Principal Engineering Program Manager

Samsara
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/3/2022 CLOSED ON 10/14/2022

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.

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