Remote Senior Software Delivery Manager

Octave; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Octave is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead multiple software teams, align delivery with product goals, and drive Agile practices across the organization. You will empower developers, remove blockers, and collaborate with product, QA, architecture, and DevOps to deliver scalable enterprise software.

The role emphasizes people leadership, planning releases, improving delivery predictability, and maintaining quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience in software engineering and enterprise software development.
• 7+ years of experience managing software development teams, including direct people management and delivery ownership.
• Experience managing multiple teams, preferably two or more teams in parallel.
• Strong understanding of Agile software delivery, Scrum practices, release planning, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and continuous improvement.
• Experience coordinating with QA leadership on quality planning, quality trends, defect management, and release readiness.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, planning, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead developers, technical leads, and other engineering team members.
• Act as the project and delivery manager for assigned software projects and product initiatives.
• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and control of work assigned to the software development teams.
• Ensure teams are enabled, unblocked, and supported to deliver software effectively and predictably.
• Drive Agile evolution and continuous improvement across teams, including Scrum practices, delivery cadence, backlog readiness, sprint execution, retrospectives, and cross-team coordination.
• Work closely with Product on release planning, backlog prioritization, delivery sequencing, scope alignment, and dependency management.
• Coordinate with Product to ensure requirements are clear, refined, estimated, and ready for development.
• Manage team capacity, resource allocation, workload balance, and skill utilization.

Skills

Scrum leadership

Agile leadership

Engineering management

Enterprise architecture

Resource planning

Release planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Quality ownership

Team productivity

Risk management

Coaching

Decision making

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering/IT

Tools

AWS

Java Spring Boot

Angular/React

MySQL

CI/CD

Job description

Octave is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead multiple software teams, align delivery with product goals, and drive Agile practices across the organization. You will empower developers, remove blockers, and collaborate with product, QA, architecture, and DevOps to deliver scalable enterprise software.

The role emphasizes people leadership, planning releases, improving delivery predictability, and maintaining quality.