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Empowering revenue teams with the modern engine for commission management
The Role
CaptivateIQ is the leading Sales Performance Management solution, recognized by Forrester and G2, and trusted by customers including Affirm, Gong, and Figma. With solutions for Sales Planning and Incentives, we help revenue teams automate processes, hit revenue targets, and adapt with business change, ultimately driving efficient growth. It's time to rethink ROI - your return on incentives - with CaptivateIQ.
With backing from Sequoia, Accel, ICONIQ, Sapphire Ventures, and other leading investors, CaptivateIQ is on a mission to enable every company to improve their return on incentives and sales planning.
Come and see why Glassdoor and Comparably have recognized CaptivateIQ as a best place to work!
About the Role:
We’re looking for a senior engineering leader to serve as the Director of Engineering and Poland Site Lead, with a dual mandate: to build and scale our engineering presence in Poland and to own critical product and technical initiatives across our products and platforms. In this role, you’ll be responsible for growing a high-performing local team, shaping the site’s identity and culture, and ensuring strong alignment with our broader engineering organization. You’ll also play a key role in driving product execution and technical excellence on some of our most important initiatives. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the intersection of local leadership and global engineering strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and scale high-performing engineering teams working on complex, business-critical systems.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and other partners to define and deliver on our technical roadmap.
- Drive engineering excellence through strong technical standards, scalable architecture, and delivery velocity.
- Serve as the Poland Site Lead—responsible for hiring, team culture, local operations, and leadership development.
- Grow and mentor a talented team of engineers and managers, fostering long-term growth and retention.
- Champion a strong engineering culture rooted in ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Help shape and execute our AI strategy—partnering with product and research teams to integrate AI into core systems and workflows.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in high-growth, product-led tech companies, and at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles
- Proven success in managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams, with oversight of 20+ engineers and managers
- Deep technical background in distributed systems or enterprise SaaS platforms
- A hands-on, “do-what-it-takes” attitude with strong ownership and bias for action
- Strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to improving engineering operations, team performance, and delivery
- Experience building and leading global or remote teams—prior responsibility for launching or growing international offices
- Excellent communicator with a collaborative mindset and ability to work across time zones and cultures
- Fluency in English and Polish, both written and verbal
Notice for Prospective Candidates
- We are aware of active recruitment scams using the CaptivateIQ name, in which individuals pose as our recruiters and post fake remote job openings and make fake job offers on the Internet. Please note, we will never do the following:
- Attempt to correspond with a candidate using a free web-based account, such as an email address that ends in @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, etc.
- Make an offer of employment without conducting multiple rounds of interviews face-to-face using secure video-conferencing technology.
- Ask candidates to cash checks to buy equipment on behalf of CaptivateIQ.
- Ask candidates to make a payment in order to be considered for a position.
- Make early requests for candidates' personal information such as date of birth, passport details, credit card numbers, bank details and social security number, etc.
- Please note that we’ll only ask for more sensitive personal information in connection with background checks after an offer is made.
- CaptivateIQ works with a third-party Employer of Record to handle compliance, payroll, and as applicable benefits on our behalf
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and maintaining system uptime.
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The Company
What We Do
CaptivateIQ is on a journey to modernize the world of incentive compensation. Our hope is that people will feel more connected at work if there is greater transparency in how they are rewarded for their efforts. We believe that getting paid should be fun and that work should be a breeze for compensation plan administrators. That’s why we’ve created a robust, flexible commission management platform that enables sales, finance, and operations teams to sync their data, design any plan, and build workflows that work best for their organization.
Why Work With Us
CaptivateIQ Values: - Empowerment - Collaboration - Transparency - Delight
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