Value Engineering Manager: Strategy & Growth

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG seeks a Manager, Value Engineering to lead a team delivering high-impact value engineering support across priority sales opportunities while building the capabilities, operating discipline, and cross-functional relationships required to scale Value across the customer lifecycle.

The leader will manage Value Engineers who help customers articulate business priorities, quantify value, build credible business cases, and communicate compelling value narratives to executive stakeholders across

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in value engineering, value consulting, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting complex sales cycles and engaging with senior executives.
• Strong skills in value discovery, business-case development, and ROI analysis.

Responsibilities

• Protect high-quality deal support by aligning VE capacity to opportunities with greatest impact.
• Partner with Sales and Solutions leadership to review demand and allocate capacity.
• Drive adoption of a common value methodology, KPI definitions, and financial standards.
• Govern quality controls so value claims are credible and well-documented.
• Scale Value through reusable assets, guided experiences, and self-service tools.
• Support responsible use of AI-enabled capabilities with governance and data protections.
• Track performance metrics like pipeline influence, win-rate, and deal size impact.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing team environment and develop career paths.
• Represent VE in cross-functional planning and governance forums.

Skills

Value engineering

Leadership

ROI analysis

Executive storytelling

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

UKG seeks a Manager, Value Engineering to lead a team delivering high-impact value engineering support across priority sales opportunities while building the capabilities, operating discipline, and cross-functional relationships required to scale Value across the customer lifecycle.

The leader will manage Value Engineers who help customers articulate business priorities, quantify value, build credible business cases, and communicate compelling value narratives to executive stakeholders across