Job description
Engineering Manager
Company Overview
KDR Talent Solutions is a specialist data, analytics and technology recruitment agency, whose teams focus on niche areas.
Job Summary
Want to focus on people, culture, and team performance, not just delivery metrics? Looking for a role where you can genuinely influence how engineering teams operate and collaborate? Interested in building products that have a real impact on how healthcare is delivered? We’re working with a fast-growing, mission-driven HealthTech in Germany that is using technology and AI to have a positive impact on society.
Key Responsibilities
- Team & People Development: Supporting engineers with growth, feedback, and career progression; Building a strong, open team culture where issues are addressed early; Acting as a coach, helping individuals navigate challenges and improve.
- Team Effectiveness & Delivery: Ensuring teams are set up to deliver effectively without unnecessary friction; Keeping core processes running smoothly (planning, retrospectives, alignment); Spotting early warning signs around delivery or morale and acting on them.
- Collaboration & Alignment: Working across teams to ensure clear communication and shared understanding; Supporting Tech Leads by creating clarity around decisions and follow-through; Helping connect Engineering with Product and other stakeholders where needed.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Experience leading engineers in a people-focused Engineering Manager role
- Background working in modern, product-led environments with cross-functional teams
- Able to engage in technical discussions and understand trade-offs, without needing to be hands-on
- Strong track record of building healthy, collaborative, and accountable teams
- Comfortable managing complexity across teams, stakeholders, and priorities
- Proven experience in being able to challenge, support, and develop people effectively
- Clear communicator who brings transparency and structure to teams
- Coaching mindset, focused on enabling others to succeed
- Authorized to work in Germany
- 2+ years of work experience with Engineering Management
Location
Germany, Remote: true
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- Fully remote within Germany with flexible working
- Opportunity to shape how teams operate in a scaling engineering environment
- Meaningful work with real-world impact
- Strong, supportive culture with genuine ownership
- Long-term growth opportunities as the organisation continues to expand
