Engineering Manager
Job Description
About Turing
Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises looking to deploy advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research with high-quality data, specialized talent, and training pipelines that advance thinking, reasoning, coding, multimodality, and STEM. For enterprises, Turing builds proprietary intelligence systems that integrate AI into mission-critical workflows, unlock transformative outcomes, and drive lasting competitive advantage.
Recognized by Forbes, The Information, and Fast Company among the world’s top innovators, Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. Learn more at www.turing.com
Role Overview
The Engineering Manager (EM) will be responsible for driving end-to-end delivery across multiple environments, ensuring timelines, quality, stakeholder communication, and execution discipline are maintained. This role will coordinate across PMs, QA, frontend, backend, data, and client-facing teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and with the expected quality.
The Engineering Manager will act as the central owner for delivery planning, risk management, issue escalation, resource coordination, and release readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery Ownership
- Own end-to-end delivery for assigned environments and projects
- Create and maintain delivery plans, timelines, trackers, and milestones
- Ensure all teams are aligned on priorities, dependencies, and deadlines
- Track progress daily and identify delays proactively
- Ensure commitments made to clients are met
Project Planning & Coordination
- Break down delivery into phases with clear owners and timelines
- Coordinate work across:
- Frontend
- Backend
- QA
- Data
- Automation
- PM teams
- Ensure dependencies are identified and managed early
- Allocate resources based on project needs and delivery timelines
Risk & Escalation Management
- Identify delivery risks, blockers, and bottlenecks early
- Escalate issues proactively when timelines, quality, or resources are at risk
- Drive resolution of critical issues and P0 blockers
- Maintain contingency plans for delayed or blocked workstreams
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary coordination point between internal teams and leadership
- Provide regular delivery updates, status reports, and risk summaries
- Manage expectations with stakeholders on timelines, blockers, and tradeoffs
- Ensure alignment between leadership, project teams, and client expectations
Quality & Release Readiness
- Ensure QA, automation, harness reports, data quality checks, and documentation are completed before release
- Conduct go/no-go reviews before delivery
- Validate that all critical issues are resolved before sign-off
- Ensure releases meet agreed quality standards
Metrics & Reporting
- Track and report:
- Delivery timelines
- Resource utilization
- QA progress
- Defect trends
- Escalations
- Automation coverage
- Delivery risk levels
- Maintain dashboards and reports for leadership visibility
- Use metrics to identify gaps and improve delivery efficiency
Team Management
- Ensure pod leads and team members are executing effectively
- Drive accountability across teams
- Conduct regular follow-ups and review meetings
- Help teams remove blockers and improve execution quality
- Support hiring, onboarding, and resource planning where needed
Required Skills
- Strong project and delivery management experience
- Ability to manage multiple projects and cross-functional teams simultaneously
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience with delivery planning, risk management, and escalation handling
- Strong understanding of QA, engineering, and release processes
- Ability to drive accountability and execution across teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with project tracking tools such as Jira, Asana, or similar
Preferred Skills
- Experience managing SaaS, workflow, enterprise, or RL environment projects
- Familiarity with frontend, backend, QA, automation, and data workflows
- Experience with resource planning and capacity management
- Understanding of delivery metrics, harness reports, and quality dashboards
- Experience working with global or client-facing teams
Success Metrics
- On-time delivery rate
Reduction in missed deadlines
Lower number of escalations and delivery blockers
Improved QA and release readiness
Better resource utilization
Higher stakeholder satisfaction - Faster issue resolution and triage
Values
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We are client first: We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
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We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection
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We are Al forward: We help our clients build the future of Al and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.
Advantages of joining Turing
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Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
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Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
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Competitive compensation
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Flexible working hours
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and celebrate authenticity, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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