The Challenge
Scribd reaches 200M+ monthly visitors across four major products. You'll own the growth engineering strategy and lead 25 engineers to build modern growth systems, experimentation infrastructure, and lifecycle messaging that convert millions into paying subscribers.
Your Mission
Audit current growth tooling, data pipelines, experimentation infrastructure, and attribution systems; document technical debt and modernization opportunities
Establish direct management of 5-person growth platform team; define team charter, engineering practices, and hiring plan to reach full strength
Build alignment across three growth engineering teams on shared standards, tooling, and experimentation rigor; clarify team boundaries and dependencies
Partner with Product, Performance Marketing, and Data Platform leads to define 12-month growth engineering roadmap aligned to subscriber acquisition and retention goals
Ship 2-3 foundational growth platform systems (lifecycle messaging, experimentation, or attribution) that measurably improve conversion or retention metrics
Scale growth platform team to full capacity (5 engineers); establish promotion criteria and career development paths across all three teams
Reduce time-to-experiment by 40%+ through infrastructure improvements; increase experimentation volume and rigor across growth org
Drive adoption of shared engineering standards across teams; establish metrics for code quality, deployment frequency, and incident response
KPIs You'll Own
Subscriber Growth Rate
Month-over-month or cohort-based growth in paying subscribers across all four products.
Experiment Velocity
Number of A/B tests launched per quarter and time-to-decision on each experiment.
Platform System Uptime
Availability of growth systems (lifecycle messaging, attribution, experimentation infra) measured as percentage uptime.
Engineering Retention & Engagement
Retention rate of direct reports and broader team; internal engagement survey scores on clarity, autonomy, and impact.
Technical Debt Ratio
Percentage of sprint capacity allocated to technical debt reduction vs. new feature development.
Tools & Stack
Your Team
Your Manager
VP Engineering or Chief Product Officer (not specified)
Current Team
Direct management of 5-person growth platform team; organizational leadership across 25 engineers in three teams total
New role or significant backfill (team scaling to full strength mentioned)
The Package
Salary
$200K-$280K base
Remote
On-site required in Chicago, IL with occasional in-person attendance mandated company-wide; Scribd Flex policy allows workstyle flexibility balanced with intentional collaboration moments
Benefits & Perks
Company Intelligence
Scribd is a four-product digital platform (Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, Fable) serving 200M+ monthly visitors and 2M+ paying subscribers globally. The company is on a mission to advance human understanding by helping users move from access into insight, application, and expertise. Culture is built on GRIT: Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, and Team collaboration.
Customers
200M+ monthly visitors, 2M+ paying subscribers across four global products
Culture
Real, bold, debate-driven; customer-obsessed; empowered action; flexibility balanced with community connection; GRIT framework (Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, Team)
Is This Role For You?
- You've led engineering teams (15+ people) building growth systems, MarTech platforms, or experimentation infrastructure at scale
- You balance hands-on technical depth with organizational leadership; you code or can code but derive energy from building high-performing teams
- You thrive in ambiguity; you can audit a messy technical state, set a vision, and move fast to ship improvements
- You understand growth metrics deeply (CAC, LTV, conversion funnels, cohort retention) and can translate strategy into technical roadmaps
- You want autonomy to shape growth engineering culture and strategy at a company with massive reach (200M+ users)
- You need full remote flexibility; this role requires on-site presence in Chicago
- You're primarily an IC engineer and prefer coding to people leadership; this is a leadership role with hands-on team involvement but not daily coding
- You lack experience with experimentation infrastructure, MarTech, or growth systems; this role requires deep technical credibility in those areas
Interview Process
Recruiter screen
Background on growth engineering leadership experience and technical expertise in growth systems
Hiring manager conversation
Deep dive on growth engineering strategy, team leadership philosophy, and approach to technical roadmapping
Cross-functional interviews
Conversations with VP Product, VP Data/Analytics, and VP Engineering to assess partnership capability and strategic alignment
Executive round
Discussion with C-level sponsor (likely Chief Product Officer or VP Engineering) on vision and organizational impact
Interested in this role?
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