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# Manager Software Engineering at Elsevier

**Location**
: Cape Town, Western Cape

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Jul 21, 2026

## Description

The Software Engineering Manager will lead software engineers, development teams, offshore contractors, consultants, and interns; drive software development lifecycle activities; manage delivery, resources, budgets, and operational planning; and support talent development and succession planning. The role requires software development and team-management experience, database and data-modeling expertise, offshore technical proposal review experience, strong stakeholder management, and knowledge of AI tools improving engineering productivity.

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