Senior Service Engineering Manager
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## About the role
As our Service Engineering Manager you will:
- Lead and develop a team of Service and Automation Engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and support to drive high performance and career growth.
- Drive process simplification, standardization, and automation to improve operational efficiency, service reliability, and scalability.
- Own and drive the adoption and operational effectiveness of AI‑enabled support and automation platforms, including Copilot and emerging AI technologies, to improve scalability, efficiency, and service reliability.
- Partner closely with engineering, business, and technical leaders across the organization to plan and execute high‑impact initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership on large‑scale systems, incident management, and service reliability, ensuring effective resolution of complex issues and prevention of recurrence.
- Identify, assess, and respond to security risks and emerging threats, reprioritizing automation and tooling as needed.
- Build solid cross‑group relationships, promote knowledge sharing, and mentor engineers to deliver solutions with meaningful customer and business impact.
## Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls. OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years people management and/or leadership experience.
- Proven experience as a Software Engineering Manager or similar role in a software development setting.
- 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as Python, C#, or JavaScript, with experience in developing scripts and automation tools for data analysis and manipulation, as well as understanding of automation and scripting skills.
- 3+ years of customer service and supporting operational excellence and best practices.
- Understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
- Expertise in cloud technologies like Azure.
- Ability to develop and implement long-term security strategies that align with organizational goals.
- Experience in transitioning teams from reactive to proactive security postures.
- Experience partnering with sales, client services & support, legal, marketing, technology teams and other functions as appropriate.
- Ability to work through self-directed, ambiguous situations.
- Demonstrated skills in dealing with diverse groups of product teams.
- Ability to direct and work independently, with an eagerness to consistently meet and exceed commitments/objectives and take ownership of complex problems.
- Passion for developing others and being vested in their success.
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