Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

Are you passionate about leading technical teams and driving innovative AI and software engineering solutions Join our company a premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company where we use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. As a Software Engineering Manager you will play a critical role in overseeing the successful delivery of AI and software projects managing risks and ensuring the growth and satisfaction of your closely withcross-functional stakeholders including software engineers delivery leads clients and other teams within the organization. Your responsibilities span both strategic and operational aspects making this role pivotal in achieving organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction and leadership to the technical teams

• Co-establish and enforce best practices processes and standards for AI/software delivery across the organization

• Help to monitor project progress quality and adherence to timelinesto ensure successful software delivery

• Team performance capacity planning and staffing

• Assesstheteamscapacityandallocateresources effectively to meet project demands

• Collaborate with project managers to balance workloads andoptimizeproductivity

• Lead recruitment efforts to hire top talent for the team

• Facilitate smooth onboarding for new team membersensuring they are integrated into the team effectively

• Support them in setting personal development goals and creating action plans

• Collaborate with Delivery Leadstoestablishindividual performance goalsfor team members

• Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedbackto support professional growth

• Recognize and reward individuals who actively pursue personal development opportunities

• Mentor and guide software engineers and delivery leads

• Encourage professional growth and skill enhancement

• Manage technical expectations of key stakeholders including business product owners and technical product owners

• Co-facilitate communication between business and technical teams ensuring alignment of project goals

• Identify risks and dependencies remove obstacles and support the technical team

• Drive Innovation and knowledge sharing

• Bring innovative ideas and technologies to improve speed and quality of our engineering deliverables

• EnableCommunities of Practice to encourage knowledge exchange

• Promote learning and collaboration across teams

Must haves:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field and relevant experience managing delivery of large software teams and projects/products

• Proven experience in software engineering developmentmethodstechniquesand tools (8 years)

• Proven experience building AI products or working on AI/ML related projects

• Understanding modern software architecture concepts

• Excellent planning and project execution skills

• Experience leading teams and projects (preferably 5 years)

• Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution

• Demonstrated strong customerfocus andproblem-solvingskills

Nice to haves:

• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems

• Proficiency programming languages such as TypeScript JavaScript and Python

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools

• Experience with cloud services AWS Azure

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team global projects international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model flexible role pattern

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral program

• 5 weeks annual leave 5 sick days 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers Lítačka sport culture health travel etc.) Multisport Card

• Vodafone Raiffeisen Bank Foodora and other discount programs

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage for drivers or showers for bikers

• Competitive salary incentive pay and many more

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