At Sanity.io, we’re building the future of AI-powered Content Operations. Our AI Content Operating System gives teams the freedom to model, create, and automate content the way their business works, accelerating digital development and supercharging content operations efficiency. Companies like SKIMS, Figma, Riot Games, Anthropic, COMPLEX, Nordstrom, and Morningbrew are using Sanity to power and automate their content operations.

We’re hiring a Senior Manager, Support Engineering to lead and evolve our high-performing Support Engineering team in Europe at a critical moment of growth.

This role goes beyond running daily operations. You will scale systems, develop new capabilities, and ensure our enterprise customers continue experiencing world-class technical support as Sanity grows further.

You’ll combine operational rigor with strong technical credibility and people leadership. You’ll coach and grow a high-performing team, improve how we prioritize and resolve issues, and build tight feedback loops with Product and Engineering so customer insights meaningfully shape our platform.

The right person thrives in ambiguity, leads calmly through high-pressure incidents, and builds systems that make everyone around them more effective.

What you would do:

• Lead and develop a high-performing Support Engineering team in Europe, setting clear expectations, coaching for growth, and fostering psychological safety.

• Own SLA adherence and operational health, ensuring predictable, high-quality support for enterprise customers.

• Evolve and implement our data-driven support operating model to scale with company growth.

• Act as a calm escalation leader during high-severity incidents, coordinating across teams and communicating clearly with customers.

• Build strong feedback loops with Product and Engineering, translating customer issues into structured, actionable insights.

• Improve support infrastructure, tooling, workflows, and documentation to reduce repeat issues and increase team efficiency.

• Partner closely with Customer Solutions and Sales to support enterprise accounts and complex customer initiatives.

• Operate as a player/coach, diving into complex technical issues to unblock customers and model quality.

• Use AI and automation to increase internal leverage and execution velocity while maintaining our high quality standards and proximity to customers.

About you:

• Based in London, UK

• 5+ years in technical support or engineering environments, with 3+ years leading frontline technical teams.

• Experience operating in enterprise or high-SLA environments.

• Strong technical foundation in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks like Next.js.

• Proven ability to improve support systems, not just manage ticket volume.

• Comfortable leading high-pressure escalations with clarity and composure.

• Skilled communicator who can translate technical complexity into clear customer and executive updates.

• Data-informed decision maker who uses metrics to guide improvements.

• Energized by ambiguity and growth environments, with a bias toward ownership and action.

• Passion for helping others be successful and fulfil their potential..

• Self-starter who takes initiative and is energized when there is no obvious solution.

Not sure you’re exactly what we’re looking for in this role? Apply anyway!

What we can offer:

• A highly-skilled, inspiring, and supportive team

• Positive, flexible, and trust-based work environment that encourages long-term professional and personal growth

• A global, multi-culturally diverse group of colleagues and customers

• Comprehensive health plans and perks

• A healthy work-life balance that accommodates individual and family needs

• Competitive salary and stock options program

Who we are:

Sanity.io is a modern, flexible content operating system that replaces rigid legacy content management systems. One of our big differentiators is treating content as data so that it can be stored in a single source of truth, but seamlessly adapted and personalized for any channel without extra effort. Forward-thinking companies choose Sanity because they can create tailored content authoring experiences, customized workflows, and content models that reflect their business.

Sanity recently raised a $85m Series C led by GP Bullhound and is also backed by leading investors like ICONIQ Growth, Threshold Ventures, Heavybit and Shopify, as well as founders of companies like Vercel, WPEngine, Twitter, Mux, Netlify and Heroku. This funding round has put Sanity in a strong position for accelerated growth in the coming years.

You can only build a great company with a great culture. Sanity is a 200+ person company with highly committed and ambitious people. We are pioneers, we exist for our customers, we are hel ved, and we love type two fun! Read more about our values here!

Sanity.io pledges to be an organization that reflects the globally diverse audience that our product serves. We believe that in addition to hiring the best talent, a diversity of perspectives, ideas, and cultures leads to the creation of better products and services. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.