Senior Director of Engineering, Growth

About Change.org

Change.org is the world's largest social change platform with 100 million users. We are a social impact business (a public benefit company) where over 40,000+ campaigns are launched on the site every month. Our revenue model is 100% user-generated. Our users win campaigns for change once every hour. We’re working for a world where no one is powerless, and where creating change is a part of everyday life. We’re just getting started and hope you’ll join us!

From mobilizing over 5 million people to investigate the fires in the Amazon, to mobilizing nearly 3 million against war and famine in Yemen, to large-scale mobilizations for the people of Iran and against the war in Ukraine, and calling for Racial Justice in the US, many movements were born on Change.org. Dozens of local, national, and international victories are happening every day thanks to the strength of our members who are changing the lives of people around the world. We want to help them go even further and we need your help!

The Role

Change.org is searching for a Senior Director of Engineering to partner with our VP of Product and senior leaders to accelerate measurable, sustainable growth across the Change.org platform—driving increased revenue, deeper user engagement, and long-term impact at scale. You will report to our CTO.

As a key member of our Engineering team, you’ll deliver signature and revenue growth by leading a data-driven engineering team, co-owning growth strategy and execution, aligning cross-functional efforts, and building infrastructure for rapid experimentation and iteration, while participating in the on-call rotation.

Key Outcomes

• Deliver significant increases in both signature volume and revenue through technical and product-driven growth initiatives.
• Build and lead a deeply engaged, data-driven engineering team focused on experimentation and outcomes.
• Establish a strong, trusted partnership with the VP of Product—jointly owning growth strategy and execution.
• Influence cross-functional alignment and company-wide direction on growth—establishing best practices and driving coordination across engineering, product, and marketing.
• Strengthen or build infrastructure to support rapid experimentation, measurement, and iteration across the growth team.
• This job is expected to participate in our on call rotation.

Core Competencies

• Growth Engineering Expertise – Demonstrated success leading technical initiatives that drive user and revenue growth.
• Experimentation & Data Mindset – Deep experience with A/B testing, growth loops, and metrics-driven iteration.
• Cross-functional Partnership – Proven ability to translate product and marketing goals into scalable engineering execution.
• Team Building & Culture – Skilled at building high-performing teams, fostering engagement, and developing strong engineering culture.
• Strategic Communication – Able to navigate ambiguity and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leadership Through Ambiguity - Comfortable navigating uncertainty; skilled at identifying high-potential opportunities, validating ideas quickly, and scaling successful experiments into durable systems.

Target Experience

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on coding and architecture.
• 7+ years in engineering leadership roles, including managing managers.
• Proven experience leading growth engineering teams or cross-functional squads focused on user and revenue growth.
• Experience scaling products across diverse or international user bases.

Employment Details

This is a full time role. We’re open to hiring in the following US locations: Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Connecticut (CT), District of Columbia (DC), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Illinois (IL), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania