Head of Engineering, Sharing & Permissions

Asana is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own and scale our sharing and permissions infrastructure—one of the most critical and complex areas of our platform. As Head of Engineering for Sharing and Permissions, you'll lead the team responsible for Asana's permissions model across all objects, roles and custom roles systems, and our sophisticated sharing architecture that enables secure collaboration at scale.

This role sits within our Enterprise Group and reports directly to the Head of Engineering, Enterprise. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining the foundational systems that enable millions of users to collaborate securely while ensuring enterprise-grade access controls and compliance requirements are met.

What you’ll achieve:

• Lead the Sharing and Permissions engineering organization as we scale to some of our largest enterprise customers, building teams that balance security requirements with the user experience that makes Asana special
• Own the technical strategy and architecture for Asana's permissions model across all objects, role systems, and sharing mechanisms, creating scalable solutions that serve both individual users and large enterprise organizations with complex access requirements
• Partner closely with Security, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure our permissions architecture meets enterprise security standards, regulatory requirements, and audit needs while maintaining the performance and user experience our customers expect
• Build platform capabilities that enable other engineering teams to implement consistent, secure access patterns through well-designed APIs and clear integration patterns
• Grow engineering leaders by hiring and mentoring senior engineers and engineering managers who will drive technical decisions across distributed systems and security architecture
• Represent Asana's technical capabilities to strategic enterprise customers and partners, building relationships that inform our permissions roadmap and demonstrate our commitment to enterprise-grade security and compliance

About you:

• You have 8+ years of engineering experience with 4+ years leading teams in platform engineering, security infrastructure, or access control systems, with a track record of hiring diverse talent and creating inclusive environments where everyone can contribute their best work
• You understand permissions systems deeply including role-based access control, multi-tenancy, distributed systems design, and compliance frameworks like SOC2 and GDPR, with hands-on experience scaling authorization systems to handle millions of checks per second
• You connect technical work to user and business outcomes, understanding how permission system design affects both collaboration workflows and enterprise security posture, with experience in both product-led-growth and enterprise sales environments
• You communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering teams and business stakeholders, facilitating decisions around foundational architecture that impacts the entire product while fostering a culture of technical excellence
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer:

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $353,000 - $415,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
• Career coaching & support
• Inclusive family building benefits
• Long-term savings or retirement plans
• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

About us

Asana helps teams orchestrate their work, from small projects to strategic initiatives. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named a Top 10 Best Workplace for 5 years in a row, is Fortune's #1 Best Workplace in the Bay Area, and one of Glassdoor’s and Inc.’s Best Places to Work. After spending more than a year physically distanced, Team Asana is safely and mindfully returning to in-person collaboration, incorporating flexibility that adds hybrid elements to our office-centric culture. With 11+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world.

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also comply with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and similar laws in other locations.

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