Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Engineering) (Winnipeg)

Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Engineering) (Winnipeg)

08 Nov
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Planview
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Winnipeg

08 Nov

Planview

Winnipeg

Company OverviewPlanview has one mission: to close the gap between strategic intent and business outcome, providing the intelligence organizations need to act decisively. As the global leader in Strategic Portfolio Management, Planview helps organizations of all sizes achieve their business goals, faster and smarter. Our comprehensive platform brings initiatives, investments, and resources into a continuous, connected model of the business: the actionable understanding leaders need to move decisively, keep teams and AI in lockstep, and know how their initiatives are performing. — now powered by Planview Anvi, our next‑generation enterprise AI that delivers expert guidance, intelligent recommendations, and actionable insights, turning complex data into decisive action from strategy through execution.

Recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Portfolio Management for the fifth consecutive year, we proudly serve more than 3,000 customers globally, including 45% of the Fortune 100—and more than 3 million users worldwide. Our global team of 1,500+ employees work remotely and across offices in Austin, Vancouver, Hod HaSharon, Bangalore, Sydney, and Stockholm. The OpportunityWe are looking for a Manager, Platform Engineering to lead a team building the reusable foundation behind Planview’s Platform and Intelligence strategy.

You will help shape an internal platform product that gives engineering teams secure, self‑service paths for building, deploying, observing, and operating software. Reporting to the Director, Platform Engineering, you will play a key role in executing the Platform Engineering vision, scaling platform capabilities, and enabling engineering teams through secure, self‑service, and reusable solutions. This is a people‑leadership role with meaningful technical influence. help the team make sound architecture and prioritization decisions; and build a culture where engineers can move quickly without compromising security, reliability, compliance, or customer value.

Lead, coach, and develop a diverse team of platform engineers across career stages and geographies. Establish a clear team mission, roadmap, priorities, and success measures for platform adoption, developer experience, and team outcomes. Build and evolve golden paths for service creation, delivery automation, secure identity and networking, observability,



policy‑as‑code, and other shared engineering capabilities.

Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, Data Science, and Application Engineering leaders to turn common needs into reusable platform products rather than one‑off solutions. Guide technical decisions across cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, service platforms, and AI‑enabled engineering workflows. Identify delivery risks and trade‑offs early, communicate options clearly, and help the team make timely decisions.

Balance developer productivity, reliability, security, operational cost, and long‑term platform sustainability. Improve how the team plans, delivers, measures, and learns while keeping engineers connected to customer and business outcomes. Mentor engineers and emerging leaders, support career growth, and build a culture of inclusion, trust, and accountability.

Expected Salary: 135,000 -165,000 CAD Experience leading and developing software or platform engineering teams, including distributed or cross‑functional teams. Recent technical experience with cloud‑native software, developer platforms, infrastructure automation, distributed systems, or related engineering domains.

A product mindset: you understand internal developers as customers, prioritize their highest‑value problems, and measure whether the platform is improving their experience and outcomes.

Experience using data and metrics to guide platform investment, prioritization, and continuous improvement. The ability to engage deeply in technical discussions without taking ownership away from the engineers closest to the work.

Experience balancing delivery, reliability, security, compliance, operational cost, and long‑term maintainability. A demonstrated commitment to coaching, feedback, psychological safety, and inclusive team practices.

Experience building internal developer platforms, platform‑as‑a‑product capabilities, or paved‑road engineering experiences.





Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider, containers and orchestration, infrastructure as code, GitOps, CI/CD, and observability. Familiarity with policy‑as‑code, identity and access management, service catalogs, developer portals, platform governance, or platform adoption metrics.

Experience using platform telemetry, developer insights, and adoption metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps, or engineering economics.

Experience enabling responsible use of generative AI, coding assistants, agents, or other automation in software delivery.

Experience embedding security, compliance, and auditability into engineering workflows by design. We use adoption, reliability, and developer experience metrics to guide decisions and continuous improvement.

Use AI responsibly: AI‑assisted development can accelerate delivery, but the quality bar does not change. If you ship it, you can explain it, test it, debug it, and support it in production. The best platform and intelligence solutions are shaped with product teams, Data Science, and the people who use them. We provide standards, governance, and automation that help teams move quickly while maintaining security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Benefits at PlanviewAt Planview, you’ll join our global team and culture which reflects the vibrant communities in which our employees live and work. Region specific competitive benefit plans to support you at any life stage including parental leave, retirement, medical plans, wellness support, and remote work support.

Employee

Referral bonus program. Weekly office lunches for hybrid team members and social events. Versatile work hours/environment. AI Use in RecruitmentPlanview may employ AI‑based tools to support certain recruiting activities, however all decisions affecting a candidate's application are made by a human recruiter or hiring manager.

Planview is committed to complying with applicable AI regulations, including the EU AI Act and other emerging legislation in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and reviews its AI practices as these requirements evolve. If you require further information or would like to exercise your rights under applicable privacy laws, please submit your request at Planview Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) Portal. #

📌 Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Engineering) (Winnipeg)
🏢 Planview
📍 Winnipeg

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