Senior Development Manager

Employment; Doha; Hybrid; QAR 360,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Employment is seeking a Senior Development Manager to lead engineering across a hybrid delivery model in Doha, Qatar. You will bridge onshore talent, offshore teams, and vendors while enforcing a unified, high-standard SDLC and data-driven delivery.

You will champion GitLab for code, pipelines, and project health, using metrics to drive performance and continuous improvement across multi-site teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with at least 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multi-site or vendor-based teams.
• Deep expertise in GitLab workflows, including MR templates, CI/CD automation, and security/compliance features.
• Structured methodology with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and proven ability to tighten processes where ambiguity exists.
• Vendor governance through SLAs and technical audits.
• Excellent communication to translate complex roadmaps into actionable tasks for offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Hybrid team leadership: manage local onshore developers and oversee offshore teams and vendors.
• Define and enforce a structured SDLC ensuring consistency across time zones.
• Act as primary technical contact for external partners, ensuring standards and security.
• Champion GitLab usage for version control, CI/CD, issue tracking, and resource planning.
• Implement and monitor KPIs (e.g., DORA metrics) to evaluate performance and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Cross-functional

Metrics

Communication

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD

Job description

Industry Information Technology and Services

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a highly structured and data-driven Senior Development Manager to lead our engineering efforts across a hybrid delivery model. In this role, you will be the bridge between internal onshore talent, offshore dedicated teams, and third-party vendors, ensuring that all contributors adhere to a unified, high-standard development lifecycle. The ideal candidate doesn't just "manage" people; they manage processes and performance. You will leverage Git Lab as the primary source of truth for both code and project health, utilizing rigorous metrics to ensure delivery excellence and continuous improvement.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hybrid Team Leadership: Direct management of local onshore developers and strategic oversight of offshore teams and third-party vendor resources.
• Operational Excellence: Define and enforce a highly structured Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) that ensures consistency across different time zones and organizational boundaries.
• Vendor Management: Act as the primary technical point of contact for external partners, ensuring their deliverables meet internal architectural standards and security protocols.
• Git Lab Orchestration: Champion the full use of Git Lab for version control, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and resource planning.
• Metrics-Driven Evaluation: Implement and monitor KPIs (such as DORA metrics) to objectively evaluate team performance, code quality, and delivery predictability.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (METRICS)

• Deployment Frequency: How often we successfully release to production.
• Lead Time for Changes: The time it takes for code to go from "committed" to "running in production."
• Change Failure Rate: The percentage of deployments causing a failure in production.
• Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR): How quickly the team restores service when a consolidated incident occurs.
• Velocity & Throughput: Tracking sprint completion rates across onshore and offshore cohorts.

TECHNICAL & LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

• Experience: 8+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multi-site or vendor-based teams.
• The "Git Lab Power User": Deep expertise in Git Lab workflows, including Merge Request (MR) templates, CI/CD automation, and Git Lab Ultimate's security/compliance features.
• Structured Methodology: Professional experience with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and a proven ability to "tighten" processes where there is ambiguity.
• Vendor Governance: Demonstrated ability to hold third-party partners accountable through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and technical audits.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical roadmaps into clear, actionable tasks for offshore teams.

WHY YOU’LL SUCCEED?

You are the type of leader who believes that what gets measured gets managed. You find satisfaction in a clean Git Lab board, a green CI/CD pipeline, and a team that knows exactly what "done" looks like. You balance empathy for your developers with a relentless focus on the data that proves their success.