Director Engineering- SRE

• Explore future technology needs by balancing technology innovation, industry trends, and customer and associate facing solution needs.
• Lead the development, delivery, and operations of technology solutions to support the modernization of capabilities.
• Advises senior management on strategic plans and improvements to systems and processes to execute business vision and strategic plan.
• Lead the efforts to stay current on the technology stack and platforms.
• Responsible for partnership and collaboration with various cross-functional teams to modernize platforms.
• Play a key role to enhance software quality across the organization; and driving end-to-end accountability
• Accountable for talent development and building technology bench strength 
• Mentor and coach leaders & individual contributors reporting to this position and play an active role in raising the talent bar across the technology team.
• Responsible for this portfolio's budget, projects, and resources planning.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or Engineering or related field preferred, and 8-10 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and high-volume enterprise systems
• 10+ years of experience in engineering management and delivering large-scale transformation initiatives in retail required.
• Building cloud-native applications in private & public cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS) would be a plus.
• Experience delivering software engineering solution in a highly matrixed organization required.
• Experience managing large offshore teams and 3rd party vendors would be a plus.
• Experience with modern tech stack and open source technologies required.
• Experience and passion to work in a fast-paced Agile environment, delivering functional features in small time durations required.
• Communication Skills:  Excellent written/ verbal communication skills and presentation skills. Demonstrable presentation, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Reasoning Ability:  Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong leadership profile and excellent negotiation skills. 
• Demonstrable leadership abilities in changing, ambiguous and challenging situations.
• Work Hours:  Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.
• Decision Making:  Ability to balance short-term tactical decisions with long-term strategic thinking.
• Supervisory Responsibility: 6-8 direct reports