Engineering Change Management Lead
Krakow/Remote/Poland
Aras
About Aras
Aras Corporation is a fast-growing, innovative, and trusted provider of software that improves productivity and profitability for engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure industries. Our resilient and open software platform empowers subscribers to deliver sustainable performance with the flexibility and agility required to meet evolving market demands. At Aras, our culture is open, collaborative, and people centered. We value continuous learning, encourage innovation, and provide an environment where individuals can shape meaningful and rewarding career paths.
Role Summary
The Engineering Change Management Lead is responsible for designing, building, and scaling the operational systems that enable engineering and product teams to execute effectively.
This role is process-first — focused on defining clear, pragmatic ways of working and translating them into structured, adoptable systems across the organization. Enablement is a core outcome, ensuring teams can consistently apply these practices.
This is a hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, builds from first principles, and continuously improves how engineering teams plan, execute, and deliver.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engineering Ways of Working (Primary Focus)
Define, document, and evolve engineering and product operating models
Build role-based playbooks and guardrails across engineering functions
Standardize planning, intake, prioritization, and execution processes
Establish clear ownership models and decision frameworks
Balance structure with flexibility to support different team needs
- Enablement & Adoption (Core Outcome)
Translate processes into clear, usable enablement materials (playbooks, guides, workflows)
Partner with Agile Coach and Engineering Leads to drive adoption across teams
Ensure new ways of working are understood, applied, and continuously improved
Identify gaps in adoption and refine processes based on real-world usage
- Operational Cadence & Governance
Establish and run key operational cadences (planning cycles, KPI reviews, retrospectives)
Align Engineering and Product rhythms for better execution and visibility
Support quarterly and annual planning processes
Introduce lightweight governance to ensure consistency without slowing teams down
- Cross-Functional Alignment
Partner with Engineering, Product, and Leadership to align on priorities and execution models
Resolve ambiguity in roles, responsibilities, and workflows
Drive clarity in how workflows across teams and functions
- Continuous Improvement
Identify execution friction and systemic inefficiencies
Iterate on processes based on team feedback and performance data
Work closely with the Engineering Systems & Insights Lead to align process with metrics
Ensure processes evolve with organizational maturity
What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)
Clear, documented, and adopted engineering ways of working
Consistent planning and execution processes across teams
Reduced ambiguity in roles, responsibilities, and workflows
Improved delivery predictability and team alignment
High adoption of playbooks and operational standards across engineering
Required Experience
- 6–10 years of experience in Engineering Operations, Technical Program Management, or similar roles
- Proven experience building, scaling, and optimizing engineering processes and operating models
- Strong track record of partnering directly with Engineering and Product leadership
- Highly experienced in software development, ideally within complex digital transformation environments
- Solid understanding of AI capabilities, products, and practical business applications
- Strong systems thinking mindset with exceptional documentation discipline
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and adoption without formal authority
- Outstanding leadership skills with the ability to lead through influence
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, comfortable engaging all levels of an organization
- Excellent facilitation skills, leading small to medium internal and external stakeholder groups toward business outcomes
- Strong interview and discovery skills, including:
- Conducting client and stakeholder discovery sessions
- Diagnosing business opportunities
- Eliciting requirements and supporting research activities
Preferred / Bonus Skills
Experience in B2B SaaS or complex product environments
Exposure to scaled Agile or hybrid delivery models
Experience supporting organizational growth or transformation initiatives
Familiarity with engineering metrics and how process impacts performance
Skills Required
- 6-10 years in Engineering Operations, Technical Program Management, or similar roles
- Experience building or scaling engineering processes and operating models
- Experience working directly with Engineering and Product leadership
- Strong documentation and systems thinking capability
- Proven ability to drive change and adoption without formal authority
What We Do
Aras provides the most powerful low-code platform with applications to design, build, and operate complex products. Its technology enables the rapid delivery of flexible, upgradeable solutions that build business resilience. Aras’ platform and product lifecycle management applications connect users in all disciplines and functions to critical product data and processes across the lifecycle and throughout the extended supply chain. Airbus, Audi, Denso, Honda, Kawasaki, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, and Nissan are using the platform to manage complex change and traceability. The Aras platform is also available in a SaaS offering that provides the same exact benefits while enabling organizations to reap the performance, availability, and scalability of the cloud.
