Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Deltek; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Deltek is seeking an India-based Senior Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team responsible for building reusable capabilities across the PPM suite. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this role focuses on reducing duplication, accelerating delivery, and ensuring product teams ship with quality.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software engineering with 4+ years in management, experience with Windows/Web stacks, and a track record of influencing senior contributors across time zones.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on work.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience with people leadership.
• Experience with Enterprise Windows Desktop and Web solutions (C++, C#.Net, VB.Net, JavaScript, Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience leading teams that built reusable software capabilities (shared services, libraries, APIs).
• Strong technical judgment across architecture, security, reliability, and governance.
• Proven ability to deliver complex programs with multiple stakeholders and priorities.
• Ability to influence across teams and senior contributors outside direct reporting line.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive updates.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver shared capabilities to reduce duplication across the PPM suite.
• Drive product-team adoption and provide migration guidance and release notes.
• Own cross-product governance including database change control and security remediation.
• Manage global delivery across distributed teams with clear risk management.
• Champion reliability and operational excellence in testing, rollback planning, and documentation.
• Embed AI-first engineering practices to improve quality and speed.
• Lead the Customer Care liaison to triage and resolve customer issues.
• Grow and develop a distributed team through coaching and empowerment.

Skills

8+ years SW Eng

4+ years Eng Mgmt

Multi-product exp

Executive comms

Time-zone collaboration

Leadership influence

Security & reliability

Architecture judgment

Tools

C++

C#.Net

VB.Net

JavaScript

Oracle

SQL Server

Job description

Company Summary

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Company Summary

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary

The Deltek Engineering and Technology team builds best-in-class solutions to delight customers and meet their business needs. We are laser-focused on software design, development, innovation and quality. Our team of experts has the talent, skills and values to deliver products and services that are easy to use, reliable, sustainable and competitive. If you're looking for a safe environment where ideas are welcome, growth is supported and questions are encouraged – consider joining us as we explore the limitless opportunities of the software industry.

Position Responsibilities

Position Overview

Deltek is seeking an India-based Senior Engineering Manager to lead a distributed Shared Product Services team responsible for building reusable capabilities and driving cross-product engineering consistency across the Deltek PPM (Project Portfolio Management) suite of products. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this leader plays a critical role in reducing duplication, accelerating delivery, and ensuring product teams can ship with confidence and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver shared capabilities — Build reusable services, libraries, frameworks, and integration models that product teams across the PPM suite can adopt to reduce duplication and improve consistency
• Drive product-team adoption — Partner with product teams to integrate shared functionality, creating adoption paths, migration guidance, release notes, and support models that respect release timelines and customer commitments
• Own cross-product control processes — Lead engineering governance processes including Database Change Control and Security Vulnerability management, ensuring visibility and consistency across teams
• Manage global delivery — Coordinate work across distributed teams with differing priorities and release schedules; maintain alignment through clear written communication and proactive risk management
• Champion reliability and operational excellence — Set high standards for security, performance, and operational readiness; drive disciplined practices around testing, rollback planning, documentation, and incident learning
• Embed AI-first engineering practices — Define and evolve AI-first development practices that improve code quality, delivery speed, testing, documentation, and team productivity
• Lead the Customer Care liaison function — Own the Help Desk liaison between Customer Care and Development, ensuring customer-reported issues and escalations are triaged, routed, and resolved effectively
• Grow and develop the team — Manage, coach, and develop a distributed team of approximately 8–10 engineers/technical staff, fostering a culture of ownership, technical judgment, collaboration, and customer focus

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful hands-on engineering work
• 4+ years of engineering management experience, including people management, delivery accountability, and team development
• Experience with Enterprise Windows Desktop and Web solutions built on technologies including C++, C#.Net, VB.Net, JavaScript, Oracle, and SQL Server
• Experience leading teams that built reusable software capabilities — shared services, common components, internal libraries, SDKs, frameworks, or APIs — consumed by multiple product or engineering teams
• Strong technical judgment across architecture, design, security, reliability, database change, and operational discussions
• Proven ability to deliver complex technical programs with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams and senior technical contributors outside your direct reporting line
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level updates and decision documents
• Experience working effectively across time zones with globally distributed teams and stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multi-product enterprise software environments
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams and partnering with US-based senior engineering leadership
• Experience with shared component versioning, backward compatibility, package management, migration planning, and deprecation strategies
• Experience managing database change control, vulnerability remediation, or cross-product engineering governance
• Experience partnering with customer support or sustaining engineering functions to triage and resolve product issues
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to improve software delivery, code review, testing, documentation, or engineering management workflows
• Experience leading teams through modernization, technical consolidation, or cross-product standardization initiatives

Career Interests

Engineering

Position Type

FT

Travel Requirements

10%

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