Engineering Manager Product Led Growth at LastPass

LastPass is looking for an Engineering Manager, Product Led Growth: 

In this role you will manage the team responsible for developing features and integrate solutions that enhance the product’s appeal to the customer base and contribute to its organic growth. You would help Product Management run experiments that allow for rapid prototyping and testing of multiple product versions, with the objective of finding the optimal version/configuration/setup.

As an Engineering Manager you would: 

• Hire, train, and manage a team of engineers to deliver initiatives that help drive LastPass’ Product Led Growth strategy
• Closely liaise with Product Management and other stakeholders in Marketing and the Data Platform organization
• Coordinate PLG work coming from these stakeholders towards the team and other parts of the Engineering Org
• Manage individual performance: Set and track goals, provide quality feedback, coach, and develop engineers
• Oversee the work of the team: Define scope and manage backlog, set priorities in alignment with strategic goals
• Own delivery of initiatives and manage technical and delivery risks together with your team and other leaders
• Continuously improve team performance, guide the team through challenges and priority shifts
• Establish and maintain effective communication between stakeholders and your team
• Understand customer pain-points, advocate for delivering real customer value

If you are passionate about complex problem solving and motivated by scale, then this is the role for you!

Who will you work with?

•  A team of experienced and motivated engineers with diverse skills and broad focus that impacts the engineering organization and LastPass’ Product Led Growth strategy
• Engineering teams and leaders within and outside the of your organization to create processes and improve software quality
• Subject matter experts, architects to validate and communicate changes
• Product leadership to align with overall product strategy
• Project leaders to ensure smooth delivery
• Members of the engineering guilds and communities

 What are some of the exciting challenges you will be working on?

• Drive high complexity initiatives in an evolving organization that aims to implement LastPass’ Product Led Growth
• Lead your team to design, implement, and integrate solutions; while maintaining business continuity and improving the quality of the software we deliver to our users
• Recruit, develop and retain talent
• Manage performance, coach, and mentor the engineers within the team
• Shape the culture of the engineering organization so that we can create an organization that is satisfying to work in and solves the needs of our customers and users
• Implement and improve processes and quality, own and define measurements, and identify opportunities
• Manage change when needed
• Act as a guardian of software quality
• Build a strong internal culture aligned with the company culture

What does it take to work at LastPass?

• Relevant experience as a people manager or team leader, specifically when dealing with remote teams, across countries, and in different time zones
• Proven record of accomplishment of working on products with a high volume of users/customers
• Strong understanding of engineering and agile methodologies, able to sustain the application of agile principles in the team
• Structured, but creative, finds ways to move the team forward towards execution excellence
• Quality and customer obsessed
• Strong drive to deliver results and to take responsibility beyond team boundaries
• Able to understand and explain complex technical problems to stakeholders, partners, and peers
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Able to interact with product leaders and stakeholders on all levels
• Technical leadership with change management skills
• Team-player and can-do attitude
• Able to quickly adapt to new situations and to learn fast
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Fluent in English

It's great, but not required: 

• Experience in web development with the following technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript or TypeScript
• Backend experience: developing web applications in PHP or .NET
• Experience in working with Public Cloud providers, such as AWS and Azure
• Experience developing Software APIs and integrating SDKs into existing code base
• Experience in managing complex projects involving multiple teams
• Experience with SaaS Web Apps such as Pendo, Segment, LaunchDarkly, Sendgrid, or Amplitude