Engineering Manager - PaaS APAC

Who We Are:

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

 SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients

Why is this role important?

This position is vital for leading a team of SRE Engineers in a specific product area, enhancing team skills through mentorship, coaching, and goal setting, while also ensuring a constructive work environment. In this role, you will collaborate with other engineering leaders to lead initiatives across different areas and promote knowledge sharing, ensuring high engineering standards with assistance from Tech Leads, and creating tailored educational and learning pathways.

The role also emphasizes driving the 5C Culture (Caring, Curious, Collaborative, Courageous, and Customer Success Driven) in and across all teams, encouraging team positivity and accountability, and handling operational responsibilities such as duty rosters and people-related processes. Additionally, the role requires actively participating in improving team culture based on survey findings and leading reward and recognition behaviors. This position is essential for the team, a positive culture, and ensuring high standards of engineering. It requires strong managerial experience, emotional intelligence, a collaborative mindset, effective communication skills, and an understanding of agile methodologies, along with multi-cultural awareness and appreciation for working in a diverse, international organization.

What you will be responsible for:

• Leading and overseeing a team of SRE Engineers within a specific product area.
• Overseeing team development through mentorship, coaching, and goal-setting.
• Creating a healthy working environment for your teams.
• Collaborating with other engineering leaders to drive cross-area initiatives and knowledge sharing.
• Promoting engineering proficiency within your area by working with Tech Leads.
• Developing and implementing learning and education paths for our people.
• Ensuring that the people undertake the learning paths best designed for them.
• Supporting the promotion of the 5 C Culture of Simcorp (Inclusive, Curious, Collaborative, Brave, and Customer Success Driven) within all teams.
• Assist the POs in encouraging and supporting team positivity and a sense of collective accountability.
• Tasked with creating and overseeing the duty rosters.
• Responsible for managing the People and Culture processes related to people management, such as Real Talks, Workday processes, evaluations etc.
• Contribute to the advancement of the team’s culture shaped by the feedback and outcomes of various surveys and promoting proactive measures.
• Engage in and lead reward and recognition behaviors.

What we value:

• Relevant years of managerial experience accompanied by a capacity to motivate and lead groups.
• Extensive knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts
• Experience working in an agile team and a good understanding of other agile methodologies/framework. 
• It is also beneficial to have experience working in a similar Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment, which can bring valuable insights and expertise to the team
• Consistent expertise in organizing, planning, and documenting work efficiently
• High interpersonal skills and a service-oriented mindset towards your employees. 
• A promise to build a workplace where collaboration and openness are prioritized. 
• Effective communication and collaboration within a large, international organization. 
• A clear understanding of what constitutes "good enough" and the ability to guide your teams accordingly. 
• Alignment with our core values: Caring, Customer Success Driven, Collaboration, Curious, Courageous. 

Benefits:

SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since we operate in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

Take advantage of this section and indicate the most-valued benefits for candidates, considering training and certification, as well as benefits that can improve a candidate's work-life balance, such as flexible hours, vacation time, work-from-home options, etc. Please note that this may not be possible for multiple location postings due to the difference in benefits.

Next steps:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. 

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

**SimCorp proudly announces the official certification of its Manila Delivery Center as a Great Place To Work, a remarkable achievement within just two and a half years of operations. This certification, which was acquired in November 2023, underscores SimCorp's effort to cultivating a workplace that is not only inclusive and collaborative but also committed to the personal and professional growth of its employees

**We are also honored to have been voted as a WealthTech100 company for three consecutive years. The new WealthTech100 list aims to highlight tech innovation leaders in the investment management industry.**

 #Li-Hybrid