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About the role
People Leadership
Own all aspects of people management for direct reports (Tech Leads): 1:1s, performance evaluations, coaching, career development planning, and team culture
Drive hiring end-to-end -- from defining role requirements through interviewing, selection, and onboarding
Identify and grow talent proactively, ensuring Tech Leads and their teams have clear paths for development
Foster a high-trust, high-accountability team environment grounded in psychological safety and a drive for excellence
Prior experience managing Tech Leads or team leads is strongly preferred
Delivery & Execution
Accountable for the delivery and execution of your team(s) -- setting goals, tracking progress, and ensuring commitments are met
Maintain a high degree of visibility into team health, velocity, risks, and blockers at all times
Unblock teams quickly and decisively, escalating when appropriate and following through to resolution
Align team output with broader engineering and organizational priorities
Skilled at managing ambiguity -- able to break down complex situations, identify critical issues, and make decisions with incomplete information
Engineering Leadership
Participate actively in analysis, technical design, and code reviews -- maintaining enough technical context to make informed decisions and credibly support your Tech Leads
Ensure solutions align to Univeris Enterprise Architecture patterns and engineering standards
Refine and establish software development standards and guidelines, promoting a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement across all stages of the SDLC
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and partners to inform and refine roadmaps, ensuring engineering-focused initiatives are represented
Identify opportunities to improve performance, stability, and architecture as part of ongoing delivery
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Serve as Engineering's representative in cross-functional forums -- partnering with other Engineering Managers, Product Management, Architecture, DevOps, and Support to resolve cross-organizational issues
Participate in client-facing and escalation meetings as needed, representing the engineering team clearly and confidently
Drive alignment across teams on shared standards, processes, and priorities
AI-First Engineering
Champion an AI-first engineering culture across your team(s) -- actively driving the evaluation, adoption, and effective use of AI tools across all stages of the SDLC
Maintain hands-on familiarity with AI tooling to credibly guide and coach Tech Leads in their own AI-first practices
Ensure AI-generated outputs meet Univeris quality, security, and architectural standards
Stay current on the evolving AI landscape and bring high-value capabilities to the organization proactively
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