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# Software Engineering Manager

- **Company:** SRAM LLC.
- **Location:** Phoenixville, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $155,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://career4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=4223&company=SRAMprod

## About the Role

* Degree in Computer Science or related field, plus 7 years of professional experience
 * Prior people management experience, or internal candidate taking on a management role for the first time
 * Prior experience delivering software product using an incremental approach
 * Prior experience managing development team(s) delivering similar products
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 * Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
 * Prior or current experience as a professional software developer, ideally on products similar to those developed by this team
 * A passion for:
 * Code craftsmanship
 * Quality
 * Delivery
 * Agile (or similar) process expertise with a proven track record, including experience working with Product Management
 * Experience running Agile teams and associated tools (e.g., JIRA)
 * Experience in organizations with development at scale - software orgs producing many products across many teams

## Description

This role is based in Phoenixville, PA and will oversee the development of software developers and related roles for the implementation of value-stream or internal system software deliverables., * Serve as the resource manager for software professionals on the team

 * Monitor team sentiment and take actions as needed
 * Address performance issues
 * Create an environment of trust, accountability, and continuous learning
 * Maintain a sustainable pace while setting high expectations
 * Grow team capability over time
 * Coach engineers in their career path of interest and provide opportunities to advance along identified paths
 * Lead hiring for open positions
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 * Delivery Team Management:
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 * Run Agile rituals for the teams managed by this role (e.g., daily stand-ups, per-sprint retrospectives)
 * Monitor delivery progress and represent team capacity against roadmaps, milestones, and incoming requests
 * Partner with a Product Manager, with the PM representing features and priorities ("what") and this role representing "how" and non-functional needs to be prioritized alongside functional needs
 * Drive non-functional backlog management in concert with development leads; manage story refinement and ordering in cooperation with the PM (who owns feature prioritization)
 * Own release management, in partnership with the team and Product Management:
 * Triage issues discovered in release preparation and facilitate rapid prioritization with the team and PM
 * Make decisions about release readiness
 * Keep an incremental release cadence on schedule
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 * Software Culture Leadership:
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 * Move the team forward in a way that advances the collective software culture (i.e., avoid operating as an isolated silo)
 * Take on leadership role(s) in department-wide initiatives as opportunities arise (e.g., Captain of a Software SI track, Guild Administrator, running book clubs)
 * Apply continuous improvement and lean product development principles to optimize efforts and systems and effectively utilize resources
 * Manage engineering budget for direct reports and projects within scope of responsibility