Position Purpose:This Sr. Principal Engineer would focus on the system architecture of our data sources and pipelines that power our marketing stack, as well as retail media. We aim to transform our stack to leverage data services to enable data discoverability, data quality and speed to insights are key. You'll have a chance to influence work on ETL pipelines, data engineering, analytics, BI, ML models that power our various marketing efforts, among others, while collaborating with other leaders in marketing, retail media and data engineering areas. Due to the cross-organization nature of this initiative, a strong collaborative mindset is ideal, as well as the ability to balance stakeholders and influence them.Key Responsibilities:
50% Delivery and Execution - Leads portfolio level Principal meetings to maintain alignment, consistency and knowledge sharing; Creates and architects foundational code elements that can be reused across a portfolio; Develops POCs with new technologies and paves the way for portfolio adoption; Tracks and monitors efficient usage of cloud resources and drives cost reduction opportunities and enhancements
10% People - Acts as a point of escalation for teams facing extremely complex challenges; Presents at and attends conferences and learns how to apply new technologies and concepts; Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports; Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback; Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent
15% Strategy and Planning - Works with a Distinguished Engineer to define technology solutions (open source or vendor) teams should be exploring and/or leveraging; Works across local teams to unify strategy and alignment; Identifies and removes potential roadblocks & bottlenecks across large cross-functional projects and initiatives; Participates in and influences development of technology roadmaps within a given portfolio; Drives thought leadership and innovation within a given portfolio
25% Support and Enablement - Point of escalation for high-priority issues and outages as they arise; Fields questions from project, product, and support teams; Helps solve technology disputes across local teams; Works with vendors to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products; Evangelizes successful usage of tooling and technology with local teams
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
This position reports to various individuals
This position has 4-6 direct reports
Travel Requirements:
Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
7-9 years of relevant work experience
Expertise in system architecture for marketing technology
Expertise in at least two technologies used by THD IT
Experience with common business processes used in the retail industry
Experience in Agile/Lean development environments
One of the fields of expertise should include a programming language
Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly
Mastery in assigned domains
Active participation in or leadership of professional groups affiliated with specific domains
5 years previous leadership experience
Minimum Education:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
7
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
None
Certifications:
None
Competencies:
Courage
Drives Vision and Purpose
Global Perspective
Nimble Learning
Self-Development
Attracts Top Talent
Builds Effective Teams
Collaborates
Cultivates Innovation
Drives Engagement
Manages Complexity
Situational Adaptability
Communicates Effectively
Develops Talent
Drives Results
The application window is anticipated to be closed on September 19th , 2024See more benefits: livetheorangelife.comWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.Apply End Date: 09/19/2024
$170,000.00 - $240,000.00
