Engineering Manager

SiteMinder; Maharashtra; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health and well-being

Generous parental leave

Hybrid work model (3 days in-office)

Birthday/study/volunteering leave

Social clubs and team events

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

SiteMinder is seeking an Engineering Manager to drive technical execution across a key portfolio, partnering with product and engineering leaders to shape roadmaps and enable robust planning and delivery. You will lead remote and distributed teams, coach engineers, and raise engineering standards to deliver high-quality software.

You will recruit, mentor and develop engineers, promote best practices, and help drive automation and AI tooling initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing technical teams in software/SAAS environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading technically complex projects.
• Experience in hiring, evaluating performance and developing engineers.
• Experience implementing reliable, and efficient processes to accelerate software development and improve quality.
• Experience in driving automation, efficiency and AI engineering tooling.
• Proficient in agile software development and tools (Jira and Confluence).

Responsibilities

• Set roadmap, goals, priorities and workflow for flagship portfolio.
• Drive the delivery of roadmap items and projects.
• Lead technical teams and establish effective ways of working with remote and distributed resources.
• Coach engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback sessions and performance reviews.
• Recruit and onboard new team members.
• Invest in team growth with development opportunities and career paths.
• Ensure consistent engineering practices and delivery methodologies.
• Contribute to wider engineering initiatives.
• Ensure high-quality software delivery and remove roadblocks.
• Foster a productive, collaborative environment.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Roadmapping

Delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching

Performance reviews

Recruitment

Automation

AI tooling

Agile

Distributed teams

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

At SiteMinder, we believe our success comes from our people. We build diverse, inclusive teams where different voices, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. Our differences drive innovation for our customers, and our people bring the ideas, expertise and energy that help us keep moving forward. We’re better together.

What We Do...

Right now, somewhere in the world, a hotel is taking a booking or increasing their revenue through technology you could help build. SiteMinder is the world’s leading hotel commerce platform. For more than 20 years, we’ve helped hotels attract guests, maximise revenue, forecast demand and perform at their best. Today, our platform supports 56,000+ hotels in 150+ countries, connects to 3,000+ partners and powers more than 140m reservations and AU$85 billion+ in hotel revenue each year.

That’s the kind of impact your work can have here. You’ll solve meaningful challenges with AI, simplify complexity and build solutions that help hotels perform. Supported by clear purpose, a strong platform and teams who care about what they’re building, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of an industry that never stands still.

About The Engineering Manager Role…

Reporting to the engineering director, you will drive the technical execution in line with business objectives, whilst ensuring the development of your team and culture within your designated portfolio.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be capable in the areas of people, leadership, planning, delivery, stakeholder engagement, and influencing. Pairing with product managers, this role will work with engineering and product leadership to shape, roadmap and enable robust, planning and delivery, while also contributing to broader initiative across the engineering organ

What You’ll Do…..

• Work closely with engineering and product leaders to set the roadmap, goals, priorities and workflow for the flagship portfolio of the company
• Drive the delivery of roadmap items and projects
• Build, and lead technical teams to work effectively in collaborative environment establish successful ways of working with both remote and distributed resources and teams
• Drive high performing software engineer teams, develop, and coach engineers through regular 1:1’s provide constructive feedback sessions, performance management, (including managing under performance) and lead effective performance reviews
• Recruit and on board new technical new members
• Invest in teams, professional growth by identifying development, opportunities, offering coaching and pathways for career progression
• Ensure a consistent approach to engineering practices and delivery methodologies
• Contribute to wider engineering initiatives
• Ensure high-quality software is delivered by your teams,
• Enable productivity by removing roadblocks, delegating and escalating foster environment,

What you have…

• Foster strong engagement and collaboration, including building, strong relationships, promoting team collaboration, recognizing and rewarding achievements and encouraging feedback.
• Experience leading and managing technical teams in software/SAAS environment
• Demonstrated experience leading technically complex projects
• Experience in hiring, evaluating the performance and developing the skills and careers of software engineers
• Experience, implementing reliable, and efficient processes to accelerate software development and improve quality
• Experience in driving in automation, efficiency and AI engineering tooling
• Adoption in depth, understanding of agile software develop and methodologies and tools (Jeera and confluence)
• Competent level knowledge of project and change management principles and methodologies scope, timeline and budgets
• Experience with a geographically distributed teams and international experience would be highly advantageous understanding and demandable experience of high volume real time systems would be highly regarded

Our Perks & Benefits…

• Mental health and well-being initiatives
• Generous parental (including secondary) leave policy
• Flexibility to work in a Hybrid model (3 days in-office)
• Paid birthday, study and volunteering leave every year
• Sponsored social clubs, team events, and celebrations
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to help you connect and get

Think this role sounds like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

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