Sr Mgr, Engineering
Company Summary
As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.comExternal Job Title
Sr Mgr, EngineeringPosition Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:- Lead and manage one or more software development teams in an Agile/Scrum environment, ensuring clarity of goals, priorities, and execution.
- Own end-to-end responsibility for development team outcomes, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, promotions, and succession planning.
- Create an environment of trust, inclusion, and continuous learning; actively develop future leaders and strengthen team capability over time.
- Ensure the teams operate efficiently and productively regardless of team member location and time zone; establish effective communication and decision-making cadences.
- Drive predictable delivery by partnering with Product and Project Management on planning, scope management, capacity considerations, and dependency management, with transparent status reporting.
- Ensure the teams are aware of and comply with corporate policies, procedures, and required controls, including secure development expectations for enterprise software.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, constructive conflict, accountability, and results; remove obstacles and improve processes that slow teams down.
- Collaborate with globally distributed Quality Engineering, Product Management, Project Management, Operations, Support, IT, Docs, UX, Security, and other stakeholders to successfully build, deliver, and maintain the products.
- Partner closely with Quality Engineering (QE) leadership to align on quality strategy, support effective test automation collaboration, and ensure shared accountability for release readiness.
- Support and/or perform Scrum leadership responsibilities (directly or via designated Scrum Masters) to ensure effective Agile ceremonies, continuous improvement, and healthy team execution.
- Promote a customer-focused mindset by incorporating customer impact into prioritization and tradeoffs; support customer escalations and ensure timely follow-through when issues arise.
- Establish and maintain strong engineering practices, including coding standards, peer reviews, design reviews, and maintainable architecture decisions that support long-term product health.
- Drive adoption and maturity of modern software development practices (e.g. continuous integration, automated quality checks, DevOps practices appropriate for on-premises products, and disciplined release processes).
- Lead technical debt management and modernization planning in partnership with architects and senior engineers, balancing near-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
- AI Standards Development: Establish team guidelines for AI tool usage, responsible AI practices, and quality expectations.
- AI-Enhanced Engineering Workflows: Drive adoption of AI-assisted practices that improve throughput and reduce toil while preserving code quality.
- Cross-functional AI Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders (including QE, Security, Product, and Support) to identify high-value AI-enabled improvements.
- AI Change Management: Lead teams through AI tool adoption, training, and workflow changes; share learnings and repeatable patterns.
- Innovation Identification: Spot emerging AI capabilities relevant to organizational goals and customer outcomes; pilot thoughtfully and scale what works.
Work Location
India (Remote)Qualifications
Qualifications:- People Management: 4–7+ years leading direct and/or indirect reports
- Software Development: 9+ years experience delivering commercial enterprise software
- Proven success leading development teams using Agile/Scrum to deliver high-quality releases predictably
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, architecture, and tradeoffs in large, long-lived codebases
- Experience partnering effectively with QE leaders/teams to drive shared quality outcomes and release readiness
- Excellent communication, listening, and collaboration skills; ability to influence across functions and levels
- Experience working with geographically and culturally diverse teams and stakeholders
- Experience with modern engineering practices such as continuous integration, automated quality checks, and disciplined build/release processes appropriate for on-prem enterprise products.
- Experience creating, managing, and delivering against realistic plans (scope, milestones, dependencies)
- Ability to tolerate ambiguity, be a self-starter, manage time and priorities effectively, and align resources to achieve goals
- Experience with several of the following (or equivalent): C#, .NET, SQL Server and/or Oracle, REST APIs, Azure DevOps (or similar ALM tools), source control (Git), build and release pipelines, and test automation collaboration practices.
- Experience modernizing or maintaining on-prem enterprise software, including disciplined release/versioning approaches and supportability considerations.