Mobile Data Engineering Manager

As the Engineering Manager - Mobile, you will lead and empower our Mobile CoE Engineering team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable mobile applications aligned with business goals. This role combines technical expertise, strategic leadership, and people management to foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with company objectives while driving team performance, nurturing talent, and adopting industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & People Management

• Inspire and lead squads and individuals working on diverse mobile products
• Mentor and support team members, fostering career growth and well-being while cultivating a collaborative, performance-driven culture.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, provide feedback, and drive personal development
• Own recruitment, onboarding, and training efforts to attract top talent and ensure seamless integration into the team.
• Manage team dynamics, including attrition, workload balance, and long-term growth plans.

Strategic Execution & Delivery

• Oversee the end-to-end mobile development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality applications.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, product management, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives.
• Champion agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing to ensure engineering excellence.
• Drive the go-forward Mobile platform strategy through adoption of standard processes and reusable components across teams to improve productivity and scalability.

Technical Expertise & Problem Solving

• Serve as a technical mentor, guiding teams on iOS and Android architecture, frameworks (Swift, Kotlin, cross-platform), and best practices.
• Engage in estimation, risk mitigation, and troubleshooting to support project success.
• Leverage cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and DevOps tools (e.g., Kubernetes, CI/CD) to build robust, scalable solutions.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting

• Work closely with Product Owners, Directors of Engineering, and cross-functional teams to plan resources, timelines, and budgets.
• Regularly track and report program/project KPIs, team performance, and progress to key stakeholders.
• Drive alignment between technical execution and overarching business strategy.

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Qualifications:

• Proven track record of managing mobile app development teams, delivering apps at scale on iOS and Android platforms.
• Deep understanding of mobile frameworks, tools, and cloud-hosted environments (e.g., Swift, Kotlin, Azure/AWS).
• At least 12+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years in a leadership/management role.
• Strong background in software engineering with a passion for leveraging technology to drive business value.
• Demonstrated success in leading teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments while maintaining quality and hitting deadlines.
• Excellent people-management skills, including hiring, mentorship, and performance management.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities with a results-oriented mindset.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a SaaS/product company with knowledge of key SaaS metrics
• Expertise in tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Experience managing both in-house engineers and engineering partners
• Knowledge of mobile app architecture, design patterns, and automation strategies.

Additional Attributes

• A strong advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Adaptability to evolving technologies and processes.
• Strong communication skills, capable of bridging technical and non-technical discussions.

• Generous Annual Leave – 20 days, plus public holidays, with the possibility to buy additional days
• Life Insurance – 3x times annual salary
• to the latest technologies