Senior Engineer Manager

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.

Required

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

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community.

Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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