Engineering Manager, Business Technology (m/f/d)

<div> <p><strong>A career driven by you.</strong> Join AutoScout24 Group and experience life in the fast lane. We’re not just leading the market; we’re creating it. For a career that doesn’t stand still, where you can put your ideas in the driving seat and change the way the world moves, join our global community.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are seeking a highly experienced <strong>Engineering Manager&nbsp;</strong>to lead the strategy, design, delivery, and operational excellence of integrations, automations, and enterprise platform initiatives across ERP, Billing, Revenue, CRM, HRIS systems. This role requires a strong technical and people leader with deep expertise in enterprise systems, data flows, platform modernization, migration programs, and large-scale delivery execution.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the design and delivery of enterprise integrations and automation solutions across ERP, Billing, Revenue, CRM, HRIS, and related platforms.</li> <li>Define scalable integration patterns, system interfaces, API strategies, data flows, and engineering standards across enterprise applications.</li> <li>Apply an AI-first approach to solution development by identifying opportunities to improve automation, operational efficiency, insights, and engineering productivity through AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate.</li> <li>Ensure AI-enabled solutions are implemented responsibly, with appropriate governance, security, explainability, and alignment to business objectives.</li> <li>Lead system migration initiatives, including transition planning, cutover strategy, dependency mapping, risk management, and business continuity considerations.</li> <li>Drive data archival and retention strategies, ensuring compliance, accessibility, cost efficiency, and operational integrity.</li> <li>Lead system decommissioning efforts, including impact assessment, transition planning, historical data preservation, and retirement of legacy capabilities.</li> <li>Oversee the design and support of data pipelines that enable reliable movement, transformation, and availability of business-critical data across systems.</li> <li>Support business reporting and analytical needs by ensuring enterprise data is trusted, well-structured, and accessible for decision-making.</li> <li>Manage end-to-end execution of integration and platform programs, including planning, prioritization, dependency management, issue resolution, and delivery oversight.</li> <li>Define and enforce deployment, release, and rollback plans to ensure safe production changes, minimal disruption, and rapid recovery when required.</li> <li>Lead engineering resources by providing technical direction, coaching, mentorship, and performance management.</li> <li>Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical, scalable, and maintainable solutions.</li> <li>Establish best practices for documentation, monitoring, support readiness, operational governance, and continuous improvement.</li> <li>Ensure solutions are secure, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards and business objectives.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Education, Experience &amp; Technical Skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>10+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise systems, integrations, or business systems technology.</li> <li>Significant engineering management experience with strong ownership of team leadership, delivery execution, stakeholder alignment, and technical direction.</li> <li>Strong experience designing, troubleshooting, and supporting software systems such as Billing, Revenue, CRM, ERP, HRIS, and related enterprise platforms.</li> <li>Broad expertise in database technologies, including enterprise data modeling, transactional and analytical data structures, data storage, performance optimization, and data lifecycle management.</li> <li>Strong experience with scripting and automation technologies used to support integrations, operational processes, batch workloads, and platform support activities.</li> <li>Experience with reporting, analytics, and enterprise data consumption patterns, including the delivery of trusted data for operational and business insight needs.</li> <li>Deep understanding of integration patterns, APIs, middleware, event-driven and service-based architectures, and enterprise automation frameworks.</li> <li>Proven experience delivering and supporting real-time and batch integration solutions across a variety of enterprise technology environments.</li> <li>Strong experience with data pipelines, transformation processes, orchestration, and system-to-system synchronization.</li> <li>Solid understanding of software design principles and the ability to design systems at both conceptual and detailed levels.</li> <li>Experience with modern API technology stacks, including web services, service contracts, payload formats, authentication, and enterprise integration standards.</li> <li>Experience with system migration, production releases, deployment planning, rollback strategies, and operational readiness.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Leadership &amp; Soft Skills:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, and align technology initiatives with business priorities.</li> <li>Ability to work effectively with technical experts across enterprise, digital, and business platforms.</li> <li>Proactive mindset with strong attention to detail and a high sense of ownership.</li> <li>Ability to structure teamwork, create clarity, and drive accountability.</li> <li>Strong conflict management, problem-solving, and resolution skills.</li> <li>Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery leadership.</li> <li>Strong collaboration skills across engineering, operations, data, product, and business teams.</li> <li>Demonstrated AI-first and innovation-oriented mindset, with the ability to evaluate emerging technologies pragmatica