Senior Project / Engineering Manager

N-iX is a global software development service company that helps businesses across the globe create next-generation software products. Founded in 2002, we unite 2,400+ tech-savvy professionals across 40+ countries, working on impactful projects for industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. Our expertise spans cloud, data, AI/ML, embedded software, IoT, and more, driving digital transformation across finance, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and other industries. Join N-iX and become part of a team where your ideas make a real impact.

Our client provides comprehensive operational support and a range of expert services to the world's leading insurers, brokers, fleet managers and automotive manufacturers. 3,300 employees across ten countries deliver exceptional standards on a large scale for over 1,200 clients. We help the global insurance market to handle millions of claims each year in the most cost-effective and efficient ways possible.

We are looking for a Senior Project / Engineering Manager to lead delivery across three cross-functional development teams within the client's transformation program. This is a senior but hands-on leadership role: you will own delivery milestones end-to-end, keep the teams unblocked and moving, and work closely with Product Managers and Architects to ensure the expected functionality is delivered on time and to a high standard. You will act as a key delivery interface to client stakeholders in the EU and UK, translating business priorities into an executable plan and reporting reliable, defensible status against it.

Requirements:

• 6+ years in software delivery, including proven experience as a Senior Project Manager, Engineering Manager, or Delivery Lead owning complex, multi-team engagements
• Experience within the software development / engineering / outsourcing industry is a must
• Track record of end-to-end ownership of delivery milestones - planning, forecasting, tracking, and reporting with a strong delivery-predictability focus
• Genuinely hands-on leadership style: comfortable operating at both the strategic and day-to-day level, close enough to the work to make and unblock decisions
• Experience coordinating multiple teams and workstreams with dependencies between them
• Practical command of Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban) alongside project- and program-management practices, and the judgement to blend them pragmatically
• Solid technical grounding - enough to engage credibly with Architects on solution design, microservice architecture principles, REST APIs and integrations, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and engineering trade-offs
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills, including direct ownership of senior client relationships across time zones (EU, UK)
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence (or comparable delivery and documentation tooling)
• Excellent English communication skills, comfortable with both technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting a platform consolidation, migration, or feature-parity initiative
• Background in enterprise / B2B SaaS, multi-tenant platforms, or the insurance / InsurTech domain
• Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PSM/CSM, SAFe, or equivalent
• Knowledge of engineering quality practices - clean code, SOLID, TDD and test tooling, change and release management
• Experience with AI-assisted development and delivery tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor)

Responsibilities:

• Own delivery across three cross-functional development teams - accountable for scope, timeline, quality, and predictability of committed milestones
• Own delivery milestones end-to-end: plan, sequence, track, and report progress, surfacing risks early and driving corrective action
• Stay hands-on day-to-day: identify and remove blockers and impediments, drive delivery decisions, and keep momentum across the teams
• Coordinate dependencies, sequencing, and priorities across the three teams and adjacent workstreams
• Work closely with Product Managers / Product Owners and Architects to translate product vision and architectural direction into an executable roadmap, and ensure the teams deliver the expected functionality
• Establish and continuously improve Agile ways of working (Scrum/Kanban) across the teams; guide Scrum Masters and raise delivery maturity over time
• Provide transparent status, risk, and forecast reporting to client stakeholders and leadership in the EU and UK
• Establish and track the delivery metrics that give leadership confidence - predictability, throughput, milestone burn-up, and program-level risk
• Ensure proper change management and release management processes are followed across the teams
• Balance delivery pace against quality and technical debt, keeping engineering standards high from code architecture to end-user experience
• Manage, coach, and grow team members; foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and knowledge sharing
• Facilitate and participate in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, demos) as needed

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits
• not applicable for freelancers