Engineering Manager, Growth

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 405,000 - 485,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic in New York City is seeking an experienced growth engineering leader to build and lead our Growth Engineering team as founding members of our growth initiative. This role focuses on driving user acquisition, activation, and retention with data-driven strategies and scalable engineering solutions.

You will develop experimentation frameworks, collaborate with product, marketing, and data science, and scale our impact while fostering inclusive leadership and team growth.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of growth-engineering teams delivering user growth.
• Extensive experience with A/B testing and data-driven experimentation.
• Strong collaboration with product, marketing, and data science.
• Track record in scaling engineering talent in high-growth environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead growth engineering teams focused on acquisition, activation, and retention.
• Define technical strategy for growth initiatives and measurement systems.
• Drive experimentation frameworks and scalable systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and prioritize growth opportunities.
• Foster inclusive hiring and coaching of engineers.
• Deliver data-driven growth outcomes through technical solutions.

Skills

Growth engineering leadership

A/B testing frameworks

Data-driven optimization

Full-stack development

Cross-functional collaboration

Hiring and coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced growth engineering leader to build and lead our Growth Engineering team as founding members of our growth initiative. This key leadership role requires deep expertise in driving user acquisition, engagement, and retention through data‑driven strategies and technical implementations. Having led growth engineering teams before, you'll be responsible for identifying and executing on growth opportunities across our product surface area, developing experimentation frameworks, and scaling our impact through technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high‑performing team of growth engineers focused on user acquisition, activation, and retention
• Define and execute the technical strategy for growth initiatives, including A/B testing frameworks and measurement systems
• Create clarity and direction for the team in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, marketing, and data science teams to identify and prioritize growth opportunities
• Take an inclusive, equitable approach to hiring and coaching technical talent
• Drive the development of scalable systems for experimentation, personalization, and optimization

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong technical background in full‑stack development with proven success building and shipping growth initiatives
• Track record of leading teams in growth experimentation, A/B testing, and data‑driven product optimization
• Experience recruiting, scaling, and retaining engineering talent in a high‑growth environment
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with ability to work effectively across functions
• Demonstrated success in building a culture of belonging and engineering excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a product‑minded engineering manager, with at least 2 years leading growth engineering teams
• Experience applying machine learning and AI technologies to growth challenges
• Demonstrated success implementing product‑led growth strategies and viral loops at scale
• Expertise in modern web development stacks and experimentation frameworks
• Experience with user segmentation and cohort analysis tools
• Startup experience, particularly in scaling products from zero to one

Annual Salary

$405,000—$485,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas; however, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.