Job Posting for Principal Engineering Program Manager at Samsara
About the role:
Samara’s IoT platform has resonated resoundingly with customers, and the company is growing explosively. We are looking for a collaborative leader to help drive our fast-growing engineering team and to lay the foundation and build the organization’s operations as we scale.
In this role, you'll drive engineering organizational development, exercise operational decision-making and develop and lead new engineering initiatives. You will develop goal-oriented, challenge-seeking engineers through training and enablement programs. You will also identify engineering bottlenecks through metrics and data analysis and improve engineering productivity through organizational and infrastructure improvements.
In this role, you will:
Conceive of and execute on ideas to drive step-changes in engineering structure and process that will improve performance
Measure and analyze engineering performance across product groups
Identify and mitigate development inefficiencies such as gaps in documentation, developer environment, infrastructure, and communication
Develop and lead the engineering onboarding and training program
Build programs to develop engineering leadership and management
Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team
Minimum requirements for the role:
Experience in a leadership or program management role
Excellent analytical skills, passion for data
Strong written communication and presentation skills
Growth mindset and demonstrated problem solving abilities
Experience working with engineering teams; familiar with software development processes, SaaS delivery models, etc.
6 years professional experience, including management consulting, growth or business operations, or similar
An ideal candidate also has:
Experience working in an Enterprise SaaS environment
2 years people-management experience
B.S. or higher, preferably in a quantitative field (engineering, applied math, etc.). MBA optional.
Salary.com Estimation for Principal Engineering Program Manager in San Francisco, CA
$94,282 to $129,481
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