Engineering Project Manager

Summary

Join Glassdoor as an Engineering Project Manager and play a vital role in managing projects, driving process improvements, and fostering collaboration between Product and Engineering teams. You will partner with Engineering and Product Management, coordinating projects to enhance organizational efficiency and support Glassdoor's growth. This role requires managing multiple projects, anticipating blockers, implementing process changes, and understanding technical infrastructure challenges. You will build strong relationships, proactively update roadmap status reports, and continuously seek improvement. The position demands strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills, along with experience in technical project management and Agile development.

Requirements

• A commitment to add to our culture of DEI
• At least 1-2 years of Technical Project Management experience in large scale Web-based architecture and Technology Platforms
• Experience leading Agile development processes at scale
• Consistent track record of partnership with Software Engineering Stakeholders
• The ability to handle multiple technical projects simultaneously in a cross-functional environment with stakeholders in multiple regions
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical teams in a clear and concise manner
• Solid problem solving, attention to detail, and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Genuine curiosity about how things work: eagerness to learn
• Servant leadership: motivating the team to work together and achieve results

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and product leads to manage engineering projects and see them to delivery
• Anticipate and identify blockers that are impacting the project; work with partners to determine solutions and understand the impact to the overall project delivery
• Lead organizational initiatives aimed at improving processes and fostering seamless collaboration between Product and Engineering teams
• Propose and implement sustainable process changes by gathering feedback and iterating to meet organizational needs
• Drive continuous improvement, evaluating team workflows and identifying areas for optimization
• Understand technical infrastructure challenges and work with software engineers and product managers to devise solutions
• Create and maintain milestone plans, implementation schedules, and related project documents for requested cross-team engineering initiatives
• Coordinate multiple projects across development efforts, managing cross-team dependencies and keeping timelines aligned
• Build and maintain a trusted, collaborative relationship with partners and create an atmosphere of shared ownership of the success of the project: embrace the servant leader mindset and be a team player
• Proactively orchestrate the update of cross-team roadmap status reports to keep partners advised of quarterly roadmap status and related initiatives
• Seek continuous improvement: work with your partners to evaluate how things are working and how it can be improved
• Perform other duties as requested to help improve our engineering culture and support our goal of operational excellence

Benefits

• Base salary range*: $84,500 - $112,200
• Annual bonus target**: 10%
• Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews
• Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU)
• Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, there are additional RSU grant awards for the very top performers
• Health and wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability and select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents
• Generous paid time-off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with additional company-sponsored leaves such as paid injury/illness leave, family emergency leave, compassionate leave, and domestic & sexual violence leave
• Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
• Wellness programs to support mental, physical, and financial health, such as paid career coaching & mental health therapy, financial coaching, subsidized fitness & wellness appointments, HSA, FSA, commuter benefits, fertility & pregnancy support, employee perks and discounts, legal assistance program, gender-affirming care relocation benefit and work-from-home monthly allowance
• Work/life balance : Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year
• Investing in your future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility & family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services
• With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities — enhancing both productivity and your well-being
• Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company
• Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change
• Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change