Engineering Management
Become an effective engineering manager who delivers reliable and impactful output.
To succeed as managers, engineering managers must build upon the skills that made them excel as individual contributors. From knowing which trade-offs to make to reducing fire drills, you’ll learn how to effectively manage engineering work, stakeholders, your team, and yourself.
This program is designed for tenured, new, or prospective managers, including those at the director level and above.
To join Engineering Management you need to be a Reforge Member.
Built By Top Executives
Nick Caldwell
General Manager for Core Technologies at Twitter, formerly Looker, Reddit & Microsoft
Nick is General Manager for Core Technologies at Twitter, overseeing a 2,000 person team. He also recently joined HubSpot, a publicly-traded company specializing in CRM, as a member of the corporate board. Previously he was Chief Product and Engineering Officer at Looker (acquired by Google) and VP of Engineering at Reddit. He also spent 13 years at Microsoft, culminating in a role as General Manager of the Power BI product family where he rapidly transformed the company's business intelligence suite.
Heidi Williams
Head of Engineering, Grammarly Business at Grammarly, Formerly Box, tEQuitable, Adobe
Heidi is Head of Engineering, Grammarly Business at Grammarly. In her 25+ year career, she’s led several 1.0 initiatives with a focus on B2B and Platforms, including VP of Platform Engineering at Box, founder of WEST, co-founder and CTO of tEQuitable, and various engineering teams at Adobe. Heidi is a technical advisor for PaymentWorks and Raise For Good.
What you get as a Reforge Member
Reforge membership combines cohort-based programs with a year-round experience to help you learn, execute, and scale yourself and your company. Participation in Engineering Management and access to the content and community of all programs is included.
On-Demand
Access content from all programs
Step-by-step projects to help you execute
Content releases, events, and updates
Connect with peers solving similar problems
Cohort Based Programs
4 or 6 weeks, part-time, virtual, and intense
Built and led by executives
Application focused
Live case studies with a cohort of peers
Engineering Management Program Format
Explore Strategies & Curated Use Cases
Each week you will go through 2 to 3 hours of self-paced material covering actionable frameworks and proven systems for B2B & B2C companies that were created by leading executives. The topics this program covers are:
Week 1: Managing Engineering Work
Install an engineering production loop to improve your team's functioning over time. Learn how to evaluate and prioritize requests based on impact and team fit.
Week 2: Managing Stakeholders
Manage stakeholders more effectively. Learn how to build collaboration specs to align and partner with key stakeholders.
Week 3: Managing Your Team
Learn how to take a longer-term view of talent, develop your team effectively, and build team trust.
Week 4: Managing Yourself
Examine your own career development and define long-term success for yourself.
Connect With Peers Solving Similar Problems
Every week there will be optional opportunities to connect with peers in the cohort solving similar problems to you. Join a small group to discuss applying the concepts, attend/host a community deep-dive session on a special topic, or discuss questions within the forum and Slack.
Apply the Concepts
Translate the frameworks to your company with active, hands-on exercises, worksheets, and weekly micro-projects. Expect to spend about 2 hours a week on active learning.
A plan for Action
Build a plan that you can take back to your company. Start small, achieve results, and amplify your impact.
Become A Member To Join Engineering Management
To join this program you need to be a Reforge Member. To participate in our upcoming cohort apply today.
Membership includes participation in a cohort-based program and ongoing access to content from all programs, deep-dive sessions, and a community of vetted peers to help you execute what you learn.
Who this program is for.
This program was built for:
Engineering managers, whether tenured, new, or prospective, who are looking to broaden and strengthen their management skills.
✓ Current or New Engineering Managers
✓ Individual Contributors Transitioning Into Management
✓ Technical Product Managers
✓ Roles That Work Closely With Engineers
✓ Focus on Digital Products
✓ Post-Product/Market Fit Company
In addition to participating in Engineering Management, get access to everything you need to execute…
Your growth doesn’t stop with the cohort, it just begins. When you join as a Reforge Member, in addition to participating in Engineering Management you will get on-demand access to everything you need to execute. Reforge's all-in-one membership includes:
Step-by-Step Projects
Go from learning to execution with step-by-step projects to guide implementation.
Content releases, events, and updates
New projects, cases, and examples across topics in Product, Growth, and Marketing
Deep dive sessions
Throughout the year, Reforge partners host live sessions to examine critical topics and coach community members through their most difficult issues
Access All Program Content
Your career doesn’t follow the schedule of a course. Access content across all programs when you need it:
Cross-Functional Growth Programs
Growth Series, Advanced Growth Strategy, Retention + Engagement, Monetization + Pricing, Experimentation + Testing
Product Management Programs
Product Management Foundations, Mastering Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Leadership, Scaling Product Delivery, User Insights For Product Decisions, Data for Product Managers, Finding Product/Market Fit
Marketing & Engineering Programs
Marketing Strategy, Growth Marketing, Technical Strategy, Brand Marketing, Marketing Leadership