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 InfoSec 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. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com 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 InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

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're 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

   

Attributes for a Successful Candidate

• Experience in performance management.

• Experience in running agile teams and managing delivery processes.

   

Nice to Have

• 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).

Preferred

• 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.

Perks (United States)

• 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

Our Company Values

• 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.

• Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.

• Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.
  

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.
We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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