Hybrid Senior Software Engineering Manager – AI

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About the role

  • Senior Engineering Manager leading and scaling the Agentic Workflow engineering organization at Pearson Learning Studio. Focused on performance management and technical excellence across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage, and scale a distributed engineering team of 10–20 engineers
  • Build a strong leadership bench by mentoring tech leads and emerging managers
  • Drive performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and career development plans
  • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning
  • Manage hiring, onboarding, and team capacity planning to support business growth
  • Ensure high levels of team engagement, retention, and productivity across geographies
  • Own end-to-end delivery for the Insights & Recommendations domain across multiple Scrum teams
  • Establish predictable execution rhythms, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to translate strategy into clear engineering roadmaps
  • Identify risks early and proactively remove organizational, technical, or process bottlenecks
  • Drive operational excellence, including metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Provide architectural oversight for data-driven applications, analytics pipelines, and web platforms
  • Guide teams on best practices in SQL, data systems, ReactJS, and Java-based services
  • Ensure scalable system design, performance optimization, and reliability
  • Lead technical design reviews and promote sound engineering decisions across teams
  • Champion Agile best practices across multiple teams (planning, backlog management, retrospectives)
  • Align engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer impact
  • Collaborate with global stakeholders across time zones with strong communication discipline
  • Drive transparency through clear reporting, stakeholder updates, and data-driven decision-making

Requirements

  • 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing teams of 10+ engineers
  • 12+ years of overall experience in software engineering
  • Proven experience scaling and leading distributed engineering teams across geographies
  • Strong technical background in SQL & data analytics systems
  • Strong technical background in ReactJS
  • Strong technical background in Java-based backend systems
  • Demonstrated success in delivering data-driven platforms or analytics products
  • Strong experience with Agile/Scrum at scale (multiple teams)
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Benefits

  • This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
  • information on benefits offered is __here__

Job title

Senior Software Engineering Manager – AI

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$200,000 - $215,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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