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Squad Leader
About the role
• Coordinate and support two or more development squads, ensuring team productivity, well-being, and growth.
• Keep squads focused on strategic priorities by limiting multitasking and avoiding distractions from initiatives outside the defined direction.
• Facilitate the connection between strategy and execution by translating objectives into feasible initiatives aligned with team capacity.
• Ensure delivery predictability by tracking planned versus actual results and acting quickly on deviations.
• Lead the relationship between squads and partner departments, including Product, Customer Success, Support, Sales, Marketing, and others.
• Support backlog organization and prioritization with Product, ensuring clarity, technical feasibility, and alignment with team capacity.
• Proactively remove critical technical, organizational, and external impediments to ensure a smooth development flow.
• Monitor operational KPIs and continuously improve squad performance.
• Conduct individual and team-wide follow-up, including 1:1 meetings, feedback, and career development.
• Manage team operations, including capacity, workflow, rituals, and delivery tracking.
• Lead alignment meetings with technical and product leadership.
• Manage delivery progress, ensuring transparency for stakeholders.
• Create and maintain squad performance dashboards, ensuring operational visibility.
• Promote the practical use of Artificial Intelligence within squads to increase productivity and quality and reduce delivery time, while tracking its impact on deliverables.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields.
• Experience managing projects for digital products.
• Previous experience leading development teams as a Tech Lead, Squad Leader, Agile Master, or in a similar role.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and flow management, including Lean and efficiency and effectiveness metrics.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Ability to ensure focus, prioritization, and work organization in environments with multiple demands.
• Experience working in dynamic environments involving frequent changes and the need for quick decision-making.
• Ability to perform under pressure while balancing quality, speed, and business alignment.
• Ability to connect technical decisions with customer impact and business results.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret metrics and make data-driven decisions.
• Practical experience using Artificial Intelligence in day-to-day leadership, leveraging AI to support decision-making, work organization, communication, and delivery productivity.
• Experience with systems involving external integrations, APIs, or high operational variability is a plus.
• Previous experience as a software developer is a plus.
• Meal Allowance: BRL 770.00 on a Flash card
• Home Office Allowance: BRL 230.00 on a Flash card
• Health Insurance: The company covers 100% of the premium
• Dental Insurance: The company covers 100% of the premium
• Emotional Wellness Plan
• Pharmacy Benefit
• Life Insurance
• OpenEnglish Partnership
• Coworking access through the Woba network in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Portugal
• Birthday Day Off
• Welcome Gift