Engineering Team Manager

🚀MaiaSpace est une entreprise européenne de technologie spatiale, qui conçoit, fabrique et exploite des solutions compétitives et durables pour la mobilité spatiale. Nous sommes animés par la conviction que l'accès à l'espace est un catalyseur majeur pour une vie meilleure et plus durable sur Terre, en relevant les défis auxquels l'humanité est confrontée : le climat, les ressources, la connectivité et les données. Notre objectif est de réussir à concevoir et tester un mini-lanceur réutilisable d'ici 2026 🚀 

Job Description – Engineering Team Manager

We are looking for a servant leader to guide and support our engineering people.

In each DevProdOps team, first-line management (N+1) is shared between three key roles: the Scrum Master, Architecture Owner, and Product Owner.
The Engineering Team Manager acts as the N+2 for all engineering team members, providing people leadership, support, and development.

This is a people management role, not a control function. The Engineering Team Manager contributes to technical, organizational, and process discussions by providing feedback, insights, and ideas to the relevant stakeholders (CEO, CPO, CTO, CPeO, People & Culture team, Scrum of Scrums, etc.).

Main Missions

1. Support and empower the Scrum Masters, Architecture Owners, and Product Owners

• Ensure team efficiency and alignment with organizational goals.

• Foster a positive and healthy work environment.

• Coach, motivate, and guide people to grow and perform at their best.

• Support performance reviews, feedback, and development actions.

• Ensure compliance with company policies and best practices.

2. Support teams and individuals

• Prevent silos and encourage cross-team collaboration.

• Mediate and resolve interpersonal or team conflicts when needed.

• Contribute to recruitment, onboarding, and training processes.

3. Contribute to continuous improvement

• Analyze data and feedback to improve processes and collaboration.

• Identify and address challenges with People & Culture and Scrum Masters in order to implement solutions and to effectively resolve them

• Support the People & Culture team and the Scrum Masters to identify and implement necessary organization evolution

• Promote learning, evolution, and the continuous development of people and practices.

• Manage and coordinate training initiatives across teams.

4. Embody servant leadership

• Lead by example, through trust, transparency, and empathy.

• Help people understand the impact of their work.

• Encourage collaboration and engagement.

• Care personally for team members and support their growth.

• Ask for and act on feedback.

Profile and Requirements

• Strong alignment with our cultural framework and Agile mindset (from vision to way of working)

• Proven experience or very well understanding of servant leadership and people management.

• Experience in Agile way of working.

• Experience in development, production, operations of space systems

• Education: Bac+5 or equivalent.

• Locations: La Défense + Vernon.

Reporting Line

Reports to the CTO.
Works closely with the CPeO, CPO, and People & Culture team.

🎬 Travailler chez MaiaSpace 

Vous rejoindrez une entreprise pluridisciplinaire conviviale, composée de personnes polyvalentes, qui suit les méthodologies Agile et Scrum. Cela signifie que votre rôle et vos responsabilités peuvent évoluer au fil du temps, avec des missions et des défis variés en fonction des priorités et des compétences. Votre travail sera pratique et en contact étroit avec le produit final. Nous sommes ouverts d'esprit, transparents, pragmatiques, orientés vers les résultats et centrés sur les personnes. Le travail en équipe est au cœur de notre fonctionnement et nos collaborateurs partagent les mêmes valeurs fondamentales : respect, humilité, réactivité et autonomie avec une passion pour l'excellence technique. 

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