Engineering Manager, Growth

Descript; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Descript is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead Growth Engineering, focusing on user acquisition and monetization strategies. Ideal candidates possess 2-3 years of engineering management experience, with a strong technical background and effective communication skills. Join a dynamic team working in a hybrid environment in San Francisco.

Benefits

Generous healthcare package

Catered lunches

Flexible vacation time

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of engineering management experience with user-facing products.
• Experience in Growth teams or roles.
• Strong technical engagement in architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a talented engineering team.
• Drive strategy for Growth-related initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Technical Background

Strategic Thinking

Job description

We are building the next-generation platform to empower creators with the tools they need to produce high-quality audio and video content, faster and more easily than ever before. Using cutting-edge AI, we’re reimagining how people record, transcribe, edit, and mix spoken audio and video. This vision comes with unique challenges and requires solving complex technical problems at scale.

About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Growth Engineering team. This is a business-critical role for someone energized by the intersection of product development, experimentation, and measurable impact. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you'll manage and grow a team of talented engineers focused on acquiring, activating, retaining, and monetizing users. If you're passionate about building impactful products and excited to help Descript reach more users, we’d love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage a team of engineers, with plans to grow the team over time
• Drive strategy and execution for all Growth-related engineering initiatives, including onboarding, conversion optimization, monetization systems, and analytics and experimentation frameworks
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and Data teams to prioritize initiatives and deliver measurable results
• Develop team members through coaching, feedback, and career growth opportunities
• Champion a data-informed culture by encouraging rigorous A/B testing and rapid iteration
• Contribute to the broader engineering leadership team and help shape the future of engineering at Descript

What We’re Looking For

• 2–3 years of engineering management experience, including managing individual contributors and shipping user-facing products
• Proven experience working on Growth teams or in a growth-focused role
• Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply in architecture and design decisions
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines
• Experience growing and scaling teams
• Must be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and comfortable working in a hybrid environment

The base salary range for this role is $225,000- $275,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above.

About Descript

Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 — with a proven CEO and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz,Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital).

Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company.

Benefits include a generous healthcare package, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're looking to hire people who are local and able to join us at the office when needed. We're flexible, and you're an adult—we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. But we do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person.

Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.