EMs in Every Pod

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Does anyone work on (or know of) a team/company that has Engineering Managers who are not technology OR team (pod) specific?

Example:

Three product teams with a PM, designer, QA and three engineers each. The company has two engineering managers that manage the engineers + do some IC work. The company also has QA and Design managers for those roles respectively. The Managers manage individuals who may be on any of the teams.

WingardiumMariota · Accepted Answer

I can't quite tell what you're asking, are you asking if there are any companies that have engineering managers NOT leading a team of engineers?

CatsCodeBetter · Answer

You describe a matrix org with functional managers but are asking if companies have managers that are not functional or team specific? Majority have EMs overseeing 1+ teams, which may or may not have deep functional expertise and other companies have functional managers that are across teams (at these places, the project technical decisions &amp; delivery falls to other roles)

19g616l0lmwvo9 · Answer

I only know of Northrop Grumman.They have a role like a POD manager role.You will work in an IC role either as a software or data scientist etc and at the same time manage a diverse team consisting of software ,physicists etc.I interviewed for that role a year ago m.Though I have a background in both software and data science,I wanted software but they were looking for a data scientist in an IC role.

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