Job Description

To be an ideal candidate for this role, you will have a proven track record of planning and executing complex technical programs - ideally with a skew towards marketing or e-commerce website engineering. You'll have experience owning product and project plans, and successfully liaising with UX designers, business stakeholders, and your engineering team.

YOU WILL:

• Work with Design, Strategy, Channel Marketing, Engineering, and Sales - and ultimately own the technical roadmap of Square's web presence

• Create and maintain a development schedule for several parallel software platform projects

• Work closely with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to coordinate critical cross-functional work and convergence dates

• Continuously track and prioritize defects and bug reports, relative to ongoing feature development

• Identify the key technical risk areas and develop actionable mitigation strategies

• Communicate key developments, updates, and problems to teams (both technical and non-technical) in other disciplines

• Grasp complex technical topics and abstract key issues and risks into an actionable form

• Discern and implement process improvements that facilitate self-organization and enable our engineers to do their best work

Qualifications

YOU HAVE:

• Technical knowledge of content management systems, ideally focused on marketing and consumer websites

• Experience with the common challenges in cross-functional working groups, including balancing competing demands and priorities

• The ability to understand and deal well with rapid development cycles and to remain flexible

• Demonstrated experience managing trade-offs given specific constraints

• Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills; ability to inspire team members

• Self-motivation and a proactive attitude with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities

• Extended experience in agile methodologies

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices

Additional Information At Square, our purpose is to empower – within and outside of our walls. In order to build the best tools for the businesses and customers we support all over the world, we have to start at home with a workforce as diverse and empowered as our sellers. To this end, we take great care to evaluate all employees and job applicants equally, based on merit, competence, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)squareup.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible. Perks At Square, we want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes: Healthcare coverage, Retirement Plans, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Meal reimbursements, Wellness perks, Paid parental leave, Flexible time off, Learning and Development resources