Sr Manager, Engineering Operations (PMO)

LendingTree, LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

LendingTree is seeking a Senior Manager, Engineering Operations & PMO in Charlotte, NC. The role leads a team of agile project managers and delivery leads, owning the operating rhythm to keep engineering aligned and delivering predictably in a hybrid schedule.

You will partner with Technology, Product, Finance, and Analytics to drive planning, governance, and continuous improvement, while managing budgets, vendor relationships, and technology investments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical program management or engineering operations.
• Experience building delivery governance for multi-team engineering organizations.
• Strong people leadership and coaching capabilities.
• Experience with agile delivery frameworks and Jira/Asana.
• Experience managing external vendors or staffing partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of agile PMs/delivery leads.
• Own delivery planning and governance rhythm, including monthly goals and reviews.
• Lead prioritization with senior leaders, surface capacity constraints and trade-offs.
• Translate delivery data and feedback into actions with leadership.
• Identify gaps in delivery processes and lead cross-functional improvements.
• Build relationships across Technology, Product, PMO, Analytics, Finance.
• Manage contractor capacity and partner relationships.
• Drive engagement and knowledge-sharing programs across Technology.

Skills

Agile PM

People leadership

Cross-functional comms

Jira/Asana

Vendor management

Budget planning

Tools

Jira/Asana

Job description

Sr. Manager, Engineering Operations (PMO)

Charlotte, NC, United States

*This role requires a hybrid schedule in our Charlotte, NC office; Tuesday-Thursday in-office, Monday and Friday remote. Additionally, this position does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.*

THE POSITION

LendingTree is hiring a Senior Manager, Engineering Operations & PMO to lead the team of agile project managers/delivery leads who support our engineering organization and own the operating rhythm that keeps the organization aligned and delivering predictably.

This highly cross-functional role blends people leadership, program management, and organizational operations. You’ll oversee delivery planning and prioritization, turn delivery and team-health signals into action, strengthen engineering processes, and partner closely with Technology, Product, Program Management, Analytics, and Finance. You’ll also help drive organizational engagement, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across Technology.

Success in this role requires strong relationship-building, sound judgment, and the ability to turn complex or scattered inputs into clear priorities, decisions, and actions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of agile project managers/delivery leads supporting engineering teams across the organization.
• Own the engineering organization’s delivery planning and governance rhythm, including monthly goal-setting, delivery reviews, predictability tracking, and stakeholder communication.
• Lead recurring prioritization processes with senior technology and business leaders, maintaining clear organizational priorities and surfacing capacity constraints, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Synthesize delivery performance, team-health insights, and feedback into clear actions and escalations, partnering with technical leaders to address risks and improve team effectiveness.
• Identify gaps and recurring pain points in engineering delivery and operating processes, and lead cross-functional improvements that make the organization more effective and easier to work within.
• Build strong relationships across Technology, Product, Program Management, Analytics, Finance, and other business functions to improve alignment, prioritization, and execution.
• Manage relationships with staffing and contracting partners, maintaining visibility into contractor capacity, allocation, and contributions across the organization.
• Drive technology-wide engagement and knowledge-sharing programs, including technical deep dives, AI-enablement sessions, and quarterly technology showcases.
• Support long-term initiative planning and prioritization, including advocating for technology investments that improve efficiency, automation, and engineering capacity.
• Partner with Finance on technology budget management and provide support for software capitalization processes.
• Maintain a strong understanding of how engineering operating processes work day to day and how they impact partner teams, using those insights to continuously improve how the organization operates.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering operations, or a related role, including experience leading project managers, delivery leads, or similar teams.
• Proven experience building and leading delivery governance, planning, and prioritization processes for a multi-team engineering organization.
• Strong people leadership skills with a track record of coaching, developing, and enabling high-performing teams.
• Exceptional facilitation and cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment and decisions among senior engineering, product, business, and finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to use delivery data, team feedback, and organizational signals to identify risks, surface trade-offs, and make actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Track record of identifying and driving organization-wide process improvements in a fast-moving technology environment.
• Experience managing external vendors, contractors, or staffing partners.
• Experience with agile/scrum delivery frameworks and program management tools such as Jira or Asana preferred.
• Familiarity with technology budgeting, software capitalization, or similar financial planning processes preferred.
• Experience in fintech, lending, insurance, or another regulated financial services environment preferred.

ABOUT LENDINGTREE

LendingTree is the nation’s leading online lending marketplace. We connect consumers with multiple lenders so they can easily compare options and find the right fit — from mortgages and personal loans to credit, savings, and insurance products.

Our founder, Doug Lebda, started LendingTree in 1996 after his own frustrating house-hunting experience. What began as a simple idea to make loan shopping easier has grown into a platform that empowers millions of people to make smarter financial decisions every day.

What else you should know:

• We’re a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: TREE).
• We’ve welcomed several other companies into the LendingTree family to expand our reach and capabilities.
• We’ve built the LendingTree app and My LendingTree dashboard to give consumers tools to manage and monitor their financial health.
• We’re also committed to giving back — through philanthropic programs, volunteer opportunities, and partnerships that strengthen the communities where we live and work.

Base salary: The base pay range for this position is $150,000 to 180,000 however, base pay offered may vary depending on internal factors, job-related knowledge, location and candidate experience.

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) matching

With this in mind, we invite you to help us gather a better understanding of our applicant population. Below is a set of voluntary demographic questions that will help us evaluate and improve our recruitment, diversity and belonging efforts. If you choose to fill them out, the responses will be used in aggregate only to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process, and will be kept secure and confidential. Your responses will not be associated with your application, and will not in any way be used in the hiring decision. Also, your decision not to answer the questions will not affect your application in any way.

Additionally, LendingTree is committed to providing reasonable support and accommodations in our recruiting processes for qualified candidates who require such. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Reasonable accommodations can include:

• Providing closed captioning during video interviews and / or utilizing Zoom Chat
• Providing interview materials in larger font size print
• Allowing service animals during on-site interviews
• Providing reserved parking for on-site interviews
• Providing written feedback during the interview process
• Conducting interviews fully remote as opposed to on-site

LendingTree is committed to providing reasonable support and accommodations in our recruiting processes for qualified candidates who require such. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].