Description
Position at LeadVenture
Software Engineering Manager
LeadVenture is looking for an experienced manager to help nurture our marketing development teams as we look to accelerate this critical portion of our business. If you get excited about guiding self-organizing teams along their evolution, this might be a good fit for you. This is not a technical role, but a strong background in software engineering and marketing will help you succeed.
Here is more of what you’ll get to do:
- Work with scrum masters and product owners to enable two agile teams, across both Scrum and Kanban processes.
- Provide critical measurements and feedback to agile teams to drive continuous improvement.
- Participate in solutioning conversations with architecture, product, and development.
- Own career-pathing and up-skilling plans for software engineers, testers, and UI/UX developers.
- Coordinate between these teams and other departments across LeadVenture.
- Assist in defining a growth plan to anticipate future workloads.
- Own post-HR screening portion of hiring process across disciplines.
You’ll thrive in this role if you have:
- 4-5 years of experience managing agile software development teams.
- 6-10 years of software development / devops experience.
- Familiarity with website development.
- Familiarity with digital marketing (SEO, SEM, TDA, MA) concepts strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of applied agile using different frameworks and tools.
- Proven ability to navigate complex organizations in the mid-size range.
- High comfort level managing fully remote teams, including teams within the full range of US timezones and occasional interaction with India/Turkey timezones.
- Experience with Javascript w/React/Redux, Python, SQL, AWS, Tealium/GTM, Piwik/GA
About Us:
LeadVenture is the market-leading SaaS provider of digital retailing, eCommerce, digital marketing and eCatalog solutions for dealerships across 12 industry verticals including powersports, marine, RV, pre-owned auto, agriculture and more. We host more than 20,000 dealership online storefronts with numerous layered apps such as inventory management, lead management, email marketing, eCommerce and many more. These digital storefronts connect dealers with online shoppers through best-in-market online consumer experiences. Our solutions enable optimal inventory merchandising while maximizing qualified lead generation. We collect and publish data on millions of vehicles and parts for hundreds of catalog and aftermarket providers—including OEM and aftermarket parts, garments and accessories—and syndicate data to popular marketplaces like eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Amazon, Walmart and others. We are recommended by nearly 200 OEMs to their dealer networks, including BRP, Polaris, Goodyear and many more.
Our family of brands includes Dealer Spike, ARI Network Services, Inc. (ARI), Dealer Car Search, Frazer, TCS Technologies, Net Driven, Direct Communications, Inc. (DCi), Auction123, Powersports Support, Level 5, PSM Marketing and Interact RV. Each one is an industry leader in driving consumer engagement and maximizing lead generation for dealers. LeadVenture’s 1,100 team members around the world wake up each day thinking about how to help our local, independent dealers around the world grow their businesses. Our investors include the private equity firms True Wind Capital and TA Associates.
LeadVenture provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, LeadVenture complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
LeadVenture expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of LeadVenture employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
