Engineering Manager - Core Commerce Platform

About the Position

Engineering Manager - Core Commerce Platform

PUMA is seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead our Core Commerce Platform team in Pune, India. This role is pivotal in driving engineering delivery, roadmap execution, operational excellence, and team development within the Consumer Intelligence & Engagement organization.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and Management:

  • Drive planning and execution against team objectives and key results (OKRs).
  • Own sprint execution, delivery planning, capacity management, dependency management, and risk management.
  • Partner with Product Owners, Project Managers, Retail Tech team, and Tech Leads to deliver business outcomes.
  • Ensure inventory availability, delivery promise, and omnichannel capabilities are reliable, accurate, and scalable across channels.

• Engineering Excellence:

  • Drive engineering excellence through strong development practices, quality standards, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
  • Coach engineers through regular feedback, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
  • Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, collaboration, and learning.

• Adoption and Innovation:

  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and automation to improve productivity, quality, and delivery efficiency.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage AI across software development, testing, documentation, knowledge management, and onboarding.

• Collaboration and Development:

  • Collaborate with engineering leadership on hiring, staffing, onboarding, talent development, and succession planning.
  • Manage delivery partners and vendors where applicable and ensure alignment with team objectives.

Requirements

• Experience:

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with experience leading engineering teams in an agile delivery environment.
  • 3+ years of people leadership experience.

• Technical Skills:

  • Strong experience leading roadmap execution, delivery planning, dependency management, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Solid software engineering background with experience building APIs, distributed systems, and integration-heavy platforms.
  • Familiarity with API-first, cloud-native architectures, and design patterns.
  • Experience working with event-driven architectures, high-volume transactional systems, and enterprise integrations.

• Leadership Skills:

  • Strong people leadership skills with experience in hiring, mentoring, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering teams.
  • Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices including software architecture & engineering principles, code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development.

• Soft Skills:

  • Strong communication, collaboration, decision-making, and organizational leadership skills.
  • Experience driving engineering quality, operational excellence, reliability, security, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience working in Agile delivery environments using tools such as Jira & Confluence or equivalent.
  • A data-driven mindset with the ability to use engineering, delivery, and operational metrics to improve team effectiveness and predictability.

• Preferred Skills:

  • Experience leveraging coding agents, LLMs, and AI-assisted engineering tools to improve software delivery and team productivity will be a strong advantage.
  • Experience in eCommerce is preferred.

We Offer

• Equal Opportunity:

  • PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

• Company Overview:

  • PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide.

About the Company

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. At PUMA, we believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome, celebrated, and empowered to contribute authentically. Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play.