At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Athens · Malta
About the role
- As an Engineering Manager at Betsson Group, your primary responsibilities will be geared towards building and leading high-performing engineering teams, focusing heavily on people management.
- You will work closely with product, architecture, and design counterparts on the planning and scoping of the product and technical development roadmap, accountable for the engineering teams' delivery.
- You will take ownership and responsibility for the technical stability and performance of the applications under your teams' tutelage.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead well-structured, highly functional teams with a culture of ownership and collaboration, driving excellence in hiring, onboarding, and career development while removing obstacles.
- Be accountable for delivering on time and to a high standard, using clear performance metrics to track progress and drive continuous improvement of team and development processes.
- Promote ownership of system health, performance, and stability, ensuring effective support processes are in place and SLAs are actively monitored and met.
- Be an active member of the area's leadership team, working closely with Product and Architecture to align the team with strategy, standards, and business goals.
- Share best practices with engineering leaders across the organization.
Requirements
- Excellent Communicator: Communicates clearly, honestly, and directly with the team, fellow Engineering Managers, and the Head of Engineering, adapting the message to the audience.
- Team Building and Collaboration: Builds highly functional, collaborative teams where people support each other, share knowledge, and take shared ownership of outcomes.
- Team Planning and Resourcing: Identifies gaps in skills, roles, and capacity, and closes them proactively through hiring, upskilling, and planning ahead of demand.
- People Management: Manages the team day to day with fairness and consistency, running effective one-to-ones, performance reviews, and hiring, and handling people matters such as conflict, absence, and HR processes with care and discretion.
- People Development: Invests in the growth of every team member through regular feedback, clear goals, and support for career progression, addressing performance concerns early and fairly.
- Technical Understanding: Brings a solid engineering background to technical discussions, partnering with Tech Leads and Architects while empowering the team to own solutions.
- Delivery and Execution: Ensures the team delivers reliably by managing priorities, dependencies, and risks, while balancing delivery pressure with a sustainable pace.
- Stakeholder Management: Builds strong relationships with Product, Design, QA, Architecture, and other teams, representing the team confidently and advocating for its needs.
- Continuous Improvement: Uses data and team feedback to refine processes and engineering practices, fostering a culture where learning leads to real change.
- Culture and Wellbeing: Leads with empathy and fairness, building an inclusive team and keeping an eye on wellbeing and workload before issues escalate.
Benefits
- Monthly Allowance for Lunch
- Private & Life Plan Insurance for you and your family
- Team Building Budget
- Annual Wellness Allowance
- Corporate Travel Insurance
- Events and initiatives both Local (Quarterly Meetings) and Global
- Professional Development Programs & Internal Career Opportunities
- Milestone Birthday
Skills
- Scrum
- Kanban
