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Salary: USD 131,000 - 169,000 / annual
Justworks is seeking an Engineering Effectiveness Manager to own delivery program management across the engineering organization. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Engineering Effectiveness, you will drive cross-functional engineering initiatives, coordinate learning and development programs, and foster practices that enable the engineering team to operate as a cohesive, high-functioning unit.
Key responsibilities include:
• Lead cross-engineering program delivery: Own execution of major engineering initiatives, manage timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder communications. Remove blockers and drive clarity when ambiguity threatens progress.
• Design and operationalize learning and enablement programs: Build structured programs for skill development, new-engineer onboarding, and emerging tech adoption. Partner with teams to identify capability gaps and design learning paths that directly support delivery. Measure participation and outcomes.
• Coordinate engineering-wide forums and rituals: Plan and facilitate forums that keep engineering aligned and energized—functional kickoffs, all-hands, internal demos, roundtables, technology blog, technical showcases. Ensure these rhythms support visibility and decision-making.
• Drive process and operational improvements: Identify bottlenecks in how work gets done. Partner with the team on operations infrastructure and with engineering leadership to implement changes that reduce friction and strengthen consistency.
• Build reporting and visibility mechanisms: Design dashboards, metrics frameworks, and communication channels that give engineering leadership and individual contributors clear sight lines into progress, health, and blockers.
• Partner with recruiting and people teams on engineering talent initiatives: Contribute to employer positioning, support technical hiring events and sourcing, and help shape onboarding and early-career development experiences.
• Support the Development phase of the Product Development Lifecycle: Ensure teams have the tools, processes, and enablement needed for execution.
You are a systems thinker who owns and drives cross-functional initiatives to completion. You're comfortable managing ambiguity, removing blockers, and keeping distributed teams aligned on shared outcomes. You build clarity and momentum through intentional program design, structured communication, and learning programs that develop the organization while shipping results.
Success in this role depends on systems thinking, execution focus, ownership and accountability, influence without authority, adaptability, clear communication and visibility, and strong collaboration skills. You will work in alignment with Justworks' core values: Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity, and Simplicity.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 4–7 years of experience in program management, delivery, operations, or similar role in a technical environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional initiatives and drive execution in matrix environments
• Experience designing and implementing learning and development programs or similar enablement efforts
• Strong organizational skills; able to juggle multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfort facilitating groups and representing work to leadership
• Experience with data-driven decision-making and defining/tracking metrics
• Familiarity with product development tools and processes (CI/CD, Jira, GitHub, etc.) preferred
• Demonstrated ability to influence and coordinate across silos without direct authority
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with regular in-office presence (3 days/week)
