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Tech Manager

Layer: Tactical

Scope: Regional

Ensure the health, capacity and delivery performance of the technical teams in their region, linking execution with the company’s technical strategy.

  • Line-manage the Tech Leaders in the region (staffing, workload, 1:1s, performance, growth).
  • Own regional delivery health: timelines, quality and standards.
  • Allocate people to projects and resolve capacity conflicts.
  • Coach and develop Tech Leaders; close regional skill gaps.
  • Support presales with estimation, staffing feasibility and risk.
  • Roll out global best practices and standards within the region.
LevelWhat success looks like
Operational(oversight) Regional deliveries meet committed timelines and quality.
TacticalTech Leaders coached; best practices adopted; presales supported on time.
Strategic(contributing) Feeds capacity & talent signals into the hiring roadmap.
  • Reports to: Tech Director
  • Manages: Tech Leaders (~3–6)
  • Decides: Regional staffing & allocation, delivery priorities, Leader performance & development.
  • Escalates: Headcount / hiring, cross-region resourcing, new tech, global-impact architecture.
  • People & delivery management
  • Capacity planning
  • Technical breadth
  • Coaching
  • Stakeholder / presales communication
  • Not specified in the source material yet.
  • See reference/career-levels.md for how every track’s ladder reaches this role.
  • Career path and evaluation criteria specific to this role are not defined yet.