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We are looking for a Line Manager to lead, support, and develop software engineering professionals in a Matrix organization. This role is focused on people leadership, performance management, capability development, engagement, and stakeholder alignment. The Line Manager will not own day-to-day delivery execution, but must have a solid understanding of software delivery processes, engineering team dynamics, stakeholder landscape, and product development flow in order to manage people performance effectively and credibly.
Job Responsibility
Lead and support a group of software engineering professionals
Conduct regular 1:1s focused on performance, motivation, development, well-being, and feedback
Build trust-based relationships with employees and create a healthy leadership environment
Support onboarding, role clarity, engagement, retention, and individual motivation
Identify early signs of overload, disengagement, conflict, or performance risk
Act as a stable leadership anchor in a complex matrix setup
Define and communicate clear individual performance expectations
Evaluate performance based on evidence, stakeholder input, delivery contribution, behavior, and growth
Collect structured feedback from Product, Project/Delivery, Architecture, Scrum Masters, technical experts, and relevant stakeholders
Differentiate performance fairly and transparently
Recognize strong performance and address underperformance early
Support employees in understanding how their work contributes to product, delivery, quality, and business outcomes
Distinguish between individual performance issues and systemic delivery/process constraints
Own development conversations and Personal Development Plans
Identify strengths, growth areas, potential, and career aspirations
Support career progression, competence growth, mentoring, and learning opportunities
Connect individual development with business needs, technology direction, product priorities, and organizational capability gaps
Encourage ownership, learning agility, collaboration, quality mindset, and engineering maturity
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Project Managers, Architects, Scrum Masters, and other functional leaders
Maintain regular feedback loops with stakeholders to understand employee contribution, collaboration, and performance
Support alignment between people capacity, skill maturity, and delivery expectations
Help resolve ambiguity, conflicting expectations, and priority tension affecting employees
Escalate people, capability, or capacity risks constructively
Ensure employees are not left alone to navigate matrix complexity
Identify skill gaps, competence needs, and succession risks
Contribute to workforce planning, hiring, staffing input, and capability development
Support a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, quality, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer value
Promote knowledge sharing and professional standards within the line
Contribute to improvements in leadership practices, feedback culture, and organizational effectiveness
Requirements
Experience leading people in a software development, engineering, product, delivery, or technology organization
Practical understanding of software delivery processes, Agile ways of working, engineering team setup, and delivery stakeholder roles
Experience managing individual performance in a matrix or cross-functional environment
Experience working with stakeholders such as Product Managers, Project Managers, Delivery Managers, Architects, Scrum Masters, QA, Engineers, or similar roles
Experience handling feedback, performance conversations, development planning, and employee engagement
Experience supporting teams or individuals through change, ambiguity, conflicting priorities, or organizational transformation
Nice to have
Previous role as Line Manager, People Manager, Engineering Manager, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Team Lead, or similar
Background in software product development, preferably in a regulated, complex, or multi-stakeholder environment
Experience with performance review processes, career development frameworks, and competence development
Experience with distributed, cross-site, or matrix organizations
Understanding of quality, compliance, technical debt, legacy systems, release processes, or product lifecycle management
Experience with hiring, onboarding, retention, succession planning, or organizational design
What we offer
24 working days of annual vacation
medical insurance
paid sick leaves and child sick leaves
maternity and paternity leaves
Breakfasts and lunches in the office
Good working conditions in a comfortable office in UNIT.City