Charles River Development
Financial Services
PerformanceEngineering,VicePresident
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“Performance Engineering, Vice President at Charles River Development. Skills: Performance Engineering, People Management, Agile Delivery, Jira Administration. Lead and support a Performance Engineering scrum team. Own team operations”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure work is visible, planned, and executed effectively; drive continuous improvement; ensure sustainable delivery; increase predictability and throughput; ensure timely, high-quality outcomes
Industry & Context.
critical thinking and problem-solving skills; ability to balance technical depth and delivery priorities; identify hiring needs; remove blockers; drive continuous improvement; escalate constraints; drive actionable recommendations
Travel may be required on a limited basis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
15+ years of experience in software engineering, QA, performance engineering, or a related discipline, 5+ years as a direct people manager (hiring, coaching, and performance management), Proven people management skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, agile delivery and Jira administration experience
Nice to Have
MS degree preferred, Recommended knowledge in Financial Services, Performance engineering experience is a plus, familiarity with tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, NeoLoad, or similar, APM/observability tooling such as Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, etc., Comfortable partnering with engineers on technical ability to understand code-level and database-level discussions, .NET/Java, SQL, scripting, Experience with industry-standard profiling tools is a plus, DevOps/CI-CD familiarity is beneficial, Jenkins/TeamCity or similar, Git, exposure to cloud platforms, Ability to translate business requirements into comprehensive non-functional and technical test plans
What You'll Do.
Lead and support a Performance Engineering scrum team
Provide overall team leadership
Direct people management
Own staffing and capacity planning
Partner with Product Owners
Own Jira and team administration
Establish and improve team processes
Serve as Scrum Master / agile lead
Coordinate cross-functional dependencies
Review performance testing approach and results
Ensure the team has the right environments
Ensure defects and risks are documented
Track delivery against the sprint/release plan
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with QA, Product, Engineering, and customer-facing teams; Partner with Product Owners, Engineering, QA, Implementation, and Professional Services; Coordinate cross-functional dependencies; communicate risks, tradeoffs, and ensure alignment across teams
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
Process & Methodology
plan capacity, prioritize work, ensure commitments are met, goal setting, translation of requirements into actionable backlog, sprint/release plan tracking
Full Job Description
**Summary:** Lead and support a Performance Engineering scrum team as a people manager with direct reports, accountable for hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. Own team operations (Jira administration, reporting, ceremonies, and cross-team coordination) to ensure work is visible, planned, and executed effectively. Partner with QA, Product, Engineering, and customer-facing teams to align on non-functional requirements, remove blockers, and drive continuous improvement. Performance engineering expertise is valued to help guide technical direction, but the primary focus of this role is people leadership and operational excellence. **Responsibilities:** * Provide overall team leadership: set direction, plan capacity, prioritize work with stakeholders, and ensure commitments are met. * Direct people management for the Performance Engineering team: hiring and onboarding, goal setting, ongoing coaching, performance management, compensation/performance reviews input, and career development. * Own staffing and capacity planning for the team: maintain an up-to-date skills matrix, identify hiring needs, and ensure sustainable delivery (team health, engagement, and retention). * Partner with Product Owners, Engineering, QA, Implementation, and Professional Services to understand priorities and non-functional requirements, and translate them into an actionable team backlog. * Own Jira and team administration: maintain boards/workflows, ensure ticket quality, drive backlog hygiene, and provide clear status reporting to stakeholders. * Establish and improve team processes (intake, estimation, definition of done, documentation standards) to increase predictability and throughput. * Serve as Scrum Master / agile lead for the team (or partner closely with one), facilitating ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives) and removing delivery blockers. * Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and communicate risks,
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