Senior Engineering Manager, Platform

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At Scribd Inc., our mission is to spark human curiosity. We create a world of stories and knowledge, democratize the exchange of ideas and information, and empower collective expertise through our four products:
Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable.

We support a culture where employees can be real and bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.

Our workplace balances individual flexibility with community connections. Scribd Flex allows employees, in partnership with their manager, to choose a daily work‑style that suits their needs, while intentional in‑person moments build collaboration, culture, and connection. Occasional in‑person attendance is required for all Scribd Inc. employees, regardless of location.

We hire for “GRIT”. The textbook definition is the intersection of passion and perseverance towards long‑term goals. At Scribd, we ask each of our employees to pursue a GRIT‑ty approach—showcasing the ability to set and achieve Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, and influence the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.

At Scribd, growth isn’t just a set of campaigns; it’s a system. Millions of readers engage with our brands, and we’re investing in a Growth Platform that makes user acquisition, onboarding, retention, and lifecycle marketing faster, more measurable, and more scalable. As Senior Engineering Manager, Growth Platform
, you’ll lead a business‑critical platform team inside Growth Engineering, building systems and integrations that enable efficient go‑to‑market execution: landing pages, campaign tooling, tracking, attribution, audience segmentation, experimentation support, and third‑party Mar Tech integrations.

This high‑ownership leadership role is for an engineering manager who is people‑first and deeply technical—setting vision, building a strong team, and delivering platform improvements that measurably impact conversion, retention, and lifetime value.

• Lead the engineering strategy and execution for Scribd’s Growth Platform, spanning acquisition enablement, promotional offer support, audience segmentation, and lifecycle marketing integrations.
• Build and manage a high‑performing full‑stack team, developing engineers while creating a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• Stay deeply technical: act as an architectural and execution partner, driving thoughtful system design, pragmatic trade‑offs, and sustainable delivery.
• Partner closely with stakeholders to translate business goals into roadmaps, prioritize investments, and deliver high‑impact initiatives across multiple brands and channels.
• Lead integrations with paid media platforms and third‑party data‑exchange tooling to support conversion tracking, offline/online event feeds, audience sync, and campaign measurement.
• Own cross‑channel measurement foundations: champion reliable instrumentation, telemetry, attribution quality, and data‑informed decision‑making in partnership with Analytics.
• Drive integration and vendor decisions across the Mar Tech stack—evaluating tools, designing integrations, and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Champion engineering excellence in reliability, scalability, code quality, testing, and continuous delivery so Growth teams can move fast with confidence.

• 7+ years of engineering experience, including 3–5+ years in engineering management, leading high‑performing teams delivering customer‑facing or platform systems.
• Demonstrated growth impact: led teams whose work measurably improved conversion, retention, engagement, and/or LTV (ideally in subscription or consumer products).
• Strong technical foundation and architectural depth: guide scalable system design, set quality bars, and lead teams through ambiguity and trade‑offs.
• Experience with growth and marketing systems—SEM, ad platform integrations, attribution/tracking, experimentation frameworks,…