General Manager

General Manager

Who is Beast Code?

Beast Code was founded in 2014 by a small group of friends with a revolutionary vision to transcend the traditional defense solution paradigm and build better technology that supports the mission. Headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, today we have evolved into a matrix organization of over 200 Beasts scattered across the United States. We are dedicated to delivering modern and intuitive software solutions that directly enhances the warfighter every day. What sets Beast Code apart is how we partner with our customers. We don't just build for them, we build with them, ensuring every solution meets real world needs. Guided by core values of trust, purpose, and relentless innovation, we're proudly redefining what it means to serve those who serve.

General Manager Job Description

General Managers are operational leaders and primary supervisors for our workforce. They serve as connective tissue between Program Management Offices, Human Resources, and the workforce, ensuring our people are supported, aligned, and empowered to succeed.
This role is people-centric, accountability-driven, and team-first. General Managers focus on workforce readiness, engagement, strategic resourcing, individual development, and team operational performance. They foster an environment where individuals thrive as part of high-performing teams, emphasizing collaboration, clarity of purpose, and well-defined team interactions.

General Managers are responsible for assigning, supporting, mentoring, and developing the people and teams who power day-to-day execution. They ensure teams are structured for flow, resourced appropriately, and empowered to deliver value without unnecessary friction.

Ideal Candidate Profile
We are especially interested in candidates with software engineering experience, who are looking to transition into management. Prior experience as a software engineer, technical contributor, team lead, or engineering-adjacent leader is strongly preferred, but not required. The ideal candidate understands how technical teams operate, how software delivery environment's function, and how to support engineers while growing into broader people and operational leadership.

The ideal candidate is a respected technical or operational professional who is ready to grow into a broader people leadership role. They understand how high-performing teams work, care deeply about employee development, and can balance empathy with accountability. They are comfortable supporting software engineers and technical teams, but they are equally committed to learning the people operations, workforce planning, and management responsibilities required of a General Manager.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who has built credibility in or around software engineering and is ready to make the jump into management.

Key Responsibilities

• Staffing - Interviewing candidates and hiring staff
• Discipline; taking corrective action, terminating staff, and oversee overall health of the department
• Oversight of individualized professional development plans for each employee's development
• Provide expert consultation and be responsible for the growth and development of the department and teams
• Evaluation - Champion communication, feedback, recognition; provide input and feedback on performance; conduct overall performance evaluation
• Recommend promotion or reassignment; Approve promotion/reassignment
• Supervision - Validate work assignment quality; Assign work or project assignments; set schedules/approve time off; Establish goals and performance metrics
• Process/Policies - Develop process/policy changes; Implement process/policy changes and ensure department alignment with the strategic vision of the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with software development environments, technical team dynamics, agile delivery, product teams, or government/DoD software programs.

• Prior software engineering experience or experience working closely with software engineering teams.
• Experience as a technical contributor looking to move into people leadership, operations, or management.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with technical employees and translate between technical execution needs and organizational priorities.
• Prior supervisory, team lead, mentoring, or people leadership experience.

Required Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and support employees across varying levels of experience.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive personnel matters.
• Ability to balance employee advocacy with organizational accountability.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving, and people-centered environments.
• Ability to partner effectively across Program Management, Human Resources, and senior leadership.
• 1-3 years of supervisory, team lead, mentoring, or equivalent leadership experience preferred.

Salary:

Starting salary is $103,500.00

Other Requirements:

• Currently hold or have eligibility to obtain and maintain the proper US DoW issued security clearance, which requires US Citizenship . Security clearance eligibility may be discussed during the interview phase.
• Successfully complete background check and maintain a valid USA driver's license
• Beast Code is a drug free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing per all applicable laws

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision (60% of premium paid by company)
• HSA / FSA Medical Plans
• 401K with 6% Company Match
• Unlimited Time Off
• Observes all federal holidays including a week off for Christmas
• Maternity Leave (6 weeks)
• Paternity Leave (3 Weeks)
• Professional Development ($1200 annual allowance)
• Discount Platform
• Pay Transparency
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Hybrid Work

Beast Code is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Beast Code does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.