Description
A Senior Software Development Manager (Senior SDM) at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is responsible for delivering cloud services at scale while leading multiple engineering teams, managers, or a large organization of engineers. The role extends well beyond people management and includes technical strategy, execution, operational excellence, and cross-organizational leadership.

Responsibilities
1. Engineering Leadership
A Senior SDM:
- Leads one or more engineering teams (often 20 to 100+ engineers through managers and technical leads).
- Hires, mentors, and develops engineering managers and senior engineers.
- Builds a high-performance engineering culture.
- Conducts performance reviews, promotions, succession planning, and career development.
- Resolves organizational issues and improves team effectiveness.

2. Technical Strategy
Although they may not write production code regularly, Senior SDMs are expected to:
- Define long-term technical vision.
- Review architecture for scalability and reliability.
- Drive technology choices.
- Ensure systems meet OCI standards for:




- Availability
- Security
- Performance
- Compliance
- Cost efficiency

They work closely with:
- Principal Engineers
- Distinguished Engineers
- Architects
- Product Management

3. Program and Execution Management
Senior SDMs own delivery across multiple initiatives by:
- Defining engineering roadmaps.
- Breaking down large programs into milestones.
- Managing dependencies across teams.
- Tracking execution risks.
- Ensuring predictable delivery.

Typical deliverables include:
- Quarterly OKRs
- Release plans
- Sprint health
- Delivery metrics
- Resource planning

4. Operational Excellence
OCI services operate continuously, so Senior SDMs emphasize operational maturity by:
- Driving service reliability.
- Reviewing incident reports (SEVs).
- Improving operational readiness.
- Monitoring key metrics such as:
- Availability
- Latency
- Error rates
- Capacity
- Cost

They ensure teams

📌 Software Development Senior Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Oracle
📍 Bengaluru