Mentimeter
- Engineering Manager - Design System
Engineering Manager - Design System
Product · Stockholm, Sweden
Job description
Our vision is to transform presentations, meetings and lectures by turning passive audiences into engaged contributors. We make this possible through our interactive presentation platform where the traditional presentation monologue becomes an inclusive dialogue. We believe in the power of together and that the most successful leaders listen to be heard.
With Mentimeter, users become the best presenter they can be. Meetings become more productive, participants learn more and have fun whilst doing it.
We have more than 300 million users and customers worldwide, on our way of making the world a better place, one presentation at a time.
To succeed in our mission to create a world-class product experience, we have a Design system team that builds the foundation for the Mentimeter product, fueled by our desire to challenge tomorrow’s presentation and meeting experiences. This role will be based in our Stockholm office.
The role
As an Engineering Manager for our design system team, you will be responsible for people, delivery, strategy and for ensuring a team and its stakeholders can depend on high-quality technical work.
In this role you will ensure the team delivers exceptional results, promoting empowerment and sustainable practices. You'll be pivotal in guiding sound decision-making and fostering a productive environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Be the line manager of engineers in the team, oversee their well-being and professional development, and actively coach and inspire them to reach their full potential.
- Be a strong voice for tech in the team and advocate for good practices aligned with our tech strategy.
- Foster great collaboration and psychological safety in the team through leading, planning and facilitating agile team rituals like planning, refinement, retros and offsites.
- Engage in strategic decision-making, collaborating across departments and teams to amplify the impact of the design system.
- Manage and communicate complex roll-outs of changes across all parts of the Mentimeter product that impact multiple teams, in a way where they feel included and heard.
You will be part of the Design Foundation Area where the design system team resides. As of 2023, we have 4 areas within the Product department; Core, Commercial, Design Foundation and Tech Foundation.
Skills and Requirements:
As you will be managing software engineers you must have hands-on experience in front-end development that allows you to comfortably facilitate architectural discussions and sound technical decisions. Experience working in a design system context is highly desirable.
You are accountable for delivery in the team and to efficiently do that we expect you to have a mindset of constantly pushing boundaries, both engineering and process wise. You also have experience of guiding teams through planning and delivery of modern features.
Since design system work often involves roll-outs across multiple teams and applications, skills in communication and stakeholder management is an important part of the job in order to break down and deliver complex projects.
Mentimeter is a fast-moving product-led growth company. Therefore you must desire to work in a fast-paced environment where change is the only constant. A good delivery mindset and experience with agile frameworks will help you a lot in this role.
So, who are you?
- 3+ years of experience as a team lead or managing engineers in leading and managing engineers in a cross-functional agile team
- Several years of technical experience, working as a front-end engineer or in a similar role.. If you have a passion for design systems and experience leading and/or working in a design system team that is a huge plus.
- Strong communication, storytelling, and facilitation skills, fostering unity and inspiring teams.
- Eagerness to contribute to a fast-growing organization and adapt to changing ways of working.
What Mentimeter can offer
At Mentimeter we can offer a diverse and inclusive work environment supported by smart and driven colleagues. We believe in continuous professional development for all of our colleagues and therefore offer access to a leadership program (including external personal coach) and relevant education to ensure that we continue to be state-of-the-art when it comes to innovating and building Mentimeter. Your place will be in a growing company with lots of career opportunities, working on a beloved product used by more than 300 million people. It’s not all about work though, we also offer a very healthy view on work-life balance.
All of this comes attached with a competitive compensation and benefits package, including pension contributions. Once a year we also relocate to exciting places all over the world like Merida & Buenos Aires for our Toronto colleagues, cities in Europe (for our Stockholm colleagues), and cities in APAC (for our Sydney colleagues), paid for by us of course. Learn more about our benefits by visiting our Benefits & Perks page
Culture at Mentimeter
At Mentimeter we believe in giving everyone a voice - regardless of who you are. So we build a platform that does just that. Our platform is not only our product but also our organization. A platform where people feel safe, where differences are embraced, a place where you can have fun. We strongly encourage applicants who are people of color, LGBTQ+, women, people with disabilities, and/or formerly incarcerated people, and a college degree is not strictly required. In order to give everyone a voice, we need to be as diverse as our users.
Learn more about our culture by visiting our Culture page.
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