Senior Engineer Manager

About this role

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Professional Engineering

Job Qualifications: Skills: Leadership Management, Team Development, Team Performance, Team Productivity Certifications: None Experience: 10 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: What You’ll Do: • Lead a high-performing team of engineers (employees, internal contractors, and external contractors) to deliver high-impact features and improvements to our core services and systems • Focus primarily on people management, team development, and strategic execution rather than hands-on coding • Independently drive execution on projects supporting semi-annual and annual goals, navigating ambiguity and organizational change • Foster a culture of ownership, excellence, and psychological safety where team members can grow and deliver their best work • Set clear priorities, goals, and key metrics for your team and hold them accountable for progress while maintaining healthy team dynamics • Partner effectively across engineering teams and with cross-functional stakeholders (product, design, customer) to deliver business and customer impact • Build and develop a diverse, high-performing team through strategic hiring, coaching, and creating growth opportunities aligned with individual strengths and career aspirations • Balance running the business, foundational work, and new initiatives to optimize for sustainable long-term execution • Identify and address technical risks, system bottlenecks, and process inefficiencies that impact team productivity and outcomes • Drive informed decision-making by gathering diverse perspectives and balancing customer value with broader business goals • Champion engineering best practices, including architectural quality, operational excellence, and technical strategy alignment

Evidence of Leadership & Management Accomplishment: • Demonstrated track record of leading high-performing engineering teams to deliver significant business and customer impact • Experience managing mixed workforce models including full-time employees, internal contractors, and external contractors • Strong people management focus with experience spending the majority of time on coaching, development, and team enablement rather than individual contribution • Experience managing the full software development lifecycle with a focus on results, quality, and team health • Proven ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity while maintaining team focus and morale • Track record of building, hiring, and developing diverse engineering teams across various skill levels • Experience setting technical direction and making architectural tradeoffs in partnership with senior

Management & Technical Excellence: • Strong people management skills including coaching, performance management, and conflict resolution across diverse workforce models • Experience building cohesive, high-performing teams that include a mix of employees and contractors • Ability to provide quality technical feedback on designs and architectural decisions without being hands[1]on keyboard • Understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and modern engineering practices • Experience establishing efficient processes and operational cadences that drive high team performance • Skilled at balancing technical excellence with pragmatic delivery of business value • Comfortable reviewing system health, engineering quality, and technical strategy alignment

Ownership, Collaboration, & Communication: • Demonstrated propensity for taking ownership of problems and driving them to resolution • Ability to communicate with clarity and brevity, tailoring messages to different audiences and stakeholders • Experience building deep cross-functional relationships and facilitating productive conflict • Track record of advocating for your team while optimizing for broader organizational outcomes • Willingness to hold crucial conversations even when uncomfortable, and ability to disagree and commit • Creates inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are valued and team members feel psychologically safe

Adaptability & Growth: • Growth mindset with demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and self-development • Proven ability to embrace change, introduce new initiatives, and guide teams through organizational transitions • Demonstrated embrace of AI and automation tools to enhance team productivity and engineering outcomes • Track record of encouraging experimentation, learning from failures, and driving innovation within teams • Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and ability to focus on the greater purpose to move forward

Required: • Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C • Position is remote, with approximately 10-20% business travel

#EDopportunities

The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options: Remote

Work Location: Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 1

Similar jobs

• Senior Engineering Manager — Suno · NYC
• Senior Engineering Manager — Boeing · USA - Albuquerque, NM
• Senior Engineering Manager — McKesson · Columbus, OH | Remote, United States
• Senior Engineering Manager — Flowengineering · San Francisco
• Senior Engineering Manager — Scan Com · New York City
• Senior Engineering Manager — Obviant · Remote
• Senior Engineering Manager — Savvy · Remote
• Senior Engineering Manager — Zenput · Atlanta, Georgia, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Louisville, Kentucky, United States