Senior Manager, Mobile Development

Role Description

This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Boston, MA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; and Portland, ME.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mobility Mobile Engineering organization responsible for delivering high-quality iOS and Android applications that serve thousands of mobility customer interactions. You will lead an engineering team, build a strong engineering culture, and partner closely with Product, Design, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver exceptional mobile experiences.

This role requires a leader who is passionate about developing people, driving engineering excellence, and executing large-scale initiatives while balancing speed, quality, and operational reliability.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Define, own, and execute the long-term engineering strategy for the WEX Mobility Mobile Experience, including card and vehicle management, mobility payments, and future platform capabilities.
• Partner with architects and technical leaders to define the technical vision and architecture for the Mobile platform.
• Develop and maintain the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and industry best practices.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence.
• Continuously improve engineering processes to increase delivery velocity, quality, and developer productivity.
• Lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives from planning through execution, driving alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver customer-centric mobile experiences.
• Establish and monitor engineering metrics that improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness.
• Drive effective planning, execution, and continuous improvement through regular operating mechanisms, including sprint planning, roadmap reviews, and operational reviews.
• Partner with Product and business leaders to maintain a healthy roadmap and define measurable objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Collaborate across Mobility engineering teams to promote reusable platforms, shared components, and engineering best practices.
• Hire, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering managers and software engineers.
• Provide regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development to help team members reach their full potential.
• Manage team capacity and staffing to ensure successful delivery of strategic priorities.
• Communicate engineering strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities effectively to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Experience leading the development and delivery of native iOS and Android applications or cross-platform mobile applications using frameworks such as React Native or Flutter.
• Strong understanding of modern mobile architectures, application lifecycle management, and software engineering best practices.
• Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Solid understanding of security, privacy, authentication, authorization, and data protection principles for mobile applications.
• Experience leveraging automation, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering productivity practices to improve quality and delivery velocity.
• Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for mobile engineering teams.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, make thoughtful trade-offs, and lead teams through organizational and technical change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using analytics and customer insights to inform product and engineering decisions and improve user experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or other modern mobile development technologies.
• Experience building shared mobile platforms, SDKs, reusable frameworks, or design systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release automation, feature flag platforms, and mobile observability.
• Experience developing payment, fleet, financial technology (FinTech), or commercial card solutions.
• Experience integrating with payment networks or card schemes.
• Experience working with closed-loop or proprietary payment systems.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurances.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• And more.

Pay Range

$175,600.00 - $204,300.00