Head of Engineering - Platform all genders

Babbel is the topselling language learning platform globally. We are driven by our purpose of creating mutual understanding through language. Through the classes and products we provide learners with the most effective solutions enabling them to communicate in reallife scenarios with real people.

The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. With headquarters in Berlin Germany and our US office in New York were a team of 1000 people from over 80 different nationalities.

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We are looking for a Head of Engineering for the Platform team in the heart of buzzing Berlin!

As the Head of Engineering youll spearhead our technical efforts and lead the engineering teams responsible for building and scaling our platform products. You will play a pivotal role in driving our engineering vision and strategy aligned with our companys goals.

Youll foster strong collaboration with product management research and crossfunctional units to ensure the seamless execution of product initiatives from ideation to deployment. You will also be instrumental in understanding the needs of our stakeholders and driving the evolution of engineering solutions that fulfill these needs.

This role demands a solid technical foundation exceptional leadership abilities and a fervent enthusiasm for developing sophisticated and usercentric platform products. You have the unique opportunity to significantly influence the future of our engineering landscape contributing to our mission to make language learning simple enjoyable and accessible to all.

You will

• Lead and inspire a group of engineering teams driving the innovation and strategy behind our platform products including payments CRM customer service and content.
• Drive the technical execution of product development from planning to release working closely with product management research and other business units.
• Establish the engineering roadmap and direction ensuring alignment with our companys strategic objectives and OKRs including breaking down complex projects into manageable milestones and overseeing delivery.
• Gain a profound understanding of our stakeholders needs directing the engineering teams efforts to meet and exceed these requirements.
• Enhance product lifecycle management by monitoring performance leveraging data for decisionmaking and implementing optimizations.
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration inclusivity and open communication within the team emphasizing accountability and high standards.
• Guide and mentor engineering managers promoting continuous learning innovation and professional growth.

You have

• A proven track record of leading highperforming engineering teams and delivering successful platform products in domains such as CRM content payments or similar.
• Exceptional strategic and analytical thinking skills can turn vision into executable strategies and tangible outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership prowess with a history of nurturing and growing highcaliber engineering teams.
• Indepth knowledge of technology and industry trends within the platform domain.
• A strong DevOps culture mindset that will help your teams fully own their domains. You build it you run it you own it.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management abilities adept at influencing and collaborating at various organizational levels.
• A customerfirst approach with a deep comprehension of user needs and behaviors to drive product development that elevates the customer experience.

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Decide how when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap faith and family rooms.
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups) attend cultural and regular social events.

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse equitable and inclusive company we welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company inside and out and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements all candidates are assessed based on skills qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application and let us know if youd like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need feel welcome to inform us so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

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