Engineering Manager - Global Logistics Tech Leader

Axians Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Axians Portugal is seeking an Engineering Manager for an international logistics project. You will own delivery execution, align with the technology roadmap, and coach a team of engineers across disciplines.

You will partner with Product Owners and stakeholders, shape strategy, promote best practices, and travel occasionally within Europe. This role demands strong leadership, a focus on quality, and excellent communication in English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering role.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing engineers or engineering teams.
• Proven track record of combining people leadership with technical judgment and delivery ownership.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality, maintainability, testability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to translate business priorities into realistic and sustainable team execution.
• Strong communication skills, accountability, and a collaborative leadership style.
• Excellent English skills, written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery execution and align with the technology roadmap.
• Drive sustainable, predictable, and high-quality software delivery.
• Act as line manager for engineers, including coaching, staffing, and performance management.
• Bring technology direction and engineering best practices into the team.
• Focus on engineering quality, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to align delivery with business priorities.
• Act as the technical counterpart to the Product Owner within the team.
• Shape and implement our technology strategy, drive standardization and improvements.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and improvement-oriented engineering culture.
• Participate actively in day-to-day work of agile product teams.

Skills

People leadership

Technical delivery ownership

Engineering quality

Communication skills

Travel willingness

English proficiency

Job description

Axians Portugal is seeking an Engineering Manager for an international logistics project. You will own delivery execution, align with the technology roadmap, and coach a team of engineers across disciplines.

You will partner with Product Owners and stakeholders, shape strategy, promote best practices, and travel occasionally within Europe. This role demands strong leadership, a focus on quality, and excellent communication in English.