**About the Role**
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and user-centered technology solutions that support business objectives and customer needs.

You will work closely with business, product, architecture, and technology partners to translate strategic priorities into practical engineering roadmaps and delivery plans.

This role combines people leadership, technology delivery, and cross-functional program execution, providing the opportunity to influence both how solutions are built and how engineering teams grow.

The successful candidate will foster an inclusive, high-performing environment where engineers can do their best work while driving measurable business and technology outcomes.
**Position Responsibilities:**
Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers through regular feedback, career development conversations, mentorship, and growth opportunities.

Deliver secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions that align with business priorities and customer needs.

Translate business, technical, and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans.

Lead complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple technology teams, stakeholders, and dependencies.

Partner with business leaders, architects, technical leads, and subject matter experts to evaluate solutions and drive informed technology decisions.

Coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, proactively managing risks, dependencies, priorities, and resource considerations.

Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, implementation practices, documentation, and operational processes that support sustainable delivery and maintenance.

Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance team effectiveness, quality, reliability, and delivery outcomes.

Provide clear and timely updates to senior business and technology leaders regarding progress, key decisions, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.

Foster an inclusive and collaborative team culture where diverse perspectives are valued, contributions are recognized, and individuals are supported in achieving their full potential.

Support organizational and technology transformation initiatives while helping teams successfully navigate change.
**Required Qualifications** :
Experience leading software engineering teams, including people leadership, coaching, performance management, and talent development.

Experience delivering complex technology initiatives involving multiple teams, stakeholders, and business partners.

Ability to translate strategic business priorities into engineering roadmaps, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.

Strong understanding of Agile principles, up-to-date software delivery practices, and the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Experience working with cross-functional teams to manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and competing demands.

Ability to communicate technical concepts, trade-offs, and delivery status effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.





Knowledge of software engineering practices including cloud technologies, APIs, application development, CI/CD, system reliability, and security.

Experience leading teams through organizational, process, or technology change.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, collaboration, and creating inclusive team environments.

Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
**Preferred Qualifications** :
Experience working within financial services, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.

Experience with workforce planning, capacity planning, budgeting, or technology financial management.

Exposure to large-scale enterprise modernization or digital transformation initiatives.

Experience establishing engineering standards, governance practices, or delivery frameworks.

Demonstrated ability to evaluate alternatives, navigate ambiguity, and make informed decisions in complex environments.

Strong presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.

Commitment to ongoing professional growth and continuous learning.

Our technology ecosystem includes cloud, web, enterprise, and legacy platforms, including Azure, Node.js, React, REST APIs, Git

Hub, CI/CD pipelines, relational and NoSQL databases.
**Experience with every technology listed is not required** .

We welcome candidates with experience across comparable enterprise technology environments.
**When you join our team:**
We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our distributed team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.
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**Referenced Salary Location**
Waterloo, Ontario
**Modalidades de Trabajo**
Híbrido
**Salary range is expected to be between**
$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD
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📌 Engineering Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Manulife
📍 Toronto