• Oversee the strategic direction for the team, working with team leaders and organizational leadership to ensure alignment with business and organizational goals. • Provide high-level guidance to the team, acting as an advocate for best practices and a champion for established team patterns. • Lead efforts to recruit and onboard new team members, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles and efficient productivity. • Implement a structured approach to performance evaluations, focusing on growth, development, recognition, and retention of team members, adhering to organizational policies. • Lead the creation, advocacy, and continuous improvement of team policies and standard operating procedures, ensuring they evolve with the team's needs. • Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and leadership, ensuring alignment between teams and the broader organization. • Mentor junior team members through individual partnership and maintenance of team documentation. • Work with organizational leaders to forecast and plan for team capacity needs, aligning resources with delivery workstreams, team strategies, and organizational goals. • Contribute to work products, whether through PR reviews, direct coding, and tooling improvements.