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type: JobPosting
title: Director, Growth Engineering
company: Scribd, Inc.
category: growth-marketing
seniority: DIRECTOR
contractType: FULL_TIME
remote: ONSITE
location: Chicago, IL
salaryMin: 200000
salaryMax: 280000
salaryCurrency: USD
market: USA
postedAt: 2026-06-04
applyUrl: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/scribdinc/f519056e-b466-4dbf-a4f1-186d6e4a9e32?source=linkedin"
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# Director, Growth Engineering

**Scribd, Inc.** · Chicago, IL

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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.","founded":null,"headcount":null,"funding":null,"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)"},"forYouIf":["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)"],"wontWorkIf":["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"],"interviewProcess":[{"step":"Recruiter screen","detail":"Background on growth engineering leadership experience and technical expertise in growth systems"},{"step":"Hiring manager conversation","detail":"Deep dive on growth engineering strategy, team leadership philosophy, and approach to technical roadmapping"},{"step":"Cross-functional interviews","detail":"Conversations with VP Product, VP Data/Analytics, and VP Engineering to assess partnership capability and strategic alignment"},{"step":"Executive round","detail":"Discussion with C-level sponsor (likely Chief Product Officer or VP Engineering) on vision and organizational impact"}]}

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