Engineering Manager - Product R&D Technology

In short

Are you an experienced technical leader passionate about building scalable internal platforms, service-oriented architectures, and fostering high-performing engineering teams?

This role requires a unique balance of people leadership, technical direction, and deep stakeholder partnership to architect and amplify the core internal platforms that enable our teams to design and deliver the next generation of revolutionary products.

Your Mission

Immediate Focus (First 3 Months):

• Build strong relationships with the broader Engineering Team, Product Manager, and key cross-functional stakeholders.

• Onboard onto current projects, diving deeply into the technical landscape of our existing ecosystem to understand scope, dependencies, and delivery timelines.

• Be an active member of our future strategic vision by asking critical questions to understand the complexities of the space and rallying the team behind it.

Strategic Leadership (After 6 Months):

• Lead the engineering strategy and delivery of both existing and new platforms, ensuring our systems can scale seamlessly to support complex, end-to-end product development workflows.

• Align our software architecture to the product vision, shaping technical direction and suggesting viable, scalable alternatives when ideas are technically costly or difficult.

• Continue the culture of technical excellence. Advocate for high-level engineering standards, important technical projects, observability, performance improvements and more.

• Partner with the Product Manager to create detailed work items such as tickets/EPICs. Set realistic timelines, proactively flag risks, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of the team’s roadmap.

• Talent Management: Outline career growth for all team members, showcase achievements from high performers, and provide timely support for underperforming members.

Your Responsibilities:

• Drive the team's roadmap execution, ensuring the work directly fulfills the requirements by closely collaborating with the Product Manager around projects, progress, blockers, and risks.

• Coach, mentor, and manage a diverse engineering team, providing continuous feedback for high performance and growth.

• Protect the team from unnecessary distractions, allowing engineers to focus on high-impact, transformational platform work.

• Guide the team in making the right technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery of new features with the long-term health and scalability of the platform – all while converging into our technical and architectural north star.

Your story

• 3+ years of experience leading, coaching, and managing engineering teams.

• Strong background in software development (event-driven systems, microservices and client facing applications) to effectively guide technical strategy.

• Exceptional communicator, adept at providing constructive feedback and translating complex technical strategies to non-technical stakeholders and users.

• Ability to see the long-term platform landscape, adept at untangling complex workflows, and capable of balancing strategic zero-to-one initiatives with the tactical maintenance of existing systems.

• Committed to fostering a safe, collaborative environment where engineers own projects and embrace continuous learning.

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Hands-on experience with TypeScript/Node.js, Flutter, Kafka, and GraphQL in a high-volume production environment.

• A proven track record of scaling complex, internal-facing collaboration or support platforms.

• Experience in the craft of R&D, manufacturing, or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) technology environment.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.