Building and Leading Engineering Teams That Scale You: Coaching, Culture & Clarity

We’re thrilled to announce Pooja Varshneya, Senior Engineering Manager at Lyft and an Executive Member at WomenTech Network, as our featured guest speaker this month.

Pooja will present “Building and Leading Engineering Teams That Scale You: Coaching, Culture & Clarity.” Drawing on her leadership experience managing distributed, high-performance teams at leading tech companies, Pooja will share a practical and inspiring framework for leading with clarity, connection, and purpose.

You’ll learn how to:

• Make the critical mindset shift from managing work to enabling people
• Build trust across cross-functional, distributed teams
• Hire for long-term growth: What to look for beyond resumes
• Use coaching strategies to multiply your impact as a leader
• Foster psychological safety as a foundation for team innovation

Packed with actionable strategies and real-world insights, this session will help you scale your leadership and your teams with intention and impact.

The event will kick off with a 30-minute keynote from Pooja, followed by a Q&A session before the one-on-one networking begins.