Remote Software Delivery Manager - Agile Leader

Octave; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Octave in Alpharetta, GA-based remote-friendly role seeks a Software Development Manager to lead multiple software teams delivering enterprise solutions. You will manage delivery, align with Product, and drive Agile practices, ensuring high-quality outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in software leadership, strong architecture knowledge, and proven ability to optimize delivery, performance, and quality across multi-tenant, cloud-based systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 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 working with Product Managers and Product Owners to plan releases, manage priorities, and enable delivery.
• Experience managing software delivery metrics, team productivity indicators, quality trends, and delivery performance.
• Strong technical understanding of enterprise application architecture and modern software engineering practices.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for enterprise software development initiatives.
• Support high-level design of enterprise system architecture, including scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable software solutions.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to improve technical capability, accountability, collaboration, and delivery performance.

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery leadership

Team management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Decision making

Coaching

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

Git

Job description

Octave in Alpharetta, GA-based remote-friendly role seeks a Software Development Manager to lead multiple software teams delivering enterprise solutions. You will manage delivery, align with Product, and drive Agile practices, ensuring high-quality outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in software leadership, strong architecture knowledge, and proven ability to optimize delivery, performance, and quality across multi-tenant, cloud-based systems.