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Synthesia is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead its Growth organization, focused on user acquisition, activation, conversion, self-service adoption, and sustainable revenue growth. The role leads multiple engineering teams and partners closely with product, data, and design to deliver rapid, measurable experiments on core user journeys. This leader will scale the team, develop engineers, manage execution quality, and make trade-offs between speed, experimentation, and long-term platform scalability. The ideal candidate has a strong SaaS engineering background, substantial people-management experience, and a track record of aligning technical delivery to commercial metrics. The position is available in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, and potentially elsewhere in Europe subject to compliance checks.
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I would organize teams around durable customer journeys and business outcomes, with clear ownership for key funnel metrics. Each team would have shared product, design, and data partnerships, while engineering standards and platform investments would be coordinated across the organization to avoid short-term optimization at the expense of scalability.
I assess expected customer and business impact, confidence in the hypothesis, reversibility, operational risk, and the cost of future rework. For high-learning, low-risk hypotheses, I favor a fast and instrumented implementation; once evidence supports the opportunity, I prioritize a robust solution with the right architecture and observability.
I translate company goals into team-level objectives and ensure every initiative has a clear hypothesis, leading indicator, and expected outcome. In planning and retrospectives, I review both delivery quality and metric movement so engineers understand how their technical choices affect user behavior and commercial results.
I would first clarify expectations and determine whether the gap is in problem framing, prioritization, execution, or access to the right data and stakeholders. I would create a focused development plan with concrete outcome-based goals, regular coaching, and support; if progress remains insufficient, I would manage performance transparently and fairly.
I make the trade-offs explicit by outlining customer impact, delivery timelines, technical risks, and the cost of deferring foundational work. I aim to find a staged path that delivers near-term value while protecting critical reliability and scalability needs, then document the decision and ownership for follow-up investments.
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.
As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia’s VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.
About the role
Lead the delivery of complex engineering projects focused on driving user acquisition, activation, and revenue growth. Break down initiatives into manageable stages with predictable timelines, making clear trade-offs between speed, experimentation, and long-term scalability. Partner closely with product and data to prioritize high-impact work and maximize business outcomes.
Understand engineering levelling and scale the team by identifying and filling skill gaps, particularly in areas like experimentation, performance, and conversion optimization. Collaborate with recruiting to attract and retain top talent aligned with Growth’s fast-paced, outcome-driven environment.
Monitor team performance proactively, ensuring strong execution and continuous improvement. Support engineers in delivering measurable impact and developing their careers through ownership of key growth metrics.
Navigate difficult conversations with clarity and empathy, especially when balancing business urgency with technical quality. Foster a collaborative, high-velocity team culture aligned with company goals.
Team you would be leading – Growth
The Growth team is dedicated to driving high NDR and sustainable revenue growth through self-service and freemium offerings, improving user experience, and optimizing conversion pathways while aligning with enterprise goals.
This team operates at the intersection of product, engineering, and data, shipping experiments rapidly and iterating based on measurable outcomes. You’ll work on core surfaces that directly impact user journeys and business performance.
What we’re looking for:
Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams delivering high-impact, user-facing projects, ideally 4+ years
Strong ability to operate in fast-paced, experiment-driven environments with clear business metrics
Experience scaling teams and aligning them to product and revenue goals
Proven ability to track performance and help team members improve output and impact
Excellent communication skills, especially in cross-functional environments (product, data, design)
Relevant engineering background building scalable SaaS products
Experience with growth, experimentation, or conversion optimization is a strong plus
Why join us?
We’re living the golden age of AI. The next decade will yield the next iconic companies, and we dare to say we have what it takes to become one. Here’s why,
Our culture
At Synthesia we’re passionate about building, not talking, planning or politicising. We strive to hire the smartest, kindest and most unrelenting people and let them do their best work without distractions. Our work principles serve as our charter for how we make decisions, give feedback and structure our work to empower everyone to go as fast as possible. You can find out more about these principles here.
Serving 50,000+ customers (and 80% of the Fortune 500)
We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Read stories from happy customers and what 1,200+ people say on G2.
Proprietary AI technology
Since 2017, we’ve been pioneering advancements in Generative AI. Our AI technology is built in-house, by a team of world-class AI researchers and engineers. Learn more about our AI Research Lab and the team behind.
AI Safety, Ethics and Security
AI safety, ethics, and security are fundamental to our mission. While the full scope of Artificial Intelligence’s impact on our society is still unfolding, our position is clear: People first. Always. Learn more about our commitments to AI Ethics, Safety & Security.
The hiring process:
Interview loop with various Senior stakeholders across Engineering. This will consist of 5 separate calls covering:
People Management/Talent System
Technical Leadership
Program Management
Cross-Functional Strategy
Leadership
The process does not need to take long – we can be done in 2-3 weeks.
Other important info:
Our preference is for this role to based either in-office or remote in the following locations: UK, Germany, Switzerland or Ireland.
We may also be able to support remote workers in other locations across Europe subject to compliance and right to work checks.The salary starts at EUR/GBP/CHF 180,000 base + stock option plan.
This is full-time employment only – no contractors possible – usually through OysterHR.
Everyone at Synthesia gets 25 days of leave + local holidays (no extra paid or unpaid leave possible).
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