Engineering Manager, Staffbase
Employee communications platform
Open for applications
Employee communications platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Staffbase's mission is to unite companies and their employees behind a common purpose.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for empathetic and motivated team players who are motivated by growth and ownership
- Proven Experience in an Engineering Management/Leadership role
- Servant Leadership: Embody servant leadership by being genuinely people-centric, creating safe spaces, and unblocking teams to ensure their success. Your leadership style encourages empathy, trust, and team-building
- Technical Acumen: Possess a solid understanding of software engineering, including DevOps practices, CI/CD, and architecture, enabling you to guide teams toward technological excellence and sustainability
- Strategic Thinker: Exhibit strong organizational and decision-making skills, with a knack for pragmatic problem-solving. You're adept at managing competing priorities and fostering a culture of ownership and accountability
- Strategic Insight and Risk Awareness: You excel in overseeing cross-team initiatives with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. Your strategic insight ensures effective collaboration and transparent communication, driving initiatives to success and aligning with organizational objectives
- Communicator and Collaborator: Demonstrate exceptional communication skills, capable of managing up, working with peers, and aligning teams behind shared goals. You foster collaborative problem-solving and ensure product and engineering alignment
- Growth-Oriented: Show a commitment to continuous personal and professional growth, with a focus on technological understanding and coaching. You advocate for a growth mindset, encouraging continuous learning and adaptation
- Language Proficiency: Fluency in English is required, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
What the job involves
- We're on the lookout for a talented Manager, Engineering to join our Staffbase team and help us build an awesome internal communications platform
- Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity
- We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees
- We believe that team events during working hours play a vital role in building an exceptionally effective team, and we encourage them
- We are enthusiastic about technology and committed to using it to improve the world
- We follow the "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in it
- Team Environment and Development: Foster a collaborative environment by integrating feedback, supporting agile practices, and working closely with Agile Coaches. Encourage a culture of openness, continuous learning, and growth, emphasizing the importance of technological excellence and innovation
- Leadership Presence: Maintain a visible and approachable stance, being a reliable source of support and guidance for your teams. Embrace a leadership style that balances proactive problem-solving with humility and transparency, valuing the contributions of every team member
- Leadership Team Collaboration: As part of the team's leadership (Design Lead, Product Manager, Engineering Lead), you'll play a key role in driving delivery, effectiveness, and genuine teamwork
- Talent Management and Growth: Lead by example in the recruitment and development of a skilled, diverse team as well as building up talent from scratch by supporting our Engineering Entry Programs. Implement structured processes for personal and professional growth, ensuring clarity in roles and facilitating continuous skill enhancement and learning opportunities
- Operational Excellence: Take responsibility for budgeting, resource planning, and the coordination of efforts across departments to achieve seamless collaboration and operational efficiency. Act as a steward of the group's mission and vision, aligning team efforts with organizational goals
- Strategic Engagement: Play an active role in strategy formulation and goal setting in collaboration with product, design, and technology partners. Drive your teams towards achieving shared objectives, fostering an environment that empowers decentralized decision-making and innovation
- Performance and Improvement: Regularly assess team and engineering effectiveness using data-driven insights validated by a close relationship with the teams. Prioritize and implement initiatives aimed at continuous improvement, adhering to best practices and standards within the broader organizational context
- Initiative Oversight and Risk Mitigation: Lead transparency efforts in cross-team initiatives, ensuring clear communication of progress and challenges. Proactively identify and address risks, and manage non-functional requirements to enhance security, scalability, and performance. Your role is crucial in maintaining initiative momentum and ensuring outcomes meet our high standards for reliability and strategic alignment
Our take
Since launching in 2014, Staffbase has grown into a major name in the internal communications niche. Its platform is used by the likes of Samsung, ALDI, DHL, and Domino’s to create branded, mobile-first communication and information sharing tools which can access a company’s intranet from anywhere.
Staffbase has managed to set itself apart to some extent from the range of other internal communication apps like Slack and Teams by focusing on building a product tailored towards dedicated internal communication teams, rather than taking a more general approach.
This is proving to be a good decision as, with the shift to remote and hybrid working, the last few years have seen Staffbase gather serious momentum. A 2021 merger with Canadian competitor Banantang has been followed up by a series of major funding rounds and a rise to unicorn status. As well as this, it’s been expanding its own product portfolio through a number of strategic acquisitions as it looks to stay ahead of the competition.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2022
$120.1m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$145m
SERIES D
Total funding: $318.6m
Company benefits
- Financial Benefits: Let’s talk about money – all Staffbase employees get stock options granted (ESOP). When the company wins, you win, too. Additionally, we offer country-specific pension plans to all employees.
- Health@Staffbase: We care about your physical and mental health. Staffbase provides mental health resources with certified clinicians via phone, email, chat, and video. Beyond healthy snack options, drinks, and dynamic workspaces, we also offers free sports courses.
- Ongoing Learning: We thrive on personal and professional growth. Every employee gets €1,800/$2,200/£1,650 per year to spend on education.
- Parental Leave: We recognize that one of the most special events in an individual's life is the birth or adoption of a child. We offer paid parental leave options for all employees.
- Flexibility: When it comes to your personal life, it’s not our place to dictate your schedule. We offer flexible work from home as well as full-time and part-time options.
- Generous Vacation Policies: Taking time off is important. We want you to take vacation and give your body and mind a break when you need it.
- Fun Stuff: From virtual art nights to scavenger hunts: there are no limits when it comes to fun team building activities at Staffbase. Once a year, we all gather for THE ONE BIG internal event: Staffbase Camp.
- Giving Back: Giving back is important to us. Every employee can volunteer one day per year at an organization of choice. On top, Staffbase contributes with a donation.
- Lease a Bike: We offer our employees loaned bicycles and cyclists' safety equipment as a tax-free benefit. It’s an initiative to promote healthier journeys to work and to reduce environmental pollution. This benefit is currently available in Germany, UK, and the Netherlands.
Company HQ
Altchemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Leadership
Martin Böhringer
(CEO)Previously co-founded productivity app builder startup Hojoki, serving as CEO before co-founding Staffbase.
Lutz Gerlach
(COO)Before Staffbase, co-founded and served as COO of Hojoki.
Frank Wolf
(President)Previously worked in Social Technologies and Collaboration for T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (T-Mobile), following seven years as a Manager for Accenture.
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