Engineering Manager, Network Value — Lead Payer Platform

Headway; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 223,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

HSA / FSA

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

Therapy Reimbursement

16-week parental leave

Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement

13 paid holidays

Flexible PTO

EAP

Training and professional development

Job summary

Headway is seeking an Engineering Manager for Network Value to lead a growing team and align engineering with payer-driven outcomes. You will own launches, drive metrics, and set roadmaps across segmentation and provider efficiency.

You will partner with Product, Clinical, Data Science, and Commercial teams to iterate rapidly and defend valuable care models. The role emphasizes people leadership, roadmap ownership, and delivering measurable impact while maintaining Headway's mission to make

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management experience at a high-growth startup or scale-up.
• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer, enough to hold technical direction credibly.
• A track record of building and leading high-performing teams that delivered business outcomes through technical investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow the Network Value engineering team.
• Own delivery on externally-committed launches and metrics, including their guardrails.
• Set the technical and operational roadmap across segmentation, provider efficiency ranking, and subnetworks.
• Develop your team through weekly 1:1s, mentorship, and direct feedback, and grow a tech‑lead layer beneath you.
• Partner closely with Product, Clinical, Data Science, and Commercial to iterate quickly and rigorously.

Skills

Engineering management

Software engineering

Product mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-informed

Tools

Python

React

AWS

Job description

Headway is seeking an Engineering Manager for Network Value to lead a growing team and align engineering with payer-driven outcomes. You will own launches, drive metrics, and set roadmaps across segmentation and provider efficiency.

You will partner with Product, Clinical, Data Science, and Commercial teams to iterate rapidly and defend valuable care models. The role emphasizes people leadership, roadmap ownership, and delivering measurable impact while maintaining Headway's mission to make