Engineering Program Manager

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $400B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology innovation and world-class support to achieve more for their practices their people and their patients.

About the Role

Dandy is hiring a Engineering Program Manager to support our technology departments (EPD - Engineering Product UX Design). This is a strategic role that will drive the decision making process across Technology and help us scale from improving and optimizing current processes and organizational procedures to enhancing efficiency and productivity. You will be reporting into the Engineering Chief of Staff / Principal TPM who will be your primary execution partner.

What You'll Do

• Close Communication Gaps: Streamline communication flow to unify the Technology strategy and expedite decision-making processes.

  • Facilitate seamless communication within each departments across the technology departments and with expansive organizations like GTM and Ops emphasizing breaking down any existing silos.

• Oversee Cross-Functional Initiatives: Own the process from ideation to execution on significant cross-functional endeavors in close association with SLT and ELT.

  • Planning coordination and leadership of key meetings workshops and offsites to ensure comprehensive representation and participation.

  • Representing the department heads in pivotal meetings ensuring the inclusion of a technology perspective in decision-making.

  • Drive accountability: Implement monitor and present the progress of various plans and goals to ensure consistent forward momentum.

• Recognize opportunities: Scrutinize the current processes and operations to discover and remedy strategy process and skillset gaps.

  • Coordination and direction of teams within the departments to ensure synchronized progress.

  • Exposure to the full spectrum of technology motions coupled with the responsibility of spotting and capitalizing on areas of improvement.

  • Planning and spearheading strategic initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of operations and/or strategy work

• Technology especially startup experience highly preferred

• Track record of success in building new operational processes and an ability to work through ambiguity

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate new product opportunities by bringing internal stakeholders and existing/ new partners together

• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and fix problems in a hands-on manner when needed

• Experience using data to analyze performance and drive strategic decision making

• Intellectual curiosity and research abilities

• Proven capabilities in evaluating operational gaps/ weaknesses

Bonus Points For

• Outstanding professional references to share

• Experience at an operationally-intensive company with complex technical infrastructure

• Hands-on engineering or technical background (ability to read code understand system design)

• Experience with cloud infrastructure micro-services architecture or distributed systems

• Experience with DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines and release management

• PMP Scrum Master or other relevant program management certifications

• Relentlessly positive attitude strong sense of humor and the ability to have fun at work

Req ID: J-1064

For full-time positions Dandy offers a wide range of best-in-class comprehensive and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate. Our local benefits packages typically include healthcare dental mental health support parental planning resources retirement savings options and generous paid time off—ensuring our team members are supported no matter where they live and work.

Dandy is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age marital status disability protected veteran status citizenship or immigration status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Dandy also fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to embracing challenges and creating an accessible inclusive workplace for all individuals. If you require any accommodations for your interview or have any questions beforehand rest assured that we will do everything we can to meet your needs. Visit Dandy Careers for more!

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What We Do

Dandy is transforming the massive ($400B) but antiquated dental industry. Backed by some of the world's leading venture capital investors we’re building custom end-to-end precision software and manufacturing from the ground up to provide high-quality consistent and affordable restorations to our doctors and their patients. 2 million people already have a Dandy product in their mouth and that number is rapidly growing.

Why Work With Us

At Dandy we move fast—learning growing and tackling big challenges alongside the smartest most driven teammates. We embrace discomfort knowing growth happens outside our comfort zones.

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