Director, Growth Engineering

Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise. Culture at Scribd, Inc. We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer. We believe the best work happens when individual flexibility is balanced with meaningful community connection. Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location. So what are we looking for in new team members? At Scribd, Inc., we hire for “GRIT.” Traditionally defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals, GRIT reflects the mindset we expect from every employee. For us, it also serves as a practical framework for how we work: setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude. This posting reflects an approved, open position within the organization. About the Role We're looking for a Director of Engineering to own the engineering vision, strategy, and execution for Scribd's growth organization. You will build modern growth and MarTech systems for a global audience of +200M monthly visitors and +2M paying subscribers across multiple brands. You'll lead an organization of approximately 25 engineers across three teams, directly managing a growth platform team while providing strategic and organizational leadership across the full group. You will operate at two altitudes simultaneously: hands-on with your platform team while setting direction, raising the bar, and removing obstacles across the broader org. This is a high-ownership leadership role for a Director who is both people-first and visionary: someone who is passionate about growth engineering and maximizing the potential of an already high-performing team. This role requires deep technical expertise in designing and shipping growth systems. You’ll partner closely with leaders in Product, Performance Marketing, Partnerships, Data Platform, and Analytics to build reliable foundations, and to translate growth strategy into high-leverage technical capabilities. What You’ll Do Define the growth engineering strategy. Audit the current state of our growth tooling, data pipelines, experimentation infrastructure, lifecycle messaging, analytics, and attribution. Develop a technical roadmap in close partnership with product leadership. Build and lead the growth platform team. Take direct management of a 5-person team focused on our growth platform. Establish engineering practices and define the team charter. Create team identity and build the team to full strength. Lead a high-performing growth engineering organization. Provide organizational leadership across all three growth engineering teams. Assess team boundaries, build alignment on shared engineering standards, and strengthen the culture of experimentation rigor. Maintain engineering quality while strategically balancing speed and technical debt. Drive agentic engineering adoption. Lead the adoption of agentic engineering practices within the growth organization. Identify how AI can accelerate delivery while maintaining high quality. Be a strategic partner. Serve as the engineering counterpart to your peer product leader in the growth pillar. Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Marketing, Analytics, Data Science, and Partnerships. Create visibility into growth engineering's impact through business reviews, roadmap updates, and clear reporting that connects technical work to business outcomes. Raise the bar across Scribd engineering. Contribute to the broader engineering organization through leadership forums, architecture reviews, hiring, and engineering-wide initiatives. Model engineering excellence and be a collaborative peer leader among Scribd's engineering directors. What We’re Looking For Growth platform and martech depth. You've directly built or led the build-out of growth systems at a consumer subscription or marketplace business. You understand the modern stack and vendor landscape deeply. Technical depth. You can make sound design decisions about web frontend, backend, and data-intensive systems, and you are comfortable with warehouse-centric architectures. You can lead teams through ambiguity and tradeoffs. Proven engineering leadership. 10+ years of engineering experience with 4+ years leading multiple engineering teams, including managing managers. Track record of hiring and developing strong talent. You build trust, invest in people, and hold teams to a high bar. Cross-functional partnership. You thrive in collaborative environments. You can code-switch between technical and business audiences. You build alignment through influence, not authority, and you're as credible in an executive review as you are in an architecture discussion. Bias toward action. You move with urgency. You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and course-correcting as you learn. You thrive in ambiguity and can build structure where none exists. Why This Role, Why Now? We are entering the next phase of growth engineering at Scribd, systematically investing in a holistic platform and practices that drive sustained business impact at scale: from paid, partnerships, plans & pricing, to onboarding and retention. If you're looking for a role where you can define the architecture (not just manage the backlog), ship systems that directly move conversion and revenue, build a team and culture, and do it all alongside sharp, collaborative people who care – we'd love to talk! --- At Scribd, Inc., your base pay is one part of your total compensation package and is determined within a range. Our pay ranges are based on the local cost of labor benchmarks for each specific role, level, and geographic location. San Francisco is our highest geographic market in the United States. In the state of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $196,500 [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market within California] to $318,000 [maximum salary in our highest geographic market within California]. In the United States, outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $162,000 [minimum salary in our lowest US geographic market outside of California] to $302,000 [maximum salary in our highest US geographic market outside of California]. In Canada, the reasonably expected salary range is between $205,500 CAD [minimum salary in our lowest geographic market] to $282,000 CAD [maximum salary in our highest geographic market]. We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including but not limited to experience; job-related skill sets; relevant education or training; and other business and organizational needs. The salary range listed is for the level at which this job has been scoped. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for a competitive equity ownership, and a comprehensive and generous benefits package. Working at Scribd, Inc. Are you currently based in a location where Scribd, Inc. can employ you? Employees must have their primary residence in or near one of the following cities. This includes surrounding metro areas or locations within a typical commuting distance: United States: Atlanta | Austin | Boston | Dallas | Denver | Chicago | Houston | Jacksonville | Los Angeles | Miami | New York City | Phoenix | Portland | Sacramento | Salt Lake City | San Diego | San Francisco | Seattle | Washington D.C. Canada: Ottawa | Toronto | Vancouver Mexico: Mexico City Benefits at Scribd, Inc. Scribd Flex (flexible work model) Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage Mental health support and disability coverage Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticals Paid parental leave and family support benefits Retirement matching and employee equity Learning and development programs and professional growth opportunities Wellness and home office stipends Complimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of products Enterprise access to leading AI tools Get to Know Scribd, Inc. About Scribd, Inc. Life at Scribd, Inc. We want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. You can inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to better accommodate your needs by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io about the need for adjustments at any point in the interview process. 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