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Recurly is the subscription and billing platform.
The Role
About Recurly:
Recurly, Inc., a SaaS company, provides a versatile subscription management platform to manage the entire subscription lifecycle for market-leading brands worldwide. Subscription businesses such as Sling TV, FabFitFun, Cinemark and Fubo.tv depend on Recurly to harness the power of the subscription model and drive recurring revenue growth. Since its launch in 2009, Recurly has deployed subscription billing for thousands of companies across 55 countries. Our platform empowers billions of credit card transactions and has enabled customers to recover nearly $1.3 billion in revenue in 2024.
Recurly is backed by Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm with over $10 billion in capital commitments. The partnership offers Recurly access to significant capital and resources to make continued investments in technology and platform innovation and expand our go-to-market initiatives.
A strategic partner to the VP of Engineering who will provide comprehensive leadership development, coordinate across components, drive organizational initiatives, and serve as a key link to our Colombia engineering office. This role provides an additional layer of engineering leadership and management expertise while helping elevate engineering leadership effectiveness and reducing tactical burden on the VP.
Leadership Development & Support
- Assist VP with mentoring Principal Engineers in leadership skills beyond technical expertise
- Provide coaching on people management, conflict resolution, and organizational dynamics
- Design and implement leadership development programs for technical leaders
- Create leadership frameworks and best practices tailored to a technologist-led organization
- Serve as an additional source of engineering leadership and management expertise
Career Development & Growth
- Provide personalized career coaching to engineers seeking guidance beyond technical growth
- Facilitate skill development planning and career pathing discussions
- Identify growth opportunities across components and help engineers pursue them
- Create mentorship programs to enhance career development across the organization
- Support engineers in setting meaningful career goals and tracking progress
Colombia Office Leadership
- Serve as primary engineering leadership presence for the Colombia office
- Build strong relationships with the Colombia engineering team
- Ensure Colombia engineers are effectively integrated into component teams
- Identify and address unique needs of the Colombia engineering organization
- Facilitate communication between US and Colombia engineering teams
- Provide localized career development support for Colombia-based engineers
Strategic Initiative Management
- Own and drive strategic engineering initiatives from inception to implementation
- Create frameworks and processes to ensure strategic initiatives gain traction
- Coordinate cross component initiatives and ensure alignment with technical leadership
- Track progress and outcomes of strategic initiatives and report to VP
Organizational Effectiveness
- Develop and track engineering metrics and KPIs across components
- Identify organizational bottlenecks and implement solutions
- Standardize engineering practices where beneficial across components
- Provide an additional management perspective for complex organizational decisions
People & Culture Support
- Assist with complex HR situations that Principal Engineers lack experience handling
- Partner with Principal Engineers on performance management challenges
- Support career pathing and growth plans for engineering staff
- Help resolve interpersonal conflicts when they exceed technical leaders' capabilities
- Serve as an additional leadership resource for engineers seeking management support
VP Support & Delegation
- Serve as a force multiplier for the VP of Engineering
- Take ownership of selected tactical responsibilities to free VP capacity
- Represent the VP in meetings and decision making when appropriate
- Provide insights and recommendations on organizational health and improvement
- Act as a sounding board for the VP on complex leadership challenges
Qualifications
- Proven engineering leadership experience with strong organizational and people skills
- Experience mentoring technical leaders and developing leadership capabilities
- Track record of successful career coaching and development for engineering professionals
- Strong project and program management skills with ability to drive initiatives to completion
- Excellent communication skills across cultural and organizational boundaries
- Experience with or understanding of distributed/international engineering teams
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
This role provides a complementary management perspective in our technologist led organization, offering engineers an additional source of leadership guidance while enhancing our overall engineering effectiveness.
As a full-time employee, we offer competitive benefits programs and perks designed to fit your needs and the needs of your family.
Recurly is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, or any other classification which is protected by applicable law. Recurly is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected]
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The Company
What We Do
Recurly, Inc. provides a versatile subscription management platform to manage the entire subscription lifecycle for market-leading brands worldwide. Subscription businesses such as Sling TV, BarkBox, FabFitFun, Cinemark and Fubo.tv depend on Recurly to harness the power of the subscription model and drive recurring revenue growth. Since its launch in 2009, Recurly has deployed subscription billing for thousands of companies across 42 countries. Our platform empowers billions of credit card transactions and has enabled customers to recover $450 million + in Revenue.
Why Work With Us
Our customers aren't the only ones who turn to Recurly when they're looking for new ways to grow.
We've brought so much innovation to the subscription industry that it's opened all kinds of new opportunities for our people alike. Because that's what it takes to keep good careers growing. Including yours.
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