Senior Engineering Manager, Growth Platform

About The Company:

At Scribd Inc. (pronounced scribbed) our mission is to spark human curiosity. Join our team as we create a world of stories and knowledge democratize the exchange of ideas and information and empower collective expertise through our four products: Everand Scribd Slideshare and Fable.

We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

When it comes to workplace structure we believe in balancing individual flexibility and community connections. Its through our flexible work benefit Scribd Flex that employees in partnership with their manager can choose the daily work-style that best suits their individual needs. A key tenet of Scribd Flex is our prioritization of intentional in-person moments to build collaboration culture and connection. For this reason occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd Inc. employees regardless of their location.

So what are we looking for in new team members Well we hire for GRIT. The textbook definition of GRIT is demonstrating the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long term goals. At Scribd Inc. we are inspired by the potential that this can unlock and ask each of our employees to pursue a GRIT-ty approach to their a tactical sense GRIT is also a handy acronym that outlines the standards we hold ourselves and each other to. Heres what that means for you: were looking for someone who showcases the ability to set and achieve Goals achieve Results within their job responsibilities contribute Innovative ideas and solutions and positively influence the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

About the Role

At Scribd growth isnt just a set of campaigns its a system. Millions of readers engage with Scribd Everand Slideshare and Fable and were investing in a Growth Platform that makes user acquisition onboarding retention and lifecycle marketing faster more measurable and more scalable across brands.

As Senior Engineering Manager Growth Platform youll lead a business-critical platform team inside Growth Engineering. Your team builds the systems and integrations that enable efficient go-to-market execution: landing pages and campaign tooling tracking and attribution audience segmentation experimentation support and third-party MarTech integrations. Youll partner closely with Product Performance Marketing Partnerships Data Platform and Analytics to build reliable foundations and to translate growth strategy into high-leverage technical capabilities.

This is a high-ownership leadership role for an engineering manager who is both people-first and deeply technical: someone who can set a vision build a strong team and deliver platform improvements that measurably impact conversion retention and lifetime value.

What Youll Do

• Lead the engineering strategy and execution for Scribds Growth Platform spanning acquisition enablement promotional offer support audience segmentation and lifecycle marketing integrations.
  

• Build and manage a high-performing full-stack team developing engineers while creating a culture of accountability inclusion and continuous learning.
  

• Stay deeply technical: act as an architectural and execution partner to the Tech Lead and team driving thoughtful system design pragmatic tradeoffs and sustainable delivery.
  

• Partner closely with stakeholders to translate business goals into roadmaps prioritize investments and deliver high-impact initiatives across multiple brands and channels.
  

• Lead integrations with paid media platforms and third-party data exchange tooling to support conversion tracking offline/online event feeds audience sync and campaign measurement.
  

• Own cross-channel measurement foundations: champion reliable instrumentation telemetry attribution quality and data-informed decision making in partnership with Analytics.
  

• Drive integration and vendor decisions across the MarTech stack evaluating tools designing integrations and ensuring solutions are scalable secure and maintainable.
  

• Champion engineering excellence in reliability scalability code quality testing and continuous delivery so Growth teams can move fast with confidence.
  

What Were Looking For

Must-Haves

• 7 years of engineering experience including 3 to 5 years in engineering management leading high-performing teams delivering customer-facing or platform systems.
  

• Demonstrated growth impact: youve led teams whose work measurably improved conversion retention engagement and/or LTV (ideally in subscription or consumer products).
  

• Strong technical foundation and architecture depth: you can guide scalable system design set quality bars and lead teams through ambiguity and tradeoffs.
  

• Experience with growth and marketing systems such as SEM ad platform integrations attribution/tracking experimentation frameworks customer engagement platforms CDPs CMS/landing page systems analytics instrumentation or marketing APIs.
  

• Cross-functional leadership strength: you can align diverse stakeholders set clear priorities and execute in fast-paced environments.
  

• People-first leadership: proven ability to coach develop and retain strong engineers while fostering psychological safety and high standards.
  

Bonus Experience

• Deep familiarity with multi-channel paid acquisition tracking/attribution challenges (web mobile) and data quality practices.
  

• Hands-on experience with event tracking experimentation platforms segmentation systems offer/promo tooling or funnel optimization in subscription products.
  

• Experience operating platform teams that serve multiple internal customers with clear SLAs roadmaps and support models.
  

Why This Role Why Now

Growth Platform is a force multiplier: when the foundations are strong teams across Performance Marketing Lifecycle Partnerships and Product can ship faster learn more reliably and scale what works across Scribds portfolio. Were investing in the next phase of our Growth engineering capabilities improving measurement trust reducing friction in go-to-market execution and building scalable systems that drive acquisition and retention outcomes.

If youre looking for a role where you can lead a team shape a platform stay technical and drive measurable business impact across multiple consumer brands wed love to hear from you.

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At Scribd your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role level and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United the state of California the reasonably expected salary range is between $178500 minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California to $278500 maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California.

In the United States outside of California the reasonably expected salary range is between $157500 minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California to $264500 maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California.

In Canada the reasonably expected salary range is between $201000 CADminimum salary in our lowest geographic market to $266500 CADmaximum salary in our highest geographic market.

We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been the event that you are considered for a different level a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

Working at Scribd Inc.

Are you currently based in a location where Scribd Inc.
Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance:

United States:

Atlanta Austin Boston Dallas Denver Chicago Houston Jacksonville Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix Portland Sacramento Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Washington D.C.

Canada:

Ottawa Toronto Vancouver

Mexico:

Mexico City

Benefits Perks and Wellbeing at Scribd Inc.

*Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Scribd Inc. and the geographical location where you work.

• Healthcare Insurance Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision): 100% paid for employees

• 12 weeks paid parental leave

• Short-term/long-term disability plans

• 401k/RSP matching

• Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals accessories

• Learning & Development allowance

• Learning & Development programs

• Quarterly stipend for Wellness WiFi etc.

• Mental Health support & resources

• Free subscription to the Scribd Inc. suite of products

• Referral Bonuses

• Book Benefit

• Sabbaticals

• Company-wide events

• Team engagement budgets

• Vacation & Personal Days

• Paid Holidays ( winter break)

• Flexible Sick Time

• Volunteer Day

• Company-wide Employee Resource Groups and programs that foster an inclusive and diverse workplace.

• Access to AI Tools: We provide free access to best-in-class AI tools empowering you to boost productivity streamline workflows and accelerate bold innovation.

Want to learn more about life at Scribd want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. You can inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to better accommodate your needs by emailing about the need for adjustments at any point in the interview process.

Scribd Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply and believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.

Required Experience:

Manager