Why Glassdoor?
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Join us as we make worklife better, together.
About the Role
The Engineering Project Manager plays a vital role in managing projects, driving process improvements, and fostering seamless collaboration between Product and Engineering teams. This role requires a curiosity of business needs and technical constraints to provide operational support that promotes transparency and accountability across Glassdoor’s products. You will partner closely with Engineering and Product Management teams, coordinating projects and initiatives that drive organizational efficiency and support the growth of Glassdoor.
For more information about some of the exciting technology work being done at Glassdoor, check out our Engineering Blog!
What You'll Do
- Partner with engineering and product leads to manage engineering projects and see them to delivery.
- Anticipate and identify blockers that are impacting the project; work with partners to determine solutions and understand the impact to the overall project delivery.
- Lead organizational initiatives aimed at improving processes and fostering seamless collaboration between Product and Engineering teams.
- Propose and implement sustainable process changes by gathering feedback and iterating to meet organizational needs.
- Drive continuous improvement, evaluating team workflows and identifying areas for optimization.
- Understand technical infrastructure challenges and work with software engineers and product managers to devise solutions.
- Create and maintain milestone plans, implementation schedules, and related project documents for requested cross-team engineering initiatives.
- Coordinate multiple projects across development efforts, managing cross-team dependencies and keeping timelines aligned.
- Build and maintain a trusted, collaborative relationship with partners and create an atmosphere of shared ownership of the success of the project: embrace the servant leader mindset and be a team player
- Proactively orchestrate the update of cross-team roadmap status reports to keep partners advised of quarterly roadmap status and related initiatives.
- Seek continuous improvement: work with your partners to evaluate how things are working and how it can be improved.
- Perform other duties as requested to help improve our engineering culture and support our goal of operational excellence.
What You'll Bring
- A commitment to add to our culture of DEI
- At least 1-2 years of Technical Project Management experience in large scale Web-based architecture and Technology Platforms
- Experience leading Agile development processes at scale
- Consistent track record of partnership with Software Engineering Stakeholders
- The ability to handle multiple technical projects simultaneously in a cross-functional environment with stakeholders in multiple regions
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical teams in a clear and concise manner
- Solid problem solving, attention to detail, and multi-tasking skills.
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Genuine curiosity about how things work: eagerness to learn
- Servant leadership: motivating the team to work together and achieve results
Compensation and benefits
Base salary range*: $84,500 - $112,200
*Glassdoor base salaries are targeted to the market 75th percentile for technical roles and the 65th percentile for non-technical roles. In other words, 65-75% of comparable organizations in our industry will pay less.
Annual bonus target**: 10%
**Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews
Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU):
***Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, there are additional RSU grant awards for the very top performers.
Health and wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability and select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents.
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Generous paid time-off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with additional company-sponsored leaves such as paid injury/illness leave, family emergency leave, compassionate leave, and domestic & sexual violence leave.
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Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
- Wellness programs to support mental, physical, and financial health, such as paid career coaching & mental health therapy, financial coaching, subsidized fitness & wellness appointments, HSA, FSA, commuter benefits, fertility & pregnancy support, employee perks and discounts, legal assistance program, gender-affirming care relocation benefit and work-from-home monthly allowance.
Work/life balance: Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year.
Investing in your future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility & family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services.
Our Commitments
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Come as you are: At Glassdoor diversity is not a slogan; it’s a core factor in our success. We welcome your background, experience and ideas because you help us understand and better serve our world. You make us stronger.
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Grow your career: Glassdoor is small enough for you to see the impact of your contributions, while large enough to offer significant resources and endless opportunities to grow. This is a great place to make a career.
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Find your people: Ask anyone who works here: it’s the people who make the difference. We are a group of well-rounded humans who support one another and work hard together to bring the Glassdoor mission to life.
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Discover flexibility: With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities — enhancing both productivity and your well-being.
Glassdoor is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status or any other category protected under the law. Glassdoor is an equal opportunity employer; committed to creating a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Where-to-Work Policy
Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company. Requests to move must be approved by an employee’s manager and the People team. While we will try our best to support relocation requests, some requests may not be approved due to various tax, legal, or other restrictions.
Enjoy Remote and Explore: Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. The amount of time and location for Work Away must be approved by the employee’s manager and People Operations team at least two (2) weeks in advance of travel.
