Engineering Manager (Riyadh)
Nana Direct, Saudi Arabia
Job Description
About Nana:
Nana is an internet marketplace connecting customers with their favorite grocery stores, pharmacies and specialty stores. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality of online grocery customer experience with a sense of affection, care, and pride. Nana was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Highlights:
Nana funding: 188M SAR
Current funding stage: Series C
Nana backed by: STV, FIM Partners, MEVP, Wamda Capital, Saudi Venture Capital, Impact46, Watar Partners.
The Engineering Manager is responsible for ensuring that key projects and engineering duties are fulfilled. The Engineering Manager responsible for solving any engineering issue that comes up in a project, proposing budgets for projects, training new employees, working with various other departments and prepare reports on the progress of any project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and manufacturing processes.
- Research and develop designs and products.
- Manages staff and assigns tasks to engineering.
- Leads teams in the development of new products, solutions, and processes.
- Lead research and development projects that produce new designs, products, and processes.
- Determine the need for training and talent development.
- Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
- Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs, and to reduce waste.
- Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
- Communicates technical information to non-technical stakeholders
- Lead research and development projects that produce new designs, products, and processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in engineering required.
- 4-5 years relevant work experience, 1-2 years management experience.
- Master’s degree in engineering or MBA a plus.
- Proven work experience as an Engineering Manager or similar role.
- Analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems.
- Expert-level knowledge of sector technology and processes.
- Good knowledge in Python.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Flexible thinking, including the ability to pivot and try new approaches when faced with challenges.
- Organizational, planning, and documentation skills.