Senior Manager, System Operations Software

Team: LEO Systems Operations Software

Location: Bethesda, MD

Commitment: Full Time Hire - (FTE with Benefits)

Workplace Type: onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop technical leads, architects, and software engineering teams.
  Build and maintain a high-performing engineering organization focused on innovation, accountability, quality, and execution.
• Drive organizational effectiveness, talent development, succession planning, and workforce growth.
• Foster collaboration across engineering, operations, architecture, and product management teams.
• Define and execute software development and delivery strategies for Control Plane, Management Plane, and ODP initiatives.
• Drive the continuous improvement of software development processes, engineering practices, and delivery methodologies.
• Ensure product roadmaps, priorities, and release plans align with organizational objectives.
  Establish effective governance for feature development, architecture reviews, code quality, testing, and release management.
• Provide strategic direction for the evolution of Control Plane, Management Plane, and ODP platforms.
• Ensure software solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with long-term architecture objectives.
• Partner with architects and technical leaders to define technology roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Guide technical decision-making across multiple programs and delivery teams.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled software development practices throughout the organization.
  Establish standards, processes, and governance for AI-assisted development.
• Leverage AI technologies to improve software quality, engineering productivity, automation, testing, documentation, and operational efficiency.
• Champion continuous modernization of software engineering practices and toolchains.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, product owners, architects, operations teams, and external partners.
• Communicate technical strategy, program status, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Support planning activities, resource allocation, risk management, and strategic decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, network management systems, or large-scale software platforms.
• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience managing cross-functional engineering organizations and managing multiple teams in matrixed environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading software development and delivery programs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, data platforms, and enterprise software
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• Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices.
• Proven ability to lead organizational transformation and complex technical initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI-assisted software development and AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of OSS/NMS, Management Plane, Control Plane, and Operational Data Platform architectures.
• Experience with telecommunications, satellite communications, network management systems, or large-scale operations software environments.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed software platforms.
• Demonstrated experience driving engineering modernization and AI transformation initiatives.