Senior Engineering Manager

Who Are We? 
We’re not just a company; we’re a global force. Fiercely committed to ensuring that everyone, everywhere, can live their lives digitally safe. Our family of brands – Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender and CCleaner – unite the brightest minds, the sharpest tech and the most diverse thinking to protect over 500 million people. And we’ve built an inclusive workplace, where your well-being is a priority because true success comes from a place of balance and authenticity. When you're thriving, you’re unstoppable. So, bring us your bold ideas and passion that refuses to quit. The digital world isn’t some distant reality – it's the world we live in, and we’re ready for it. If you’re ready to push boundaries and be part of something bigger, join #TeamGen.

How We Work?
We love to work together and collaborate in our teams, which is why we opted for a hybrid model, allowing us to work from the office 2-3 times per week.

Mission and Goals:

This is a full-time role for a Senior Delivery Manager located in Chennai. This role requires managing multiple scrum teams ( up to 3) and supervises both the product backlog that team consumes and deliver ensuring team is executing objectives as per committed plan. In addition to regular people responsibilities – role also requires cross team collaboration and be an escalation delivery contact leader for resolving technical challenges, resolve conflicts and encourage to provide enhanced features partnering with product for changing business needs and grabbing revenue opportunities.  Takes care of delivery ownership of committed items and helps team set and accomplish goals challenging the status co setting bar high. This role is an on-site position in Chennai. Be a situational motivator to the team and drive by deeper involvement into product.
 

Objectives:

• Techno functional & engineering delivery lead for minimal 2 to 3 modules of a core product

• Responsible for managing minimal 3 to 4 scrum teams consisting of roles including principal engineers, Sr. PO, Sr. QA & team under them

• People responsibilities like setting goals based on BU strategic roadmap, performing appraisals and enabling winning culture

• Proactive ownership to provide timely resolution to execution and tactical challenges

• Improve quality / certification abilities of product release

• Initiatives that lead to automate build & release complexities

• Guide and coach team on design & implementation challenges by collaborating with right set of people and help make crucial execution decision

• Assist team in setting high performance standards for maximized results

• Facilitate escalation and resolve conflicts as required

• Learn & adapt to obtain security and related core feature domain expertise

• Participate in agile process improvement activities

• Provide weekly accomplishment stats to leadership

• Be a strong influencer and a change maker

• Lead and own new process improvements

• Good team player & motivator, facilitating cross functional and cultural team interaction

• Flexible to attend calls at overlap between CET and PST time on needed basis

Competencies:

• BE / M Sc / MCA / Any Computer Related Degree

• Total 15 + years of IT experience managing teams with diversified skills and proven track of delivering product solution using multiple skillset

• Must have experience in leading teams to deliver features and product enhancements with engineering excellence comprising product development, testing, automation and release support involving technologies preferably using few among - C++, C#, AWS, JS, Python, angular, Java & exposure to AI/ML models

• 5+ years of end to end product development with accountability in satisfying project triple constraint demands (cost, schedule and quality)

• Strong in evangelizing iterative development using agile/scrum practices

• Knowledgeable in OOPS, design patterns, data structures and best architectural practices

• Familiar with project management / bug triaging tools like JIRA

• Familiar with source control systems like GIT and build framework using Teamcity / MSBuild / Jenkin

• Strong in guiding team to solve problems using right debugging & review tools

• Certified PMP, ACP, CSM roles will be an added advantage

• Additional technical certification will be a plus

• Has better understanding and expertise of working on functional or technology competencies and using the best knowledge available for team’s productivity.

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

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