Engineering Manager (m/f/d)
- Permanent employment
- Full-time
- Stuttgart / Remote
Location
Stuttgart / remote
Your mission
Your Mission
We build software that helps complex teams think together — across organisational boundaries, time zones, and security requirements. Our customers include public sector bodies, enterprises, and defence organisations that rely on us not just as a collaboration solution, but for data sovereignty and operational reliability. That's a high bar — and we take it seriously.
As Engineering Manager, you own two product teams (Frontend, Backend, Fullstack) end to end. You don't just keep things running — you create the conditions that make great engineering possible in the first place. You work on the system, not just in it: building the operating model that enables predictable delivery and real growth. This is a build role — you set up what doesn't exist yet, and hold it together once it does.
Your Responsibilities
- Engineering leadership — Own performance management end to end: regular 1:1s, honest feedback, individual development plans — and the difficult conversations that come with genuinely developing people. You also lead the hiring process for your teams.
- Delivery, quality & flow — Be accountable for your teams' results: predictable delivery, clear quality standards, and outcome KPIs that you help define and consistently track.
- Operating model — Establish the routines, processes, and guardrails (engineering standards, security, compliance) that enable your teams to do good work — and make sure they actually stick.
- Prioritisation & focus — Help your teams find the right balance between speed, quality, scope, and impact. Translate product and business strategy into concrete engineering priorities — and protect focus when it matters.
- Upward contribution — Bring technical and delivery-relevant topics onto the leadership agenda. Be an active part of the tech leadership team and help shape Conceptboard's broader technical direction.
Your profile
Must-haves
- You have genuinely owned performance management, growth, and hiring — not just been adjacent to it. You don't avoid hard conversations; you see them as part of the job.
- You have a strong instinct for team structure and know how to build teams that can actually execute on strategic priorities, not just maintain the status quo.
- You have a proven track record of establishing healthy engineering processes from scratch — turnaround experience matters here. Running already-healthy teams is the easy part.
- Being accountable for engineering culture — the practices, the standards, the habits — is something you actively want.
- You have enough technical depth to earn credibility with engineers, judge trade-offs with confidence, and know when something is being swept under the rug — without needing to be the strongest engineer in the room.
Strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience in organisational development within engineering — building out structures, growing leads, or scaling teams through meaningful change.
What you can expect of us
- Flexibility – Enjoy extensive freedom regarding your work location and organize your working hours according to your individual needs.
- Ownership & Autonomy – We offer you the opportunity to work independently and take ownership, supported by flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.
- International Environment – We work in a global team that values and promotes cultural diversity. Our international network enables you to build connections around the world.
- Team Spirit – We know how important personal interaction is for strengthening team spirit. That’s why we regularly organize social events.
- Competitive Compensation – You will receive an attractive compensation package and 30 vacation days per year.
- Employee Benefits – Take advantage of a wide range of discounts and perks through our external Corporate Benefits partner.
Do you find the position a good fit for you?
Then apply now and become part of the Conceptboard family – we look forward to getting to know you and shaping the future of collaboration together.