Engineering Effectiveness Manager

Justworks•New York, NY

1d•$131,000 - $169,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. This role offers the opportunity to shape how engineering executes at scale, designing the systems, programs, and rhythms that help teams ship faster, develop their craft, and stay aligned on what matters most. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering Effectiveness, you'll own delivery program management across the engineering organization, from major infrastructure and platform initiatives to org-wide enablement and process improvements. You'll work flexibly across high-priority projects, coordinate learning and development programs that enable execution, and foster the practices and community that make engineering operate as a cohesive, high-functioning unit.

Requirements

4–7 years of experience in program management, delivery, operations, or similar role in a technical environment
Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional initiatives and drive execution in matrix environments
Experience designing and implementing learning and development programs or similar enablement efforts
Strong organizational skills; able to juggle multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfort facilitating groups and representing work to leadership
Experience with data-driven decision-making and defining/tracking metrics
Demonstrated ability to influence and coordinate across silos without direct authority
Ability to work in a hybrid environment with regular in-office presence (3 days/week)

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with product development tools and processes (CI/CD, Jira, GitHub, etc.) preferred

Responsibilities

Lead cross-engineering program delivery: Own execution of major engineering initiatives. Manage timelines, dependencies, stakeholder communications, and outcomes. Remove blockers and drive clarity when ambiguity threatens progress.
Design and operationalize learning and enablement programs: Build structured programs for skill development, new-engineer onboarding, and emerging tech adoption. Partner with teams to identify capability gaps and design learning paths that directly support delivery. Measure participation and outcomes.
Coordinate engineering-wide forums and rituals: Plan and facilitate forums that keep engineering aligned and energized: functional kickoffs, all-hands, internal demos, roundtables, technology blog, technical showcases. Ensure these rhythms support visibility and decision-making, not just information-sharing.
Drive process and operational improvements: Identify bottlenecks in how work gets done. Partner with the team on operations infrastructure and with engineering leadership to implement changes that reduce friction and strengthen consistency.
Build reporting and visibility mechanisms: Design dashboards, metrics frameworks, and communication channels that give engineering leadership and individual contributors clear sight lines into progress, health, and blockers.
Partner with recruiting and people teams on engineering talent initiatives: Contribute to employer positioning, support technical hiring events and sourcing, and help shape onboarding and early-career development experiences.
Support the Development phase of the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC): Ensure teams have the tools, processes, and enablement needed for execution. Work with Pradnya on platform-specific operational support.
Perform other related duties as assigned: Be ready to own high-priority initiatives and workstreams that emerge as engineering's priorities shift.