Director of Engineering, Strategic Initiatives & Technology Enablement
PetcoAbout the role
Want to help pets live their best lives?
We’re proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.
Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets and people.
- Pet First – Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
- Foster the Fun – Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
- Let’s Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.
We’re proud to be 'where the pets go' to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years — from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood — the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we’re here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.
Director, Technology Enablement & Product Innovation
Role Overview
Petco is seeking a strategic technology and product leader to drive high-impact initiatives across engineering, product, and business teams. This role will lead cross-functional programs focused on identifying new opportunities, accelerating innovation, modernizing technology capabilities, and delivering scalable solutions that create measurable business value across the enterprise.
The ideal candidate brings a strong background in software engineering, product management, and technology leadership within retail, digital commerce, or consumer technology environments. This role requires someone who can operate at both strategic and execution levels—partnering with stakeholders to define priorities, shape product and technology roadmaps, and drive successful delivery of transformative initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic technology and product initiatives across engineering, product, and business teams
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology, data, and AI to solve business challenges and create competitive advantage
- Partner with business and product leaders to define roadmaps, priorities, and long-term technology strategies
- Drive execution, prioritization, and delivery of enterprise programs and innovation initiatives
- Collaborate with engineering leaders to improve systems, processes, platform capabilities, and delivery effectiveness
- Evaluate emerging technologies and develop recommendations for adoption and investment
- Help identify and implement practical AI solutions across customer-facing products, enterprise platforms, and internal workflows
- Support modernization efforts through cloud-native architectures, APIs, automation, and scalable platform capabilities
- Promote engineering best practices, product thinking, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
- Establish frameworks, standards, and governance processes that improve execution and cross-functional alignment
- Communicate technology strategy, business value, and program outcomes to executive leadership and key stakeholders
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, product management, technology strategy
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