Senior Manager, Software Development

Location:Shanghai China (Global Engineering Hub) Organization Size:30 Engineers 23 Engineering Managers

Position Summary

As the Senior Engineering Manager for the Mobile App team you will be the strategic lead for our mobile engineering organization. You will move the team from a task-driven unit to a mission-driven powerhouse overseeing the development and optimization of our native iOS and Android applications. You will be responsible for a team of approximately 30 engineers through a manager of managers structure ensuring that our mobile platforms deliver elite-level customer experiences performance and stability for our global e-commerce audience.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Team Growth

• Team Evolution:Directly manage and mentor 23 Engineering Managers; cultivate a high-performing autonomous culture focused on ownership continuous learning and digital fluency.
• Talent Strategy:Lead talent and succession planning identifying internal high-potentials and utilizing strategic global sourcing to ensure team resilience.
• Culture Reshaping:Reset the organizations culture from executing tickets to owning outcomes fostering a mission-driven mindset that eliminates cross-functional friction.

Operational Excellence & Execution

• Delivery Governance:Oversee project execution from concept to deployment ensuring on-time high-quality delivery across high-stakes initiatives.
• Agile Execution:Implement sophisticated performance frameworks to measure real engineering health flow efficiency and developer experience.
• Cross-Functional Alignment:Serve as a strategic partner to Product Managers UX Designers and other domain software managers to align the mobile roadmap with overarching business objectives.

Technical Innovation & Architecture

• Native Excellence:Drive the technical vision for native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) platforms ensuring a modular scalable architecture that minimizes technical debt.
• AI-Native SDLC:Lead the integration of AI-augmented development workflows (e.g. Claude Code Kiro Snyk/Figma MCP) to serve as a force multiplier for testing documentation and code generation.
• System Integrity:Ensure robust monitoring logging and governance to maintain industry-leading standards for app stability security and performance.

Required Qualifications

• Experience:12 years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in a people leadership role managing multiple teams or managers.
• Technical Mastery:Deep hands-on expertise in Native Mobile Development(iOS/Swift and Android/Kotlin) is a must. You should have a proven track record of moving from a Principal Engineer to a Senior Leadership role.
• Domain Expertise:Prior experience in a fast-paced e-commerce or consumer-facing digital environmentis highly preferred.
• Architectural Depth:Strong understanding of mobile app lifecycles app store processes RESTful APIs and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD observability).
• Education:Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.

What Youll Bring

• Business Intelligence:The ability to translate complex technical decisions into business value (revenue margin and retention) for executive leadership.
• Innovation Mindset:A passion for staying ahead of tech trendsincluding Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Orchestrationand the vision to apply them to real-world business problems.
• Collaborative Style:An influential leadership style that builds trust across distributed global teams and fosters a culture of technical rigor.

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About iHerb
iHerb is on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to all. We offer Earths best-curated selection of health and wellness products at the best possible value delivered with the most convenient experience.

Were the worlds largest eCommerce platform dedicated to vitamins minerals and supplements and other health and wellness products. For more than 25 years weve been making it simple for people all over the world to purchase the highest quality products. From supplements to skincare to grocery items we ship over 50000 products from over 1800 brands direct to our customers in 180 countries.

Our vision is to become the #1 destination for health and wellness across the world.

With a passion for wellness and a mind for innovative solutions iHerb team members share a vision for a healthier world that drives them each day. Our 5 Shared Values unite our global team:

Focus on the Customer Empower Our People Be Entrepreneurial & Pivot Quickly
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