Senior Engineering Manager

Workiva Inc.•Ames, IA

12d

About The Position

Workiva Spreadsheets is a core pillar of our productivity suite, playing a mission-critical role in nearly every customer’s reporting solution. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this engineering team in building innovative, reliable, and customer-centered capabilities that allow our customers to handle their most complex reporting challenges with absolute precision. In this role, you’ll guide a team through complex projects, develop technical and people leaders, and influence cross-functional strategy across Product, UX, Delivery, and more. You’ll foster an inclusive, collaborative culture where individuals feel supported, valued, and empowered to do their best work. This is an opportunity to lead teams that innovate fearlessly, amaze customers, and make a meaningful impact—while modeling Workiva’s values and principles every day.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant industry experience with prior management or technical leadership experience
Experience leading multiple engineering teams or complex technical initiatives
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across teams
Commitment to building inclusive, psychologically safe environments where everyone can thrive

Nice To Haves

Experience with SaaS, enterprise software, distributed systems, workflow automation, or large-scale engineering environments
Passion for customer experience and a track record of delivering impactful products
Technical expertise in modern technologies (e.g., Python, Java, React) and an understanding of UI/UX principles and architectural design
Experience coaching managers or senior engineers

Responsibilities

Lead one or more engineering teams to deliver meaningful business results and customer value
Drive clarity, focus, and accountability across complex and parallel projects.
Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance team productivity, predictability, and velocity
Build strong partnerships with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to align priorities and deliver outcomes
Mentor, coach, and grow engineers and managers, supporting their long-term success.
Foster a culture of inclusion, respect, empathy, and trust—ensuring everyone feels they belong
Translate team feedback and engagement insights into meaningful action that strengthens team culture
Promote best practices in quality, observability, reliability, and code health across teams.
Guide teams to build solutions grounded in a deep understanding of customer and end-user needs
Support architectural and technical decisions that balance innovation with long-term sustainability
Win as a team: collaborate across functions to achieve shared goals
Make a positive impact: enable teams to deliver meaningful, responsible solutions
Innovate fearlessly: champion new ideas and empower teams to challenge the status quo
Amaze our customers: deliver intuitive, high-quality experiences
Do the right thing: act with integrity, clarity, and compassion