Senior Engineering Manager

About Tripadvisor The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork. We are hiring a Senior Engineering Manager for our fast-growing Tripadvisor Experiences org. Tripadvisor Experiences (Viator) is the world's leading marketplace for travel experiences. We believe that making memories is what travel is all about. And with 400,000+ travel experiences to explore—everything from simple tours to extreme adventures (and everything in between) —making memories that will last a lifetime has never been easier. This is a hybrid role based out of Krakow on a permanent contract of employment/Umowa o pracę. We are unable to offer B2B contracts at this time. What You'll Do: Lead multiple engineering pods within an Engineering Group, managing and coaching Managers and Principal Engineers, and owning hiring for the organisation in partnership with Talent Acquisition. Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture and champion effective Agile development processes. Partner with Product to create and execute a multi-quarter roadmap across your pods. Hold pods accountable for delivering commitments on time and ensure dependencies - including those outside Engineering - are scheduled to meet them. Work closely with Principal Engineers to drive technology strategy and roadmap that aligns with the wider organisation vision. Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals, commitments, and timelines. Hold the teams accountable for operational excellence and quality. Run operations reviews, quality triaging, and incident debriefs. Ensure high-quality post-mortems are completed and action items are closed on time, represent the team in Incident Reviews. Calibrate performance assessments across the team, ensure every engineer has a formal career plan and goals, and deliver consistent feedback. Leverage AI to automate routine tasks and to assist with idea refinement, prioritisation, planning, and document creation. Advocate for effective AI usage across your pods and in the product. Define and enforce engineering best practices to ensure deliverables are complete, on time, and meet a high-quality standard. What You'll Need: 10 years’ experience of commercial software development. 5+ years of engineering management, including experience as a second-line manager running multiple pods and managing other managers. Background in a product-focused company, collaborating closely with stakeholders to build up a backlog of product and technical initiatives. Directly responsible for performance management, formal career planning, and calibration across a team of teams. Strong mentorship skills, helping managers and engineers to grow technically and professionally. Strong technical background with the ability to deep-dive into designs and tradeoffs when needed, even if not coding day-to-day. Excellent ability to break down complex problems into simple solutions. Proven leadership in driving major projects and actively participating in cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Strong analytical skills to identify risks early, mitigate issues and provide contingency plans. Adept at making high-level decisions about product and technical direction, balancing business objectives with engineering capabilities. Demonstrated use of AI tools for planning, prioritisation, and document creation, plus awareness of best practices for producing and reviewing code with AI tools. What We Offer: Co ... (truncated, view full listing at source)