Engineering Manager Lead

Pigment; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pigment is seeking an Engineering Manager Lead to own delivery and people leadership at the community level. You will oversee delivery across multiple teams, coach Engineering Managers and Technical Leads, and collaborate closely with Community Tech Leads, Product Management Leads, Product Managers, and Engineering Program Managers.

This role balances delivery accountability with people development and interfaces with product and technical leadership to ensure effective execution.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience in a progressive engineering environment.
• Proven track record leading engineering managers and senior ICs (EMs/TLs).
• Strong delivery leadership with clarity, pace, and accountability.
• Fluent in English; French not required.

Responsabilités

• Own community delivery: accountability and operating cadence across multiple teams.
• Ensure teams have clear priorities, sequencing, and commitments aligned with product priorities and constraints.
• Identify risks early and drive resolution with TLs/EMs/partners.
• Maintain written status of achievements, risks, and action plans; lead quarterly updates and reviews.
• Lead people and org effectiveness: manage EMs and TLs; coach and set performance standards.
• Drive staffing needs, arbitration, and cross-team dependencies; translate decisions into actionable plans.
• Collaborate with Product & Technical leadership with clear interfaces; work with PML, CTL, and EML for delivery plans.
• Coordinate with EPMs to improve coordination and execution while preserving accountability.

Connaissances

Engineering leadership

Delivery leadership

People coaching

English fluency

Description du poste

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager Lead (EML) to own delivery and people leadership at the community level.

An EML is the go-to person for a community’s delivery: ensuring teams ship the right things, at the right time, with a clear escalation path when priorities, technical constraints, or execution realities don’t converge.

The EML also manages and develops Engineering Managers (EMs) and Technical Leads (TLs) and partners closely with Community Tech Leads (CTLs), Product Management Leads (PMLs), Product Managers (PMs), and Engineering Program Managers (EPMs).

This role reflects our accountability model: delivery accountability and people leadership are held together, with a clear interface to product and technical leadership.

(*) A community is a group of teams with a common functional/technical purpose.

The Foresight Community

Foresight is the community responsible for Pigment’s forward-looking product surface: helping customers model scenarios, understand what’s coming, and make better decisions under uncertainty.

It typically spans multiple teams working on forecasting and what-if workflows, planning experiences, and the underlying capabilities needed to make those experiences fast, reliable, and explainable.

What you’ll do

1. Own community delivery (accountability + operating cadence)
   • Be accountable to engineering leadership for delivery across multiple teams in the community
   • Ensure teams have clear priorities, sequencing, and commitments (scope/timeline/people), aligned with product priorities and technical constraints.
   • Identify risks early (delivery delays, quality/production issues, team focus/inefficiencies, people performance) and drive resolution with TLs/EMs/partners.
   • Maintain a written, legible status of the community’s key achievements, risks, and action plans.
   • Lead key reporting moments (e.g., mid-quarter updates, community-level delivery reviews).
2. Lead people and org effectiveness through EMs and TLs
   • Manage Engineering Managers and Technical Leads with clear expectations and regular coaching.
   • Set standards for feedback, performance, calibration inputs, growth plans, and under-performance remediation when needed.
   • Improve the system: structures, processes, rituals, and staffing approaches that increase execution speed and reduce friction.
3. Drive staffing and community-level arbitration
   • Partner with CTLs and product leadership on staffing needs and constraints; drive the process to turn inputs into a committed plan.
   • Resolve cross-team dependencies and trade-offs; ensure there is always a clear owner for escalation when alignment stalls.
   • Represent the community in leadership forums; ensure decisions are translated into actionable plans.
4. Partner with Product & Technical leadership with clear interfaces
   • Work as a trio with PML and CTL:
   • PML: business outcomes and product priorities
   • CTL: technical approach and quality/safety bar
   • EML: committed plan & delivery landing, including escalation when needed
5. Collaborate with EPMs (when staffed) to improve coordination and execution, while keeping accountability clear.

What you will not be expected to do

You are not expected to own a single technical domain as “the expert.” Pigment separates technical decision ownership (TL/CTL) from people and delivery accountability (EML) to keep both healthy.

You are not expected to contribute as an engineer. (You may still code opportunistically, but it should not be required for delivery.)

Who you are

• Significant experience as an engineer in a progressive engineering environment: building and shipping software in production environments (you can evaluate plans and risks with credibility).
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering managers and/or senior IC leaders (e.g., EMs, TLs), including performance management and growth.
• Strong delivery leadership: you bring clarity, pace, and follow-through without creating noise or process theatre.
• Excellent judgment in trade-offs (scope/timing/quality/staffing), and comfort escalating when alignment can’t be reached quickly.
• Low-ego, high-standards leadership style; you build accountability and trust.
• Fluent in English (French not required).

We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially.

Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice.