Senior Engineering Manager, Emerging Business
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager with a pragmatic leadership approach, extensive technical experience, and a deep understanding of AI and agent technologies to drive our emerging business initiatives. If you're a hands-on engineering leader who can effectively execute, build prototypes, and lead multiple teams while understanding the technical foundations of AI-native products, we want you on our team.
As the Senior Engineering Manager for AI-Native Products, you will be instrumental in transforming our product portfolio by bridging technical capabilities with business opportunities. You will build and lead multiple engineering teams focused on developing AI-powered solutions that deliver real customer value. Your ability to rapidly prototype, understand AI agent architectures, and drive pragmatic implementation will be essential to our success. This role will report directly to the Director of Engineering for Emerging Businesses.
Your Responsibilities:
AI-First Technical Leadership: Spearhead our transformation into an AI-native organization by championing practical applications of AI technologies and establishing clear technical roadmaps
Hands-on Technical Direction: Demonstrate capability to rapidly build proof-of-concepts and full-stack prototypes to validate solutions before full-scale implementation
Team Orchestration: Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams toward cohesive delivery of complex AI-powered products
Cross-functional Collaboration: Bridge gaps between engineering, product, design, and ML teams to ensure AI capabilities are meaningfully integrated
AI Agent Architecture: Design and oversee the implementation of autonomous AI agent systems that deliver real value to customers
Technical Strategy: Balance immediate implementation needs with longer-term technical vision to ensure sustainable progress
Collaboration: Collaborate intensely with designers, product managers, and machine learning teams to drive rapid progress from ideation to customer-ready solutions.
Tech Trend Awareness: Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, applying this knowledge to drive innovation within the team.
What it takes to catch our eye:
Proven Technical Leadership: Experience successfully leading multiple engineering teams (10+ engineers) to deliver AI-powered products
AI Systems Expertise: Deep understanding of current AI models, agent architectures, and practical implementation challenges
Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of driving product transformation and innovation.
Execution Focus: Track record of pragmatic delivery that values shipping working solutions over perfect processes
Hands-on Builder: Ability to rapidly code prototypes and POCs in relevant technologies to validate concepts and guide teams
Exceptional collaboration and communication skills to excel in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
The annual base salary range for this position is displayed below. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Additionally, this position is eligible for the annual bonus plan or sales incentive plan and eligibility to participate in our long term equity incentive program.
Annual Base Compensation
$175,500 - $277,500 USD
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