Senior Manager, Engineering Operations

Senior Manager, Engineering Operations Lingo Division – Abbott Location: Hyderabad, India Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

At Lingo, we’re building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering Operations for our India Offshore Development Center to accelerate delivery across the U.S., Spain, and India. In this role, you will be accountable for shaping the culture, alignment and delivery performance for a multi-team software portfolio delivered from India, defining the delivery operating model, establishing portfolio governance and metrics, and driving predictable outcomes across schedule, scope, quality, and cost. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, QA, Security, and Compliance leaders to improve planning and execution rigor, strengthen cross-site ways of working, and continuously improve processes and tooling while building an engaged, high-performing delivery organization in India. What You’ll Work On  Lead engineering operations for the India and bring cross-functional alignment with global product, design, security and engineering teams. Talent development, capacity/resource plans, and staffing strategies aligned to priorities across India. Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to define delivery commitments and technical constraints. Build and lead the engineering operations/delivery organization (program/project managers, scrum masters, release managers as applicable): hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. Standardize cross-site ways of working across the U.S., Spain, and India following operating rhythms, documentation standards, handoff practices, and stakeholder communications. Ensure engineering teams support regulated product development, including traceability, change control, evidence generation, and audit readiness in partnership with QA/RA and compliance teams. Own operational excellence for the India center providing resource forecasting, onboarding, vendor/partner coordination Participate in the planning and release execution, including roadmap translation, milestone planning, backlog readiness and dependency management. Establish reporting and performance management including KPIs/OKRs, delivery health dashboards, throughput/flow metrics, release quality signals, and post-release retrospectives with measurable actions.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 12+ years of experience in software delivery, program management, or engineering operations, including 5+ years leading managers and multi-team delivery organizations.