Senior Engineering Manager

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Senior Engineering Manager

The Senior Engineering Manager at Digital Farming Solutions (DFS) is a senior leadership role responsible for driving engineering outcomes across multiple teams or a complex delivery area. This role exists to ensure results are delivered, even in the presence of ambiguity, competing priorities, and imperfect inputs.

You will lead engineering outcomes across multiple teams or complex delivery areas, turning strategy and evolving priorities into consistent, high-quality results for digital agriculture platforms. Operating effectively in ambiguity, you will bring structure, clarity, and momentum where it does not naturally exist — aligning teams, managing dependencies, and driving progress across data-intensive systems such as precision agriculture and geospatial capabilities, even when inputs are incomplete. You will partner closely with Product, Design, Science, and technical leaders as a peer, shaping direction jointly rather than simply executing against it, while balancing delivery commitments with long-term system health. Through strong execution discipline, thoughtful prioritization, and influence beyond your direct reporting lines, you will ensure teams deliver meaningful outcomes for farmers while continuing to grow in capability, accountability, and autonomy.

Own delivery outcomes across multiple engineering teams or a major capability area

Translate strategy, priorities, and roadmaps into clear, executable plans

Ensure commitments are met through proactive risk management and course correction

Drive progress and outcomes even when

Ensure solutions align with DFS technical direction and engineering standards

Balance near-term delivery needs with long-term system health and sustainability

Drive continuous improvement in quality, reliability, and operational excellence

Partner with senior technical leaders on architectural decisions and technical investments

Act as a strong technical steward, even when not the primary architect

Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineers

Set clear expectations and hold leaders and teams accountable with empathy

Build strong teams through talent flow, coaching, and succession planning

Create an environment where leaders can operate independently and effectively

Partner closely with Product, Design, Architecture, and other technical leaders

Treat peer leadership teams as a first team, not an escalation path

Act as a connector and multiplier across the broader organization

Delivery commitments are met more consistently, with fewer surprises

Teams are aligned on priorities, expectations, and tradeoffs

Senior engineers under your leadership grow in effectiveness and autonomy

Technical quality improves without sacrificing delivery speed

Issues are surfaced early and addressed decisively

Cloud Expertise: Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.

Architectural Strategy: Experience overseeing the migration from monolithic architectures to microservices or serverless environments.

Performance Metrics: Ability to use DORA metrics (Deployment