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ActBlue · 1 day ago

Engineering Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$174K/yr - $211K/yr

5+ years exp

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns and progressive causes. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in developing a new strategic platform, focusing on reliability and user trust while managing product-market fit and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

Enterprise SoftwareNon ProfitPolitics

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of software engineers through evolving a new platform from beta launch through general availability, incorporating customer feedback and finding product-market fit in a regulated domain

Support the professional development of your direct reports with supportive and constructive feedback, goal-setting, regular check-ins, and performance reviews

Work with engineers, product managers, and UX leads to formulate roadmaps that align with our strategic organizational themes and goals. Collaborate on an ongoing basis to achieve them

Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders (internal operational teams, CX, Sales, etc.) to ensure alignment on product direction, gather domain expertise, and communicate progress and risks effectively

Ensure your team delivers on their roadmap and achieves the target strategic outcomes of their work in a high-stakes, regulated environment where precision and reliability are critical

Enable your team to learn fast while consistently delivering value by prioritizing frequent delivery of small iterations of work, even within the constraints of regulatory requirements

Drive essential communication between teams to ensure timely, high-quality results that further organizational goals. Resolve blockers and proactively escalate concerns

Consistently provide your team with the context and resources they need to achieve their goals, including the domain knowledge necessary for informed decision-making

Collaborate with the rest of the engineering department's leadership to cultivate a work environment where everyone can thrive

Facilitate technical decision-making with an emphasis on maintainability, scalability, and performance, ensuring that complex workflows align with best practices, software development methodologies, and coding standards

Oversee the end-to-end software development process while championing a user-centric approach to iterating and improving on product features

Promote strong and transparent communication channels both internally and with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization

Qualification

Product developmentAgile methodologiesTeam managementUser-centric designCross-functional collaborationProject managementDiversityInclusionFeedback loopsTechnical decision-makingAccountabilityCommunicationLeadership skillsProblem-solvingOwnershipRemote collaboration

Required

5-7 years of related experience, including experience managing a team of individual contributors at multiple levels, fostering their professional development, and enhancing team performance

Experience building user-centric engineering products, ideally through phases of product evolution from launch to maturity and product-market fit

Experience guiding teams using established engineering and product development practices and well-defined management precedents

Track record of managing complex or high-priority projects with significant impact, collaborating with senior stakeholders to ensure high-quality outcomes

Strong understanding of your functional area with a growing knowledge of how your team's work impacts other teams and departments

Expertise and creativity when it comes to delivering value fast, with a focus on MVPs, frequent deployments, scope negotiations, and demos - even within constrained or regulated environments

Experience helping teams optimize their collaborations and results using regular feedback loops, retrospectives, experimentation, and iteration

Strong understanding of and experience with industry best practices for managing software development, particularly agile processes and roles/responsibilities

Strong leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust and consensus across teams and stakeholders, particularly in cross-functional settings with diverse perspectives

Strong communication skills with a team-centric and remote-reliant approach to discussion and collaboration

Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity, and fostering a strong sense of belonging on teams

Experience providing project management and organizational support on complex technical projects from end to end that deliver timely and effective results

A successful track record with recruiting, retaining, and growing engineering teams

A strong sense of ownership and accountability, and the desire to cultivate this in your team

Preferred

Experience working in highly regulated industries (healthcare, fintech, legal tech, etc.) where precision and accuracy are critical

Previous experience managing products through go-to-market phases or beta launches

Experience managing teams building products that require significant cross-functional coordination and domain expertise

Previous experience working with Ruby on Rails and/or React

Benefits

Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy

Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability

Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option

Dependent and health care flexible spending account options

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees

Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions

A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)

Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees

Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times