AI Team Manager , AI4ALL

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Job Description: Engineering Manager (Hands-On) – AI & Cloud Platform
About the Role
The AI4ALL team is looking for an experienced, hands-on Engineering Manager to lead, grow, and technically guide our engineering team. In this role, you will balance people leadership, project execution, and deep technical involvement. You won't just manage timelines—you will actively engage in architecture discussions, perform code reviews, build proof-of-concepts, and ensure high technical standards across our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, agentic AI frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities
1. People Management & Leadership
Lead & Mentor: Mentor a high-performing team of cloud, AI, and software engineers, providing active guidance and opportunities for career advancement.
Performance & Development: Conduct performance evaluations, regular check-ins, and appraisal cycles, offering constructive feedback and technical career growth plans.
Team Operations: Manage capacity planning, team health, and employee cases within your scope.
Talent Acquisition: Partner with recruitment to attract, interview, and onboard top engineering talent.
2. Technical Execution & Delivery
Technical Guidance: Actively participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews to ensure scalability, security, and high quality.
Delivery & Planning: Drive team commitments, sprint planning, and capacity to consistently deliver high-quality, on-time solutions.
Operational Excellence: Enforce engineering discipline, process adherence, and track key operational KPIs (e.g., deployment frequency, code quality, lead time).
Blocker Removal: Leverage your hands-on background to step into code or architecture to troubleshoot complex technical roadblocks, integration issues, and deployment bottlenecks.
3. Organizational & Stakeholder Alignment
Resource Optimization: Optimize utilization of cloud infrastructure, software tools, and organization assets.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, cybersecurity, product managers, and internal stakeholders to align engineering efforts with project goals.
Communication & Transparency: Maintain project documentation, risk tracking, and status reporting for stakeholders and leadership.

Qualifications & Requirements
Experience
8+ years of total experience in software development, cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or solution architecture.
3+ years of direct people management or technical team leadership experience, managing software or cloud engineering teams.
Technical Skills (Hands-On)
 Software Engineering & Architecture: Strong backend or full-stack background (preferably Python), with a solid grasp of SDLC, OOP, and microservices design. Able to judge design quality and coach others on it.
 Cloud Infrastructure (GCP): Delivery experience on a major cloud, GCP preferred and AWS or Azure accepted, including containers (Docker; Kubernetes/GKE or Cloud Run).
 IaC & Automation: Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred) and familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
 AI & Agentic Systems: Hands-on exposure and solid technical understanding of GenAI architectures, RAG, and agentic orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, Google GenAI SDK).
Quality & Testing: Practical experience establishing automated testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E), static code analysis, and code review standards.

Management & Interpersonal Skills
Proven Leadership: Demonstrated ability to motivate teams, navigate complex project constraints, and deliver on technical commitments.
Agile Management: Proficient in Agile/Scrum methodologies, capacity planning, and ticket tracking tools (e.g., Jira).
Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Professional DevOps Engineer certification.
Experience in enterprise or regulated environments.
Hands-on familiarity with SRE practices, FinOps, vector databases, and OpenTelemetry.

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com