your responsibilities will span from building a strong engineering culture to ensuring organizational health and efficiency in delivery and competence development. You will oversee recruiting, staffing, and talent retention, ensuring a balanced mix of consultants and employees across tech locations. Additionally, you will manage stakeholder expectations, address conflicting priorities, and translate long-term objectives into actionable strategies, maintaining a balance between tactical and strategic perspectives.
Requirements
People Development
- Provide strategic direction and mentoring to Engineers, SAP and SaaS Application Experts.
- Lead recruitment and onboarding efforts aligned with organizational objectives.
- Organize training programs to ensure engineers possess the skills needed for success.
Budget Management
- Plan and manage the overall budget for the product area.
- Ensure efficient allocation of resources across teams.
Cross-functional Coordination
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to maintain cross-functional alignment.
- Ensure team efforts align with business goals and strategic initiatives.
Staffing
- Manage team composition and workloads, addressing staffing needs holistically.
- Maintain an optimal ratio of consultants and employees to balance expertise and cost.
- Develop location strategies for onshore, nearshore, and offshore staffing models.
- 10-15 years of tech related experience, combining technical expertise with strong functional knowledge to deliver end-to-end solutions
- 3–5 years of managerial experience in similar roles.
- Demonstrated expertise in the SAP areas and potentially SaaS applications, with experience leading teams in this domain.
- Solid understanding and management of initiatives and teams in complex Product and Tech organization with focus on large scale an distributed systems and teams (Product and Value Stream focused teams, preferably some exposure to SAFe methodology).
- Proven ability to manage resource allocation budgets in large enterprises with complex backend systems.
Required Skills
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities to foster professional growth.
- Capacity to balance stakeholder priorities and deliver practical solutions.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to align cross-functional teams.