Product Engineering Director, Buying Confidence

Job Description

The Director of Product Engineering for Buying Confidence Initiative will be responsible for serving as the engineering group leader for multiple teams. These initiatives include about 4 or 5 squads with a focus on product features across the core buyer experience on Etsy. This position serves as the Engineering leader and partner to the Product Management initiative lead. As the senior Engineering leader, this position has strategic responsibility for all engineering aspects of the initiatives and will be responsible for successfully implementing projects to achieve these strategic outcomes. In this role, you will lead other engineering managers to accomplish assigned goals and achieve critical metrics.

About the Role

• You will act as a strategic lead on high-profile projects, leading large, often multi-functional organization-wide projects.
• You will collaborate with our product and design team to craft plans that achieve our business goals while scaling the platform to match the growth of the business.
• You will build systems and processes to streamline operations, especially with product development and collaboration between infrastructure teams.
• You will assist in recruiting and hiring key employees.
• You will establish relationships with the engineering leadership team and others across the organization to drive outcomes.
• You will draft and edit internal and external communications including newsletters, reports, and presentations.
• You will bring together multiple partners and help drive decisions.
• You will handle the meeting cadence for the leadership team, ensuring materials are sent in advance, time is well spent, and objectives are achieved.
• You will research, benchmark, analyze data, and make recommendations on both product and technology.
• You are accountable for compensation and promotion decisions for your group; you act in a thoughtful and rigorous way that supports long-term health.

About You

• You can work independently to define and tackle unconstrained problems.
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills for audiences from junior individual contributors to executives.
• You're comfortable collaborating closely with engineers, managers, and other organizations at all levels.
• You have the ability to influence outcomes without direct management.
• You have at least 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and engineering managers.
• Experience managing at least 2 levels of managers.
• You have experience leading large projects on both web and mobile apps.

What’s Next Interested in working with us? Send us a cover letter and your CV or resume explaining why you’d be great for the job. We value your unique talents and point of view, so feel free to tell us what you are all about. And if you write, draw, craft, or contribute to something you’re proud of, we’d love to hear about it. At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Etsy is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skill sets. Apply for this job