Engineering Manager

About Ovative Group

Ovative Group is an independent, full‑funnel media, measurement, and creative firm. We help brands like Best Buy, Domino’s, American Eagle, The Home Depot, Post, Disney, Tumi, Michael Kors, Boost Mobile, and United Health Group transform their media and measurement programs. Our proprietary Mar Tech platform, EMRge, is the first Mar Tech platform to measure businesses holistically.

Engineering Manager – leads a cross‑functional team responsible for creating, optimizing, and maintaining scalable software and data solutions to enhance performance, stability, and scalability. Guides the team from concept to deployment, mentors junior team members, and drives adoption of cutting‑edge technologies.

• Partner in sprint and interval planning with product and technical leaders to align goals, scope, timing, dependencies, and delivery readiness.
• Support backlog refinement, ensuring work entering delivery is clear, ready, and sized appropriately.
• Lead core delivery ceremonies and own the team's delivery rhythm, surfacing blockers, trade‑offs, and replanning needs early.
• Use team capacity, velocity, and delivery patterns to set realistic commitments and improve the team's delivery system over time.
• Mentor and coach engineering team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and collaboration.
• Provide clear expectations, regular feedback, and consistent support through 1:1s and day‑to‑day leadership.
• Create stretch opportunities that help team members grow in ownership, versatility, and resilience while aligning to team and business needs.
• Foster a culture of teamwork and technical excellence, inspiring team members to achieve their best.
• Drive adherence to strong engineering practices, ensuring high‑quality, reliable software in partnership with QA.
• Partner directly with Product Managers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to translate work into actionable technical direction.
• Represent the team in cross‑team discussions, surfacing dependencies, risks, and decisions needed to keep work moving.
• Advocate for the team within the organization, ensuring needs, constraints, and perspectives are understood.
• Communicate status, risks, and key decisions clearly, representing the team as a reliable partner.
• Maintain strong standards for delivery quality, deployment discipline, reliability, and security, following SDLC and Dev Ops best practices.
• Collaborate with IT, Infosec, QA, and other functions to maintain a strong security and compliance posture.
• Champion adoption of AI‑assisted development tools, establishing effective patterns that improve velocity while protecting quality and security.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience leading a high‑performance team, including lead engineers.
• Passion for leading and growing cross‑functional technical team members in their personal development.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional team members, product owners, and stakeholders to drive business goals.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience influencing and communicating with non‑technical decision makers as a technical thought leader.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java).
• Familiarity with web technologies, data manipulation (e.g., SQL), and version control systems (e.g., Git Hub).
• Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS).
• Knowledge of Dev Ops practices, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and the product development lifecycle.
• Experience leading and shaping Agile delivery practices, including scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe.

• Experience or strong interest in agentic AI technologies and practical applications.
• Experience with marketing APIs and/or automating data pulls from marketing platforms.
• Client or stakeholder‑facing, consultative role experience.
• Familiarity with modern web APIs and full‑stack frameworks.
• Experience influencing budget and investment decisions for engineering organizations.

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