JOB DESCRIPTION Retail Technology is the place where YOU will transform in store consumer's experience! Come join our Global Technology family and be a dream leader for Retail innovation, focusing on the integrated consumer's and stylist's experiences that provides the best of the physical and virtual worlds!
Key Responsibilities:
Leading and inspiring a technical team of engineers to achieve delivery for the consumer retail experience. Work closely with technical product, program, and business teams to coordinate goals roadmaps and resource allocation for projects and be a close stakeholder in planning and coordinating efficient delivery.
Responsible for the planning and execution of strategic Retail Technology initiatives. Own the technology roadmap for retail and successful business projects delivery(on-time, on-budget, w/ highest quality)
Technology Product ownership, work with other technical teams to ensure that technical strategies, architecture guidelines, and standards are developed and followed. Define and own project planning, budget estimation and management, resource planning, financial planning, and risk assessment
Recruit and retain talent in a high performing engineering product team; maintain and nourish talent. Provide team members with an environment of coaching, mentoring, feedback, and staff development
Work across the IT organization to build strong relationships that foster a team spirit. Focus on Support and product teams
Have a forward-thinking mindset with execution at the forefront, and strong people skills relating to leadership of high-level team members.
Manage and mentor resources who are assigned to multiple projects, define delivery criteria, and manage status reports/metric to track progress against strategic priority
Should be comfortable leading a polyglot team of specialists that are experienced in iOS, Android, HTML5, POS; RFID, SQL, .NET and Java technologies
Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in technology field(MS preferred)
10+ years technology experience
5+ management experience with global teams
Background in project management/program management a definite plus
Experience with leading people, with previous team leadership references
Experience with delivery pipeline methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, DevOps, etc.
Experience with vendor management and working closely with key 3rd party strategic partners
Experience managing a budget, both capital and operating expenses
Previous experience building a team with referenceable delivery criteria
Exposure and understanding of modern integration tools and standards
Exposure to microservices technologies
Good understanding of Data platforms in connection and beyond retail platforms
Understanding of modern web architectures using MVC approaches
Understanding of iOS / Android frameworks
Knowledge of Continuous Integration principles and best-practices
Comfort working in an agile and waterfall environment.
Exposure to Github
Comfort working with remote teams
Strong written and verbal skills
EOE M/F/Disability/Vets
LOCATION San Francisco, CA, USA FULL TIME/PART TIME Full time Current LS&Co Employees, apply via your Workday account.