Senior Director, Technology - Retail Media, Marketing & Data Platforms (Remote)

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Position Purpose:

We're looking for a highly accomplished and strategic Senior Director of Technology to lead the development, growth and execution of our retail media, marketing, and data platform strategy. This is a critical leadership position responsible for a portfolio of technologies that drive customer engagement, personalization, transformation and monetization.

Reporting directly to the VP of Technology and Product for Marketing , this role requires a visionary and hands-on leader with deep expertise in the retail media landscape, marketing technology (MarTech), data platforms including Customer Data Platform (CDP) and its set of applications. You'll manage a team of senior leaders,  be responsible for empowering them to build high-performing teams, define technical roadmaps, and deliver scalable, secure, and innovative solutions that align with our business objectives.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and champion the long-term technical vision and strategy for our retail media, marketing, personalization, CDP, and data platforms.
• Collaborate with your technology peers, as well as product and business partners, to translate business needs into a clear and actionable technology roadmap.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and thought leader on emerging trends and technologies in the retail media and MarTech spaces.

Retail Media Technology:

• Oversee the end-to-end technology stack for our retail media network, including ad serving, inventory management, targeting, reporting, and campaign management systems.
• Drive the development of new features and capabilities to enhance our retail media offerings and generate new revenue streams.
• Ensure the platform is highly scalable, reliable, and compliant with privacy regulations.

Marketing & Personalization Technology:

• Lead the technology strategy for our core marketing and personalization platforms, including email, push notifications, and on-site personalization engines.
• Integrate and optimize our marketing technology stack to create seamless, personalized customer journeys across all touchpoints.
• Drive the adoption of machine learning and AI to improve personalization, targeting, and campaign effectiveness.

Data & CDP:

• Lead the development and management of our Customer Data Platform (CDP) and associated data infrastructure.
• Ensure the integrity, accessibility, and governance of customer data across the organization.
• Build robust data pipelines and analytics capabilities to enable data-driven decision-making and business intelligence.

Team Leadership & Management:

• Lead, mentor, and coach your direct reports.
• Empower your leadership team to foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and accountability within their respective teams.
• Guide teams to drive technical excellence, solve the most challenging problems, and champion best practices across the organization.
• Oversee project execution, manage budgets, and ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of all initiatives.
• Implement and enforce best practices in software development, including agile methodologies, code reviews, and automated testing.

Key Responsibilities:

50% Strategy & Planning:

• Partners with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan requirements necessary to meet short and long-term, multi-year business needs
• Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
• Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships with functional and technical peers and leaders
• Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically
• Evaluates research and market analysis, including meeting with third party vendors, on industry innovations and technology platforms to understand demand; translates findings to inform the strategy
• Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives
• Drives growth for the business by applying technical and domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action
• Contributes to the customer-centric, data-driven vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap for the experience
• Suggests proactive changes and course corrections to drive alignment of vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap with organizational co