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Relativity

Manager, Software Engineering

chicago, IL

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Relativity lists this Manager, Software Engineering opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Posting Type: Hybrid

Job Overview

The Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for building and leading a highly effective team of software engineers, and working with departmental contacts to support the demands of the department and meet the objectives of the product development process. The engineering manager is responsible for the professional development of their reports and is the subject matter expert for the product features they are involved in.

Job Description and Requirements

Focus On Product Delivery

Contributes to the product roadmap and uses it to bring purpose to the team and their backlog

Has effective ability to scope and drive features and products, delivering updates

Deliver results, within time and scope, and brings visibility through regular reporting

Accountability behind the features and products they own

Develop deep software product knowledge within their team's area of ownership

Promotes Personal Development

Aligns Goals With Strategy

Serve as technology advisor to the business on all aspects of software technology trends and novel solutions specific to their respective domain or feature set

Stay on the top of the latest technological progress and use this knowledge to ensure company products and software solutions remain marketable and competitive

Be a subject matter expert in your area of our product

Use long term strategic thinking to guide and develop your team to help them meet overall product goals

Exercises a significant latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments

Be innovative. Think outside the box when crafting solutions and considering impact

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science or related disciplines

4+ years of experience managing software product development teams

10+ years of software development of commercial-grade systems and applications with a proven track record of building and leading successful engineering teams

Experience managing remote teams or individual staff in remote locations is a plus

Excellent knowledge of software engineering discipline, including the latest programming languages, object-oriented programming, hands-on architecture high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, operating systems, distributed database modeling and access languages, cloud environments such as SaaS

Strong teamwork and partnering skills for cross-group collaboration

Strong Leadership skills, ability to perform under the pressure and optimize the team's resources to attain the business goals

Ability to motivate people, instill accountability and achieve results

In depth knowledge of agile product development methodologies

Strong verbal, presentation, and written communications skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.

The expected salary range for this role is between $155,000 and $233,000.

The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.

Suggested Skills:

Budget Management, Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, Performance Management (PM), Process Improvements, Project Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Management, Stakeholder Management

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Worksite address

chicago, IL, 60290, US

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