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This role is for a Senior Engineering Manager where you'll be a manager of managers. You will be leading across multiple teams in an org of around 20-30 people. We're expanding and your role as the Senior EM will be to grow and build new squads as needed. Your direct reports will include Tech Leads, Senior Engineers, and 2-3 Engineering Managers.
Senior Engineering Managers at Monzo are part of cross-functional, autonomous teams and groups. Our teams are mission-driven, and typically include Product Managers, backend, web and mobile engineers as well as data scientists, designers, and subject matter experts relevant to that mission. Teams are organised into groups, and then collectives - we aim to keep our line management structure as shallow as possible, and for teams to directly own decision making relevant to their work.
Senior Engineering Managers are accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their area - that means supporting and developing best-in-class engineering talent, as well as creating an inclusive team environment for people to do their best work. You'll be responsible for structuring, organising, supporting, and challenging your team to deliver on their mission.
While this is not a role which requires hands-on coding, we are looking for an experienced manager who has a strong technical and delivery background and has worked as a software engineer in previous roles.
We recognise that Senior Engineering Managers lead in different ways, we're looking for someone who is adept at:
Delivery and Execution: Enjoys taking accountability for delivery across your squad(s), collaborating with the Technical Lead and Product Manager.Engineering and Operational Excellence: Actively fosters a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams. You're accountable for the technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside individual engineer performance and growth, so holding a high bar (and clearly articulating your expectations) is key.People Leadership: Has experience directly managing at least 2-3 Engineering Managers and leading orgs of around ~20 engineers. You can support, coach, and develop them through their career with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback.Technical Influence: Partners with senior engineers to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices.Stakeholder Relationships: Builds strong stakeholder relationships with other teams, and creates a focus space for engineers to do their best work.Organisational Wide Impact: Collaborates with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and standards.The interview process: After an initial informal recruiter call you go through two main stages:
Initial Call (1 hour) You'll meet with one of our Senior Engineering Managers or Engineering Directors. They'll ask you about your previous experience, in particular people leadership, product delivery, and technical leadership.Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins) The Loop stage consists of 3 x 60 min interviews that take place over 1-2 days (depending on your availability) and one 30 minute reverse interview.The Loop is one stage and the interviews in this stage are:
Team and Org Management (1 hour) An example-based interview with 1-2 of our engineering leaders.System Design (1 hour) You'll partner with a Staff or Principal Engineer on a technical whiteboarding exercise.Behavioural (1 hour) Similar to Team and Org Management, this is an example-based interview with 1-2 Engineering Leaders.Chat with an Engineering Leader (30 mins) This will be your opportunity to ask us any questions about Monzo, engineering leadership, or our teams.All things going well, you'll have completed the hiring process.
Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You'll have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process. If you'd like to ask a question sooner, email ******.
What's in it for you: Base salary £130k - £160k + Equity + Benefits
This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).
We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses, and conferences.
Equal opportunities for everyone Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we're making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we're embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.
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