Team Lead

The Team Lead is responsible for leading a cross-functional engineering team with a focus on delivering operational excellence, fostering team growth, and aligning delivery efforts with business objectives. This is a foundational leadership role that ensures team effectiveness through strategic planning, performance management, and strong collaboration with technical and business stakeholders. The Team Lead acts as a force multiplier, enabling individuals and the team to succeed.

Job Responsibilities

Team Operations & Performance:

• Organize and manage the daily operations of the team, including workload planning and delivery execution.

• Facilitate key team rituals such as sprint plannings, stand-ups, retrospectives, and grooming sessions.

• Act as the primary resolver of team-level blockers and escalate issues when appropriate.

• Track key performance metrics and ensure alignment with business expectations.

People Management & Development:

• Lead recruitment efforts in collaboration with the hiring team; participate in interviews and decision-making.

• Own onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure smooth transitions.

• Set clear goals for team members and conduct regular one-on-one meetings to discuss performance, growth, and well-being.

• Drive motivation and engagement by fostering a positive team culture and identifying risks of burnout.

• Develop and review individual career plans; provide timely and constructive feedback.

• Conduct performance reviews and participate in compensation and promotion discussions.

Planning & Prioritization:

• Oversee task decomposition and estimation.

• Distribute and monitor progress on tasks, ensuring alignment with project goals and team capabilities.

• Balance urgent needs with planned initiatives and drive prioritization discussions with stakeholders.

• Manage sprint priorities and ensure team members understand focus areas.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Act as a central point of contact for product managers, project managers, and other team leads.

• Coordinate cross-team tasks and dependencies to reduce delivery friction.

• Communicate breaking changes and key updates to relevant teams in a timely manner.

• Foster transparency and efficiency in cross-team workflows.

Risk Management:

• Monitor and mitigate team-level risks including bus factor, knowledge silos, and delivery blockers.

• Proactively address risks related to team structure (e.g., attrition, promotions, reassignments).

• Collaborate with Technical Leads to identify and plan for technical risks and maintenance efforts.

• Provide input into workforce planning and hiring priorities.

Process & Continuous Improvement:

• Track and analyze team-level and product-related metrics; define and maintain baselines.

• Challenge the validity and usefulness of existing metrics and propose improvements.

• Implement and adapt new team processes, assess adoption, and collect feedback to iterate.

• Pilot process innovations at the team level and support broader adoption if successful.