Manager - Software Engineering and Developer Tooling

We are looking for a people leader for a mature, well-functioning team of 11 software engineers, split roughly equally between Smørum and Warsaw. You will help colleagues build confidence, use their strengths and grow in their careers through trust and honest feedback. You will be based in Smørum and travel to Warsaw up to six times a year.

The role

The team, called Toolbox, owns Gearbox, an essential tool for building, testing and producing our hearing aid products. Gearbox gives departments a common language and shared data abstractions, and it supports all the communication interfaces needed in development and production. It is data driven and works across product generations, programs and chipsets. Our users rely on Gearbox as a stable, validated tool that performs correctly and gives clear feedback on errors and completed requests.

Your main responsibility is the people in the team. You get to know each person, understand what motivates them and what helps them grow, and you coach rather than direct. Together with the Product Owner and the Scrum Master, you form the team's leadership team and share responsibility for its performance and wellbeing. The Product Owner sets direction and priorities, the Scrum Master supports how the team works, and you lead the people side.

Your main responsibilities

• Lead and develop 11 colleagues by coaching them, giving them ownership and helping them grow in a direction that fits both them and the team.
• Hold regular one-to-ones with each person about expectations, feedback, wellbeing and career development.
• Build the capabilities the team needs today and in the future through development, learning and recruitment, in line with product priorities and the technology strategy.
• Notice early when someone is struggling or losing motivation, and step in with support.
• Handle recruitment, compensation, budget and people processes together with your manager and People & Culture.
• Work as one leadership team with the Product Owner and Scrum Master on team health, learning and delivery.
• Understand the team's technical work and developer workflows well enough to remove obstacles for the team.

What you bring

You may already be a people leader, or you may be ready for your first line manager role. What matters most is the following:

• People first: You are motivated by helping others succeed and grow, and you give people trust and room to take ownership.
• Trust and feedback: You listen, build trust and give clear, honest feedback.
• Difficult conversations: You handle difficult conversations, including about performance, with fairness and respect.
• Leadership experience: You have led or developed others, for example as a manager, tech lead, Scrum Master or mentor.
• Technical understanding: You understand software engineering well enough to engage credibly with developers and architects, typically with a degree in engineering or computer science.
• Leading across sites: You can lead a team split between two locations and keep it working as one team.

Success in the role

After 12 to 18 months, you have earned a high level of trust from every member of the team, and you work closely with the Product Owner and the Scrum Master as one leadership team. Every team member has regular one-to-ones with you and a development plan they own and use. The team's engagement results are stable or improving, the team has kept its key people, and open positions are filled with the skills the team needs. Together with the Product Owner, you have an agreed plan for the skills the team needs over the next two years and how to build them. Colleagues in Smørum and Warsaw experience the same leadership and the same opportunities.

Development in the role: Over time, the role can grow into broader leadership, for example driving developer experience across the organisation or taking on a larger area as a senior manager.

Practical details

Workplace: Kongebakken, Smørum, Denmark (Global HQ)

Team: 11 people across Smørum and Warsaw

Travel: Warsaw up to six times per year

Application deadline: 27.11.26.

Hiring manager Jonas Funk Pedersen can be reached by email: jnfp@demant.com.

Interested?

If you are driven by helping people succeed and grow, and by improving the environment in which software is built, we would like to hear from you.

We screen and invite candidates on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.