Hiring: Engineering Manager (Systems & Process Transformation) (HYBRID) Company: C-4 Analytics Location: Wakefield, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 15:10:23 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Agile About the job Required Skills: •Be the bridge between technical execution and business strategy. You will partner closely with our Lead Software Engineer to balance aggressive product roadmaps with the necessary technical rigor required to stabilize and scale a fragile codebase. •SDLC Orchestration: Define, implement, and safeguard a modern Software Development Lifecycle. You ensure that the "how" of building software is efficient, repeatable, and transparent. •Fostering Self-Organization: Lead the team to a state of maturity where they proactively identify areas for improvement and execute on action items to level up the collective. •Strategic Liaison: Translate the needs of the Product team and executive leadership into actionable engineering priorities, negotiating with the Lead Engineer to ensure technical debt and feature work are balanced. •Coordinate effectively across distributed and external engineering teams, ensuring alignment, accountability, and consistent execution standards. •Spec-Driven: Ensure work is grounded in clear, well-defined specifications, reducing ambiguity and improving delivery consistency across teams. •AI-Forward, People First Leadership: Leverage AI as a "first-class citizen" in your daily workflow—from predictive sprint planning and automated reporting to identifying team throughput bottlenecks. Qualifications: •A Systems Thinker: You look at teams and processes as a system that can be optimized. You value throughput and efficiency but understand they are products of a healthy culture. You understand how engineering systems interact with underlying data platforms and dependencies •An Agile Purist: You understand that Agile is about iterative value and failing fast to learn faster, not just standing in a circle once a day. •A Master of Influence: You can lead a team you didn't "hire" (yet), earning the respect of veteran contractors through clear communication and a commitment to removing their blockers. •Strategically Minded: You are comfortable managing "up" to leadership and "across" to product, ensuring engineering is seen as a value-driver, not a cost center. Compensation: •$170,000 - $200,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!