Engineering Manager - Plan
An overview of this role
As an Engineering Manager in GitLab's Plan stage, you'll lead a team in an important and growing area of our business. In this role, you'll build and guide a high-performing team of engineers working on solutions that help organizations better plan and execute their work across the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings proven experience delivering projects from ideation to production that have created measurable business impact. Deploying strong technical leadership skills you will resolve complex dependencies and balance technical debt paydown, architectural improvements, and feature delivery to gradually improve overall velocity. You will maintain an active interest in team-members' professional growth and take opportunities to recognize achievements, delegate challenging projects, and foster an environment of learning. With a passion for effective planning methodologies, you'll collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve GitLab's planning capabilities.
Some examples of our projects:
Portfolio Management (Epics, Roadmaps, Boards)
Team Planning (Issues, Milestones, Iterations, Labels)
Find out more on the Plan Direction Page
What you’ll do
Design and execute comprehensive project plans by:
Developing detailed roadmaps with clear milestones and dependencies
Coordinating cross-functional resources to meet objectives
Managing stakeholder expectations and communicating progress effectively
Identifying and mitigating risks proactively
Running agile project management processes
Build and maintain a high performing team by:
Helping your developers grow their skills and experience
Attracting talent of the highest caliber from a globally distributed market
Conducting interviews and ensuring a high standard of technical assessment is maintained
Nurturing psychological safety on your team
Holding regular 1:1s, delivering feedback and conducting meaningful technical discussions
Improve product quality, security, and performance while maintaining high velocity
Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
Maintain a culture of continuous improvement and intense customer-focus
What you’ll bring
Strong prior managerial experience of more than 3 years, managing teams of 5-10 engineers.
A track record of delivering value to customers through effective management of software projects.
Strong technical expertise that is relevant to the team; such as Ruby, relational databases, or system design.
Experience using Agile planning tools; such as GitLab, Confluence, Jira, Monday.com, Asana, or open source equivalents.
Exquisite communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst departments, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Experience in a peak performance organization.
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Engineering Manager - Plan
An overview of this role
As an Engineering Manager in GitLab's Plan stage, you'll lead a team in an important and growing area of our business. In this role, you'll build and guide a high-performing team of engineers working on solutions that help organizations better plan and execute their work across the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings proven experience delivering projects from ideation to production that have created measurable business impact. Deploying strong technical leadership skills you will resolve complex dependencies and balance technical debt paydown, architectural improvements, and feature delivery to gradually improve overall velocity. You will maintain an active interest in team-members' professional growth and take opportunities to recognize achievements, delegate challenging projects, and foster an environment of learning. With a passion for effective planning methodologies, you'll collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve GitLab's planning capabilities.
Some examples of our projects:
Portfolio Management (Epics, Roadmaps, Boards)
Team Planning (Issues, Milestones, Iterations, Labels)
Find out more on the Plan Direction Page
What you’ll do
Design and execute comprehensive project plans by:
Developing detailed roadmaps with clear milestones and dependencies
Coordinating cross-functional resources to meet objectives
Managing stakeholder expectations and communicating progress effectively
Identifying and mitigating risks proactively
Running agile project management processes
Build and maintain a high performing team by:
Helping your developers grow their skills and experience
Attracting talent of the highest caliber from a globally distributed market
Conducting interviews and ensuring a high standard of technical assessment is maintained
Nurturing psychological safety on your team
Holding regular 1:1s, delivering feedback and conducting meaningful technical discussions
Improve product quality, security, and performance while maintaining high velocity
Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
Maintain a culture of continuous improvement and intense customer-focus
What you’ll bring
Strong prior managerial experience of more than 3 years, managing teams of 5-10 engineers.
A track record of delivering value to customers through effective management of software projects.
Strong technical expertise that is relevant to the team; such as Ruby, relational databases, or system design.
Experience using Agile planning tools; such as GitLab, Confluence, Jira, Monday.com, Asana, or open source equivalents.
Exquisite communication: Regularly achieve consensus amongst departments, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You share our values, and work in accordance with those values.
Experience in a peak performance organization.