management
Posted 5 days agoHead of Engineering Operations
at Asana
San Francisco, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Design and build lightweight operating models, frameworks, and processes to optimize engineering execution and delivery, integrating evolving AI agentic engineering workflows.
- Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing, global team of engineering operations professionals and Technical Program Managers to steer complex horizontal programs.
- Oversee financial and resource governance, including budget management, program spend, headcount strategy, and vendor/tooling allocations across public cloud and LLMs.
- Define and own the engineering metrics program (KPIs covering delivery, quality, reliability, efficiency, and capacity) to deliver data-driven insights to leadership.
- Cultivate engineering enablement by overseeing robust onboarding programs, learning initiatives, and knowledge-sharing opportunities. About you
Requirements
- Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays.
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. Bring 8+ years of
- experience in engineering operations, technical program management, chief-of-staff, or strategy & operations roles, ideally supporting a large software engineering organization.
- Demonstrate exceptional technical fluency with an understanding of the software development lifecycle and the ability to quickly master emerging tools and new domains.
Benefits
- Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission.
- We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role.
- To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.
- For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $250,000 - $330,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual
- qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.
- In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits.
- If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.
- Long-term savings or retirement plans
Additional details
- As the Head of Engineering Operations, you will be a key leadership partner to the CTO and the engineering leadership team, owning the operational backbone of our global R&D organization.
- In this role, you will serve as a critical bridge to other cross-functional groups, driving operational excellence, organizational effectiveness, and strategic initiatives.
- We are looking for a strategic leader who can translate company strategy into actionable engineering plans while building lightweight operating models that accelerate velocity and maintain high quality.
- You will empower our engineering organization to thrive and deliver exceptional impact at scale.
- This role is based in our San Francisco or Vancouver office with an office-centric hybrid schedule.
- The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
- Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner.
- If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. What you’ll achieve
- Translate overarching company strategy into actionable engineering and operating plans in close collaboration with cross-functional partners.
- Serve as a trusted proxy and connective tissue for the CTO and R&D leadership, driving clear engineering communication strategies, roadmap reviews, QBRs, and all-hands forums.