Sr Manager, Software Engineering

About the role

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering leads a team responsible for end-to-end solution architecture, from concept through delivery and lifecycle management. They provide hands-on architectural leadership across complex, multi-system initiatives spanning digital and physical Guest experiences. They guide teams in analyzing, designing, programming, debugging, and enhancing software solutions across diverse computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team responsible for end-to-end solution architecture, from concept through delivery and lifecycle management.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership across complex, multi-system initiatives spanning digital and physical Guest experiences.
• Guide teams in analyzing, designing, programming, debugging, and enhancing software solutions across diverse computing environments.
• Evaluate and embrace appropriate AI tools and solutions both within your team, and as part of the projects and programs you enable.
• Develop a deep understanding of business objectives and translate them into solution architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned to delivery timelines.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to shape solution scope, sequencing, and trade-offs.
• Own solution-level architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, platform strategies, and security requirements.
• Establish and enforce solution architecture patterns, reference architectures, and design guidelines.
• Lead and participate in architecture reviews to validate solution designs and mitigate risk early.
• Contribute to and consume enterprise and platform roadmaps to inform solution planning.
• Supervise delivery optimization for large-scale or complex programs, ensuring architectural integrity throughout implementation.
• Support estimation, planning, and dependency management across portfolios.
• Identify and manage technical risk, security considerations, performance concerns, and technical debt at the solution level.
• Define, review, and evolve metrics that measure solution health, reliability, and scalability.
• Ensure operational readiness, supportability, and long-term sustainability of delivered solutions.
• Act as a key liaison between Engineering, Product, Platform, Architecture, and Technology leadership.
• Communicate architectural decisions clearly to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• Identify opportunities where existing capabilities or platforms can be leveraged to accelerate delivery and improve outcomes for Cast and Guests.
• Ensure your partner teams are set up for successful delivery and operation of new or enhanced capabilities.
• Proactively track and assess emerging technologies, patterns, and industry trends.
• Recommend pragmatic innovations that improve delivery speed, quality, and Guest experience.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of related experience with demonstrated expertise in: Software Engineering, Technical Design, Solution and Enterprise Architecture, Software Engineering Delivery and Leadership.
• Proven experience designing and delivering highly scalable, high-volume, distributed systems in Agile environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, integration patterns, APIs, infrastructure, data flows, and security-by-design.
• Experience leading and mentoring Principal Software Architects & Engineers and technical leaders.
• Ability to balance architectural rigor with delivery pragmatism.
• Strong analytical skills with experience identifying and mitigating technical risk and technical debt.
• Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with public speaking and presenting to varied audiences (executive, engineering, and cross-functional forums).
• Experience collaborating within hybrid organizations (centralized architecture with federated delivery teams).
• Budget and forecast management experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture concepts and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate).
• Strong understanding of the relationship between Business Partners, Project/Program Management, Product, Architecture, Engineering, and Testing functions.
• Familiarity with AI tools and approaches as applied to Software Architecture & Engineering.

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Technical Design
• Solution and Enterprise Architecture
• Software Engineering Delivery and Leadership
• Cloud-Native Architectures
• Integration Patterns
• APIs
• Infrastructure
• Data Flows
• Security-by-Design
• Scalable, High-Volume, Distributed Systems
• Agile Environments
• Enterprise Architecture Concepts and Frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate)
• Business Partners, Project/Program Management, Product, Architecture, Engineering, and Testing Functions
• AI Tools and Approaches