Engineering & Product Manager - US

Job Description

About FareHarbor

Founded in Hawaii in 2013 and acquired by Booking.com in 2018, FareHarbor creates powerful tools that help tour and activity operators run their business with ease and efficiency. With thousands of clients and 500+ employees worldwide, we have the fastest growing team in the business, and we’re shaping the future of travel, together.

Why FareHarbor?

Founding FareHarbor required unwavering passion. Turning a start-up into the world’s leading & largest reservation software for tours, activities, & attractions required relentless dedication and vision. To date, we’ve helped over 15,000 global businesses operate successfully and are proud to have played a role in enabling business owners to live their dreams.

And since day one we’ve known that our real success lies in our people—the Ohana.

With each new feature launched and new client onboarded, there is a team of incredible people behind the scenes who are full of dedication, passion, energy, and the will to succeed. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work—to believe in their abilities, to freely express their creativity, and to contribute with their own uniqueness by wearing their true colors. We take care of one another and always prioritize health and wellbeing. We give our people the space and trust to learn, to try, to succeed, to collaborate, to think outside of the box, to make mistakes, and even to fail. And then we come together to try again.

From the minute you join, you have a voice. You find your space. You make an impact. We elebrate our victories, shout our successes, and are always eager to tackle new challenges. And we can’t wait to see all that’s to come.

About the Role

FareHarbor is looking for a full time, onsite Engineering & Project Manager to join our team and oversee our technical teams in our San Francisco office.

All engineering and product team members in the SF office will report directly to you. You will work closely with the engineering group to help each member develop their skills careers, while helping teams expand the FareHarbor application.

You will work cross-functionally with a small group of Product Owners to ensure that they have the tools and skills that they need to effectively manage their projects. You’ll help design processes that ensure that Product Owners can work with the engineering and technical team members. You’ll help the entire group execute and deliver their projects on time and successfully.

You will work collaboratively with the other technical management group within the Engineering and Product Organization to ensure that the engineering and product teams you lead are firing on all cylinders to reach company objectives. You’ll understand the priorities of the team and the company at large, and use that understanding to effectively manage your teams to success.

You’ll also work to ensure that the SF office is a great place to work. From little things like getting everyone out for an after-hours hangout, to team-building initiatives like regular demo-days with our Amsterdam Product Team, your goal here is to ensure that coming to work is exciting, interesting, and positive.

Engineering Management Responsibilities:

• Manage 10 direct engineering and product reports.
• 1-on-1s, career management; develop a supportive and challenging environment.
• Technical oversight on effective solution design, decomposition strategies.
• Technical leadership and mentorship for Technical Engineering Leads.
• Assist in hiring initiatives for the Engineering and Product group as needed.

Project Management Leadership Responsibilities:

• Work with Product Owners to guide them in their project management responsibilities
• Set up processes for successful feature development and launch; work with product . owners to help them understand and execute these processes.
• Project leadership mentorship for tech leads.

We think you’ll be great for this role if:

• You have experience leading productive engineering and product teams.
• You see processes as tools for achieving great product, not goals in their own right.
• Enjoy and thrive under a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• You want to work in and encourage a positive, supportive, and fun environment.
• You are genuinely excited to mentor engineers and product owners.
• Have a technical background and can effectively judge technical solutions proposed by your teams.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Annual Booking Holdings Stock options grant
• 23 vacation days per year (based on 40 hours per week)
• 401k + Employer Matching
• Full health insurance benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter benefits
• Annual Professional growth benefits
• Technical and Management trainings
• In office snacks and beverages
• Employee discount programs
• Flexible work schedule
• Unique, open and informal environment