AI Lead Engineering Manager

You will be responsible for leading and developing a team of 20+ engineers, including leads and individual contributors. Your role will involve building team culture, setting performance expectations, and supporting career growth across various experience levels. Additionally, you will act as a closer for high-potential candidates during recruitment, manage team capacity and workload balancing, and coordinate with leadership in the US and India to ensure delivery against roadmap commitments. You should be able to operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces and provide clear roadmaps and actionable steps for the teams.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of 20+ engineers, including leads and individual contributors
- Build team culture, establish performance expectations, and support career growth
- Act as a closer for high-potential candidates during recruitment
- Manage team capacity, assignments, and workload balancing
- Coordinate with US and India-based leadership to ensure delivery against roadmap commitments
- Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces and provide clear roadmaps for the teams

Required Qualifications:
Leadership & Management:
- Experience managing technical or product teams of 10+ people, including managing managers
- Track record of building team culture, developing talent, and driving accountability
- Experience operating in matrixed or dual-reporting structures
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities

Product & Technical:
- Strong product mindset with experience owning roadmaps, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment
- High-level understanding of AI/ML concepts and current capabilities
- Proficiency using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) for daily work
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams without requiring hands-on coding
- Ability to break down abstract problem statements into structured plans for diverse teams

Communication & Collaboration:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfort presenting to senior leadership and occasionally to clients
- Experience coordinating across functions and time zones
- Flexibility to accommodate occasional late evening meetings for US timezone overlap

Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience in technology services, consulting, or product companies
- Background in sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical pre-sales
- Experience with AI/ML product development or delivery
- Hands-on coding experience (Python or similar)
- Track record of building or scaling internal platforms or tools
- Experience with graduate recruiting or talent development programs

If you are ready for a new challenge, a great work environment, and an opportunity to take your career to the next level, don't hesitate to apply today. Uplers is waiting for you! You will be responsible for leading and developing a team of 20+ engineers, including leads and individual contributors. Your role will involve building team culture, setting performance expectations, and supporting career growth across various experience levels. Additionally, you will act as a closer for high-potential candidates during recruitment, manage team capacity and workload balancing, and coordinate with leadership in the US and India to ensure delivery against roadmap commitments. You should be able to operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces and provide clear roadmaps and actionable steps for the teams.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of 20+ engineers, including leads and individual contributors
- Build team culture, establish performance expectations, and support career growth
- Act as a closer for high-potential candidates during recruitment
- Manage team capacity, assignments, and workload balancing
- Coordinate with US and India-based leadership to ensure delivery against roadmap commitments
- Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces and provide clear roadmaps for the teams

Required Qualifications:
Leadership & Management:
- Experience managing technical or product teams of 10+ people, including managing managers
- Track record of building team culture, developing talent, and driving accountability
- Experience operating in matrixed or dual-reporting structures
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities

Product & Technical:
- Strong product mindset with experience owning roadmaps, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment
- High-level understanding of AI/ML concepts and current capabilities
- Proficiency using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) for daily work
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams without requiring hands-on coding
- Ability to break down abstract problem statements into structured plans for diverse teams

Communication & Collaboration:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfort presenting to senior leadership and occasionally to clients
- Exp