Software Development Manager

Benevity is on a dynamic growth trajectory, where embracing change is part of our DNA. We're looking for a talented Software Development Manager to lead multiple engineering teams in a fast-paced, collaborative, diverse and inclusive environment. The ideal candidate has a robust software development background, including AI-led development, and strong experience in cloud infrastructure. Our teams are fungible: they work on developer experience (DevX) and SDLC improvements as well as core business capabilities, including financial services and business-layer features that empower companies (and their employees) to make a trusted positive impact across the globe. You'll work closely with technical leaders, product leaders and stakeholders to deliver value that exceeds client expectations. We're looking for a delivery-driven, accountable leader who communicates clearly, juggles multiple priorities with ease, and uses AI tooling to scale their impact, all while bringing a positive, can-do attitude to the team.

What you'll do:

• Lead multiple teams in the AI-DLC process, championing AI-forward ways of working to deliver software solutions at pace across DevX/SDLC and core business work
• Own delivery outcomes for your teams: set clear commitments, track them, and follow through
• Provide direct people leadership: recruiting, performance management, team culture and engagement, budget and cost control
• Develop and coach team leads and senior engineers, building leadership depth across your teams
• Move people and capacity between teams as priorities shift, keeping teams correctly resourced and skilled, and flag resourcing issues to senior leadership
• Own internal adoption and enablement of releases, partnering with Product, Support, Customer Success and other internal teams on readiness, documentation, training and communication
• Maintain the technical depth to engage credibly across domains, validate assumptions, and guide sound technology decisions that balance business, engineering and architectural objectives and Benevity standards, governance and controls
• Coordinate prioritization and scheduling with product management, and understand current and future business context so resourcing and cost decisions align with business needs
• Provide visibility into team execution and release adoption through regular (weekly, monthly) performance measures and reporting, aligned to the Benevity Scorecard and Playbook
• Use AI tooling in your own work (planning, reporting, analysis, communication) to scale your impact, and coach your teams to do the same
• Ensure teams commit time to engineering-led innovation and carry promising PI (passion & innovation) projects through to completion

What you'll bring:

• Hands-on experience with agentic and AI-assisted software development, and with using AI tooling to scale your own leadership work
• A successful track record leading multiple engineering teams working with cloud-based technologies
• End-to-end SaaS product development experience, at scale, in enterprise environments
• A strong delivery mindset: you're accountable, follow through on commitments, and get results across competing priorities
• A track record of driving internal adoption and enablement of new tools, platforms or releases
• Comfort leading teams across DevX/SDLC and product-facing work, and shifting capacity between them
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including with non-technical stakeholders
• The ability to multitask and reprioritize without losing sight of what matters most
• Passion for developing people, building team culture and engagement, and building technology teams in high-growth companies
• Technical knowledge, including at a code level, to validate assumptions and guide sound technology decisions
• Empathy, positivity and self-awareness, plus the ability to build business context that fosters a sense of team excellence
• A passion, not pedantry, for development methodologies, with the ability to adapt your approach
• Satisfaction in leaving code, processes, and people better than when you got there, and curiosity about the latest technologies and best practices

Where We Work

At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there's no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it's for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.