Engineering Manager

at  SuperAwesome

ABOUT US

SuperAwesome powers the youth digital media ecosystem, which is used by hundreds of brands and content owners. Our award-winning technology provides the tools for safer, responsible digital engagement with almost half a billion young people worldwide every month. At the intersection of technology, law, media and policy, working with us gives you a chance to shape what the internet of the future looks like. Our 150 person team is located in EMEA, the UK and the USA.
When you work at SuperAwesome, you’re part of building the company. We want everyone to understand how their decisions and impact are reflected in our success. Our customers are focused on successfully engaging with the global under-18 audience, and so we try to bring the behaviours of that audience to our own work. We move at speed, we’re curious, we’re innovators.
At the heart of everything we do are our people and our #SAFam. SAFam is a place where everyone can be heard, and where differences are celebrated. We value individuality and understand the importance of building a workplace where everyone can truly belong. We work hard to grow and nurture our culture with a team dedicated to employee engagement and experience.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• You’re a pro in prioritisation and planning - we often deal with a multitude of requests. We masterfully prioritise them and plan the work to manage the expectations of the stakeholders so that we can set realistic timelines, protecting the team from manual toil and safeguarding time for the engineering work.
• You are obsessed with metrics - and you display it in all the aspects of your job, you strive to make data-driven decisions whenever possible.
• You are an excellent communicator - Ads teams have a large number of internal and external stakeholders and you understand that timely, efficient communication is essential in nurturing relationships with both your stakeholders and your team
• You love working with people - you really enjoy coaching people, supporting both emotional and professional needs to help them become the best version of themselves
• You think about things critically - we’re the first to do what we do in this industry, so you’ll come across new problems every day
• You’ll passionately tackle the team’s problems - we think the tools and practices you know now are secondary to having the mindset to improve how things are done, i.e. you’re a natural problem solver and you drive changes with passion
• You’re flexible and adaptable - we have multiple teams working on complementary products, you’ll thrive on variety and make complexity simple to digest for your team

• You will manage a product team in AdsAds is the main product at SuperAwesome, each product team is responsible for creating the best solutions for the domains they own, and have an enormous impact on the entire company, and on the overall kid-safety landscape across the industry.
• You will own the team’s people strategy, and translate business objectives and product roadmaps into sound resourcing, training and delivery plans.
• You will work closely with engineers, your tech lead and product manager to define the ideal processes and team configuration to deliver innovative and performing products
• You will establish a strong relationship of mutual trust with each of your direct reports, and you’ll choose the right coaching and mentoring techniques to get them to their next level of growth.
• You will help the team to embrace a culture of measurement and transparency where data is collected, updated and shared regularly, so as to enable everyone to make informed decisions. You will champion this culture, and distil your own and your teams’ outcomes into the appropriate KPIs.
• As the organisation grows you’ll play a fundamental role in evolving the Engineering Culture by joining the engineering management community and defining the most impactful initiatives to take the broader Engineering team to the next level.