Partner with the Engineering Managers to plan product expansion roadmaps for platform engineering.
Lead end-to-end planning and delivery for complex cross-functional programs with clear goals, timelines, owners, and success metrics.
Partner with Principal Engineers, Staff Engineers, and senior engineering leadership to develop plans to scale our systems and services, and in some cases - help break our monolithic backend into multiple services.
Build and maintain program plans, RAID logs, status updates, and executive-ready communication materials.
Build consensus and deliver high-value outcomes.
Develop project plans across teams as needed within the Product and Engineering department (DevOps, IT, Product, Engineering, and QA), as well as cross-functional teams extending throughout the company.
Partner with project-specific stakeholders throughout the company to capture details and perform successful change management with third-party development partners.
Utilize lifecycle data to proactively raise risks and trade-off decisions to key stakeholders. Actively mitigate these with scope control and resourcing.
Identify and resolve all cross-organizational dependencies and potential blockers.
Ensure all status materials and roadmap documents are compiled, aggregated and complete and remain well-maintained.
Drive improvement and iteration on the platform engineering roadmap.
Facilitate iteration planning, progress tracking, retrospectives and reporting.
Develop key metrics to track the effectiveness of the distribution of work to third party partners.

Requirements

You have 5+ years of experience performing cross-functional technical project management, preferably in a startup environment.
You have 3+ years of experience managing or implementing an agile, scrum-based team of teams framework that influences a 50+ person engineering organization.
You understand and are passionate about all things platform engineering throughout an organization: best practices, testing, and training.
You have a deep understanding of end-to-end architecture and the software engineering life cycle.
You understand the basics of cloud infrastructure delivery and associated key metrics.
You have excellent leadership skills with superior written and verbal communication skills.
You like to solve problems and are always looking for ways to improve team performance.
You know how to keep teams organized and on track.
You are comfortable in fast-paced and complex environments.

Benefits

Expected Base Salary Range: $149,450 - $195,375 (depending on candidate location and experience)
Ongoing training and growth opportunities.
A "Best Place to Work" winner multiple times where we focus on creating a great employee experience.
Rock solid medical, dental, and vision plans.
Mental Health Coverage - we offer several programs to support your mental health and wellness goals.
Unlimited Paid Vacation. We expect you to work hard, but still enjoy your personal life
7 weeks of baby bonding time for all new parents (within the first year of birth or adoption), 8 Weeks of Paid Pregnancy Leave.
401(k) Matching
Employer-contributing student loan assistance program or continuing education reimbursement program
Employee Stock Incentive Plan.
Pet insurance for your fur babies
Consistent & fair leadership: we’ll share info, set clear goals, show you respect, and treat everyone fairly.
Enough freedom to spread your wings while still holding you accountable.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

cross-functional technical project managementagilescrumplatform engineeringend-to-end architecturesoftware engineering life cyclecloud infrastructure deliveryproject planningrisk managementchange management

Soft Skills

leadershipwritten communicationverbal communicationproblem-solvingteam organizationperformance improvementconsensus buildingstakeholder managementadaptabilityfacilitation