Senior Engineering Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager based in India.

This Senior Engineering Manager role is a high-impact leadership position responsible for shaping and scaling multiple engineering teams within a fast-growing global technology organization.
You will lead Engineering Managers and, through them, drive the performance, growth, and delivery of several engineering squads working on large-scale consumer products.
The role requires strong strategic thinking, organizational design expertise, and the ability to align engineering execution with long-term product and business goals.
You will work closely with product, design, and senior leadership to define multi-quarter roadmaps and ensure delivery excellence across teams.
A key focus will be on building strong engineering culture, developing leadership talent, and driving operational health across the organization.
You will also influence cross-functional decisions and represent engineering in senior global forums.
This role is ideal for experienced leaders who thrive in scaling complex engineering organizations and mentoring other leaders.

• Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers, ensuring strong people leadership practices including hiring, performance management, and continuous feedback.
• Design and evolve organizational structure across multiple teams, including team topology, role clarity, and scalable operating models.
• Define and drive multi-quarter engineering strategy in partnership with Product, Design, and cross-functional leadership.
• Build and strengthen a leadership pipeline by identifying and developing future Engineering Managers and technical leaders.
• Ensure delivery excellence, operational health, and engineering quality across teams, including SLOs, incident management, and technical debt reduction.
• Oversee resource allocation, budgeting, and headcount planning for the engineering organization.
• Represent engineering in senior leadership forums and align stakeholders across global functions.
• Identify and resolve systemic organizational challenges spanning multiple teams, including process, communication, and cultural improvements.
• Sponsor and drive org-wide initiatives that improve technical capability, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and engineering leadership roles.
• At least 4+ years of experience managing Engineering Managers or equivalent leadership layers.
• Proven experience scaling engineering organizations with 20+ engineers across multiple teams.
• Strong track record of defining and executing multi-team, multi-quarter engineering strategies.
• Experience working closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Design, and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and develop engineering leaders at scale.
• Experience delivering and operating large-scale, high-traffic consumer products.
• Strong understanding of system design, distributed systems, and modern engineering practices (microservices, cloud platforms, etc.).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.
• Experience in global or distributed engineering environments is highly desirable.

Benefits:

• Full-time employment with a hybrid work model based in Bangalore.
• Flexible work schedule with full flextime and autonomy over working hours.
• Hybrid setup: 2 days in-office per week and 3 days remote work.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale global consumer products at significant technical depth.
• High-impact leadership role with ownership over organizational design and strategy.
• Strong focus on leadership development, mentorship, and career growth.
• Exposure to global stakeholders and cross-functional strategic decision-making.