Engineering Manager (Remote, US)

Openly

6h•Remote

About The Position

Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc. We created Openly because we saw an evident gap in the market for premium insurance made simple. Consumers deserve more complete coverage at competitive prices. We're hiring an Engineering Manager to drive their team's people, projects, and processes forward. In this position, you will play an essential role in growing and developing engineers to deliver mission-critical functionality to the Openly platform that will power our insurance products and customer experiences.

Requirements

Experience guiding a group of diverse, bright, and motivated engineers while balancing their needs with business requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
5+ years of engineering experience and 3+ years of management
Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to maximize our resources
Highly autonomous with the ability to prioritize
Excellent written and verbal communication
Passion for making progress in DE&I
Experience or familiarity with agile methodologies and strong organizational skills.
Logical thought processes and possess excellent problem-solving skills
Ability to think strategically and execute methodically

Responsibilities

Manage, support, and mentor a diverse group of engineers
Give engineers the tools, confidence, and motivation to make choices that result in recognition for themselves and not just for yourself
Remove roadblocks for your team and escalate when you need additional context or direction
Drive your team toward their career goals, identify milestones, and set them up for success along the way
Promote a culture of feedback and transparent communication
Partner with internal stakeholders on feature definition and drives breakdown of work to support organization objectives
Partner closely with the management team, HR, and Recruiting to attract, recruit, and develop a diverse team of high-quality engineers
Proactively maintain alignment between business goals and objectives with the team's day-to-day work
Work to resolve or escalate issues that serve as roadblocks and place deliverables and goals at risk
Gain and maintain visibility into trade-offs between options and priorities to positively influence the approach taken by the team
Design feedback loops to incorporate members' feedback into continuous improvement activities

Benefits

Remote-First Culture - We supported #remotelife long before it was a given. We'll keep promoting it.
Competitive Salary & Equity
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plan Offerings
Life and disability coverage including voluntary options
Parental Leave - up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of paid parental leave based on meeting eligibility requirements
(Birthing parents may be eligible for additional leave through STD)
401K Company Contribution - Openly contributes 3% of the employee's gross income, even if the employee does not contribute.
Work-from-home stipend - We provide a $1,500 allowance to spend on setting up your home workplace
Annual Professional Development Fund: Each employee has $2,000 in professional development (PD) funds to spend on activities or resources annually. We want each Openly employee to achieve personal and professional success and to feel supported, confident, and informed about improving their efficiency and productivity.
Be Well Program - Employees receive $50 per month to use towards your overall well-being
Paid Volunteer Service Hours
Referral Program and Reward
Depending on position, Employees generally are eligible for cash incentive compensation, including commissions for sales eligible roles. In all cases, eligibility for compensation and benefits is subject to applicable plan and policy terms in effect from time to time.