Engineering Manager

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Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Senior level
Fashion • Retail • Software
The Role
The Engineering Manager will lead a cross-functional engineering team in delivering software products, optimizing the development lifecycle, and mentoring engineers. Responsibilities include technical leadership, managing risks, and ensuring project delivery with high quality and efficiency, while collaborating with product managers and engaging with stakeholders.
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Job Summary:

Join our team and help us revolutionize the fashion and lifestyle industry by empowering retailers and

brands to optimize their prices and inventory across channels. We are looking for an experienced

engineering manager to lead one of our cross-functional engineering teams in delivering high-quality,

impactful products. In this role, you will oversee technical execution, manage the product development

lifecycle, and ensure the team delivers value on time and in high quality. You will work closely with product

managers to support the discovery process and provide technical guidance throughout the product

lifecycle. Your team will include experts in software engineering, data engineering, data science, and

quality assurance.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and support a diverse team of engineers,

fostering their technical growth and career development. Provide regular feedback, encourage

collaboration, and inspire the team to achieve high performance and excellence.

  • Technical Leadership & Decision-Making: Establish and guide the technical direction of your

team, empowering them to make key architectural decisions aligned with the company's

broader goals. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by driving best practices in

development, testing, and release management.

  • Delivery Process Ownership: Take full ownership of delivering projects with efficiency and

quality, managing the entire software development lifecycle. Optimize workflows, streamline

processes, and ensure timely delivery of high-impact features.

  • Risk Management & Problem Solving: Proactively identify potential risks, both technical and

operational, and create strategies to mitigate them. Actively solve complex problems and

unblock the team when necessary, ensuring that the team's focus remains on high-impact work.


Qualifications:

  • Experience: At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership

or engineering management role, ideally within a cross-functional team environment.

Experience working with data scientists and data engineers is a strong plus.

  • Technical Expertise: Strong proficiency in software development, with experience across

multiple programming languages. Experience with SaaS products and a strong understanding of

data-driven applications is a plus.

  • Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a diverse team of engineers, helping them

achieve both technical excellence and career growth. Experience in leading teams in managing

change and supporting their continuous improvement.

  • Collaboration & Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build

relationships across teams and engage with stakeholders effectively. Clear communicator,

capable of articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Decision-Making & Problem-Solving: Strong ability to make informed technical decisions,

balancing business goals with technical constraints. Excellent problem-solving skills with a data-

driven, analytical approach to resolving challenges.

  • Bias for Action & Continuous Improvement: A proactive, action-oriented mindset with a focus

on driving results and continuous improvement within the team and the organization.


What We Offer:

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work on challenging

projects that will help you grow your technical skills. Our remote work environment is built on

collaboration, flexibility, and respect, and we are committed to providing ongoing training and

professional development opportunities for our team members. Join us in shaping the future of retail

technology!

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The Company
Campbell, California
568 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

Centric Software® is the innovator behind the #1 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric PLM™, that is blazing the trail for brands, manufacturers and retailers across all segments of the consumer goods industry. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Centric Software has shattered the mold to create state-of-the-art digital solutions to satisfy the needs of every player in the market, large and small, and supports their mission to develop high-quality, sustainable products that are on time and on trend.

- Centric PLM delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality and product portfolio optimization innovations specifically for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric PLM streamlines the product development process from concept to retail.
- Centric Planning provides best-in-class data and visually driven financial, merchandise and assortment planning as well as store and vendor forecasting to maximize margins and for seamless and fast, pre and in-season execution.
- Centric Visual Boards improves collaboration and decision-making of merchandising and buying teams through intuitive digital boards, driving innovation and decreasing time to market.

All Centric solutions are market-driven, ensuring they meet the needs of customers. These innovations include the first ever PLM mobile apps, 3D CAD connectors, sustainability integrations, and more. Centric Software has the highest user adoption rates in the industry and proudly maintains a 99% customer retention rate due to its seamless implementation methodology which ensures that 100% of its customers go live. Centric Software is proud to provide the best solution, backed by the best team to service the best customers.

Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA). For more information, please visit www.centricsoftware.com.

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