Senior Engineering Manager, Controls Management; Remote Ohio

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro is the leading audit, risk, ESG, and Info Sec platform on the market. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award‑winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. Optro is top‑rated on  and Gartner Peer Insights.

At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and Info Sec platform by our customers.

We’re looking for a highly motivated Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Controls Management team. This is a unique opportunity to drive large, strategic, and complex projects that will shape the future of Optro’s Audit products. You’ll need exceptional leadership, empathy, and a passion for mentoring engineers to design and architect highly scalable, performant, and reliable solutions. Our ideal candidate thrives on collaboration but can also independently take a concept from ideation through to implementation.

We are a hardworking, energetic team deeply committed to our customers and believe that continuous learning about our users, our product, and cutting‑edge technologies is key to our success.

• Lead the technical direction and execution for Optro’s Controls Management initiatives.
• Mentor, inspire, and grow a diverse team of engineers with a high degree of empathy and emotional intelligence.
• Manage and develop the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continuously building individual and team capabilities in best practices.
• Develop and nurture strong relationships with Product, QA, Delivery, Design, Customer Support, GTM, and other partners to deliver best‑in‑class experiences for our users.
• Own the end‑to‑end build and delivery of Controls Management features within Optro’s platform.
• Continuously improve all aspects of the product lifecycle, both technical systems and processes, to deliver outstanding results for our customers.
• Work cross‑functionally with other engineering teams and product lines.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management to define goals, objectives, and the roadmap for Controls Management initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Iterate and improve on agile best practices to ensure clarity, transparency, and efficient delivery across your team and the organization.

• Experience in performance management.
• Experience in running agile teams and managing delivery processes.

• 5+ years of experience developing modern tech stacks.
• 2+ years managing a development team, specifically in a SaaS environment.
• Modern JS Framework
  
  Experience:
  
  Familiarity with modern JavaScript frameworks (Ember is preferred, but Vue, React, Angular, etc. are valuable for front‑end collaboration).

• Experience in a highly regulated, ARC (Audit, Risk, and Compliance) environment.
• Managed remote or distributed teams.
• Experience in an agile development environment and with modern project management tools.
• Strong B2B experience.

• Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA.
• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life.
• Comprehensive employee health coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Competitive compensation & bonus program.
• Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non‑exempt).
• Time off for your birthday & volunteering.
• Employee resource groups.
• Opportunities for team and company‑wide get‑togethers.
• Parental Leave.
• Perks may vary based on eligibility/location.

• Customer obsession:
  It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.
• Gritty resilience:
  Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.
• Drive innovation:
  Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.
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