Comment by jacobsenscott

It’s the pre executive position and it is absolutely a shit position you don’t want to be stuck in for very long. Work work balance tends to favor more work, and not even work really just status updates and being the whipping person at hour of the night

I think it clarifies things, tbh. Managers of managers used to be called Directors and VPs, but now many companies have Directors as line managers. So at least Manager of Managers is clear in that regard.

I don't think that's the literal name of the position. This is a common term to refer to a manager with an organization of ~20-40 people, where their direct reports are primarily managers themselves as opposed to individual engineers. In most large companies this position is still called something like "Senior Manager" as opposed to Director, VP, etc.

This is what any middle management position really is. You are managing and coaching managers.