Engineering Manager, Marketing Technology

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Define the technical strategy for Marketing Technology, collaborating with stakeholders across Marketing, Data etc. to align technical solutions with business goals.
• - Lead technical execution, including system design, architecture, and operational excellence, to ensure reliability and scalability of marketing technology solutions.
• - Collaborate closely with Marketing teams to enhance Marketing tooling and technology.
• - Stay on top of MarTech trends and innovations, ensuring Zapier remains competitive in its approach to customer engagement and acquisition.
• - Develop effective ways to communicate, monitor, and lead your team through weekly one-on-ones and team meetings.
• - Keep the leadership team informed on your team’s progress and challenges in ways that are easy and enjoyable to receive, like one-on-one's, update posts, and regular team hangouts.
• - Build rapport with each member of the Engineering Team and support them through coaching and mentorship to help level up their skills, and performance management when necessary.
• - Participate in code reviews, learning and spreading technical knowledge throughout Zapier - moving knowledge to documentation where appropriate.
• - Maintain a focus on our customers by using customer feedback to guide your team through tradeoffs.
• - Actively recruit, onboard, and train new engineers at Zapier, as well as supporting the continuous improvement of hiring practices in Engineering.

Required Skills

• - Several years of experience leading a team of engineers driving impact through technical innovation in marketing technology.
• - Proficient in marketing technology ecosystems, including Content management systems, A/B testing & experimentation platforms etc.
• - Good understanding of marketing operations, customer segmentation, and data-driven marketing strategies.
• - Strong communication skills to align on a shared vision and strategy with Marketing partners.
• - Ability to build relationships and foster cooperation for successful project outcomes.
• - Advocate for cross-functional stakeholders, integrating their feedback into decision-making processes.
• - Experience in shipping production code and contributing to design discussions, code reviews, and establishing quality standards.
• - Comfortable leading change and navigating short-term uncertainty.
• - Excellent communication skills for working with engineers and other stakeholders from various disciplines.

Benefits

• - Offers Equity
• - Offers Bonus
• - Competitive and equitable compensation practices
• - Remote work flexibility