Engineering Manager (NYC)

Versana; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Disability and life insurance

Paid holidays and generous PTO

Job summary

Versana is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and mentor multiple engineering teams, driving technical excellence and high-impact product delivery. You will partner with Product, Architecture, and security to define strategy and mature engineering practices while maintaining an emphasis on ownership and accountability.

You will grow and manage managers, tech leads, and individual contributors, fostering a high-trust culture, scalable systems, and strong collaboration across domains.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Strong people management experience and ability to mentor managers and ICs.
• Balance technical depth with strategic leadership.
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban/hybrid).
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and ICs across multiple teams.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy.
• Drive engineering practices, quality, and DevOps maturity.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for performance, quality, and reliability.
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.
• Communicate technical decisions and risks clearly to executive leadership.

Skills

People management

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

• The Engineering Manager is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving high-performing engineering teams, enabling technical excellence, and delivering high-impact products and platforms
• This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, mature engineering practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning
• Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity
• Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership
• Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals
• Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity
• Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt
• Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization
• Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale
• Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant
• Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams
• Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to executive leadership
• Ensure engineering alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements
• Additional duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned from time to time as operational needs evolve
• Periodically work outside standard business hours, such as during infrastructure upgrades and/or releases

Benefits

• Company equity
• Medical, dental and vision insurance covered 100%
• 401(k)
• Disability and life insurance
• Paid holidays, paid sick days and generous PTO

The ideal candidate is both a strong people manager and a seasoned technologist who can elevate engineering capabilities across the organizationDemonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadershipStrong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practicesFamiliarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablementProven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systemsExperience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted-line structuresBackground working in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid modelsExceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills8+ years of engineering experience