Sr. IT Manager (based in Panyu, Guangzhou)
Deckers Brands
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Job summary
Deckers Brands is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering & Digital Transformation to lead the global engineering delivery team across sourcing, production operations, quality, ESC, RS, and Product Innovation & Development.
This role translates priorities into actionable plans, drives delivery governance, and delivers measurable digital transformation outcomes. You will oversee engineering standards, ensure secure and scalable solutions, develop talent, and partner with architecture, data, security,
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology Management, Digital Transformation, or MBA preferred.
- Cloud, DevOps, Agile, Engineering Management, or Architecture-related certifications preferred, such as AWS/Azure certifications, PMP/ACP/Scrum, TOGAF, or equivalent.
- Data, AI, security, or integration-related certifications are a plus, but not mandatory.
- 10-12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise systems, engineering delivery, solution delivery, platform engineering, data/analytics engineering, or digital transformation.
- 8+ years of people leadership or technical team leadership experience, including coaching, performance feedback, team capability development, workload planning, and hiring support.
- Experience delivering enterprise technology initiatives in sourcing, production operations, quality, supply chain, product development, manufacturing, PLM, ERP, integration, data platforms, or related operational domains.
- Experience managing engineering delivery across multiple initiatives, including scope, timeline, quality, risk, dependency, release readiness, and post-go-live support.
- Experience working with global or cross-regional technology teams, balancing local/regional business needs with enterprise architecture, security, data, and platform standards.
- Experience partnering with architects, engineering leads, PM/BA/QA teams, data teams, security teams, infrastructure teams, product owners, vendors, and business stakeholders.
- Experience with modern engineering practices such as Agile/SDLC, CI/CD, DevSecOps, API/integration patterns, observability, automated testing, cloud-enabled platforms, and engineering documentation.
- Experience supporting digital transformation, automation, AI-enabled engineering/productivity, analytics, or data-driven process improvement initiatives is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering delivery team supporting Deckers' global sourcing, production operations, quality, ESC, RS, and Product Innovation & Development business capabilities.
- Translate approved technology priorities into executable engineering plans, delivery governance, solution alignment, and measurable digital transformation outcomes.
- This role is accountable for people leadership, engineering execution, delivery quality, engineering standards, and continuous improvement across assigned platforms and initiatives.
- The position partners with global/APAC engineering, architecture, data, security, product, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
- The role builds engineering capability, develops talent, and improves ways of working to support business growth and operational efficiency.
- Oversee delivery planning, dependencies, risks, quality, release readiness, and operational stability.
- Ensure solutions are delivered on time, with appropriate quality, security, scalability, and supportability.
- Coordinate assigned roadmap items with business stakeholders, product owners, PM/BA/QA teams, global/APAC partners, and external vendors.
- Provide delivery status, risk, dependency, and recommendation inputs for steering committee or leadership reviews.
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Job description
Job Summary: The Sr. Manager, Engineering & Digital Transformation (Non-sales & marketing) leads the engineering delivery team supporting Deckers' global sourcing, production operations, quality, ESC, RS, and Product Innovation & Development business capabilities. Reporting to the Director, Engineering, this role translates approved technology priorities into executable engineering plans, delivery governance, solution alignment, and measurable digital transformation outcomes.
This role is accountable for people leadership, engineering execution, delivery quality, engineering standards, and continuous improvement across assigned platforms and initiatives. The position partners with global/APAC engineering, architecture, data, security, product, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards. The role builds engineering capability, develops talent, and improves ways of working to support business growth and operational efficiency.
Set performance expectations, manage capacity, support hiring/onboarding, and build a high-performing team culture.
Set performance expectations, manage capacity, support hiring/onboarding, and build a high-performing team culture.
Develop team capabilities in engineering practices, business understanding, technical problem solving, and cross-regional collaboration.
Manage delivery of assigned engineering initiatives aligned with approved business and technology priorities.
Oversee delivery planning, dependencies, risks, quality, release readiness, and operational stability.
Ensure solutions are delivered on time, with appropriate quality, security, scalability, and supportability.
Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Security, Data, and Infrastructure teams to ensure solution designs align with Deckers standards.
Facilitate technical design reviews for assigned initiatives and elevate exceptions or major trade-offs to the Director and relevant governance forums.
Drive consistent engineering standards, SDLC practices, DevSecOps adoption, documentation, observability, and reusable patterns.
Identify practical digital, automation, AI/ML, analytics, and process improvement opportunities within assigned business domains.
Lead execution of approved transformation initiatives that improve operational efficiency, data quality, user experience, and business decision-making.
Promote responsible adoption of modern engineering tools and AI-assisted ways of working while maintaining security, compliance, and quality expectations.
Coordinate assigned roadmap items with business stakeholders, product owners, PM/BA/QA teams, global/APAC partners, and external vendors.
Provide delivery status, risk, dependency, and recommendation inputs for steering committee or leadership reviews.
Manage vendor delivery performance for assigned initiatives and ensure knowledge transfer, documentation, compliance, and support readiness.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology Management, Digital Transformation, or MBA preferred.
- Cloud, DevOps, Agile, Engineering Management, or Architecture-related certifications preferred, such as AWS/Azure certifications, PMP/ACP/Scrum, TOGAF, or equivalent.
- Data, AI, security, or integration-related certifications are a plus, but not mandatory.
- 10-12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise systems, engineering delivery, solution delivery, platform engineering, data/analytics engineering, or digital transformation.
- 8+ years of people leadership or technical team leadership experience, including coaching, performance feedback, team capability development, workload planning, and hiring support.
- Experience delivering enterprise technology initiatives in sourcing, production operations, quality, supply chain, product development, manufacturing, PLM, ERP, integration, data platforms, or related operational domains.
- Experience managing engineering delivery across multiple initiatives, including scope, timeline, quality, risk, dependency, release readiness, and post-go-live support.
- Experience working with global or cross-regional technology teams, balancing local/regional business needs with enterprise architecture, security, data, and platform standards.
- Experience partnering with architects, engineering leads, PM/BA/QA teams, data teams, security teams, infrastructure teams, product owners, vendors, and business stakeholders.
- Experience with modern engineering practices such as Agile/SDLC, CI/CD, DevSecOps, API/integration patterns, observability, automated testing, cloud-enabled platforms, and engineering documentation.
- Experience supporting digital transformation, automation, AI-enabled engineering/productivity, analytics, or data-driven process improvement initiatives is preferred.
- Strong people leadership skills: coaching, prioritization, performance management, capability development, and team engagement.
- Strong engineering delivery leadership: delivery planning, SDLC governance, quality management, release readiness, operational stability, and risk management.
- Solid understanding of enterprise systems, integration patterns, cloud/platform concepts, APIs, data flows, DevSecOps, and secure-by-design principles.
- Ability to translate business priorities into engineering execution plans and communicate trade-offs clearly.
- Strong stakeholder management across business, engineering, architecture, data, security, global/APAC teams, and vendors.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to diagnose complex delivery or technical issues and drive practical resolution.
- Good understanding of sourcing, production operations, quality, supply chain, product development, or manufacturing processes is strongly preferred.
- Fluent Mandarin Chinese and professional English communication skills required.
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