Senior Engineering Manager, Agents Platform

📋 Job Overview

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.

🏢 About Synthesia

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.

🎯 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.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• 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.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 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

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with growth, experimentation, or conversion optimization is a strong plus

🎁 Benefits

• Salary starts at EUR/GBP/CHF 180,000 base + stock option plan
• 25 days of leave + local holidays

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Our preference is for this role to be 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.