Position Purpose

This is an engineering leadership role with responsibility for implementing the technology strategy and execution for our digital platforms (e-commerce) that align with our product strategy and meet our business goals.

She/He must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrate the focus on customer experience, and must have a proven record of accomplishment of modern software development and delivering strategic solutions.

Close collaboration and alignment with a wide variety of both internal stakeholders and external vendors will be required.  As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required.  High-level communication and presentation skills are required. The ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.

• Partnering with the cross-functional GPC team, implement the strategy and roadmap for modernizing digital e-commerce platforms

• Implement the technology platforms architecture and execute on a roadmap to support build out the new commerce-related capabilities needed for the unified commerce strategy

• Overall engineering accountability for the Product Domain from a Product Search/Lookup standpoint.

• Responsible for delivery and support of the Platform

• Responsible for simplifying the complexity of current Search platforms and reducing the technical debt and optimal total cost of ownership.

• Partner with peer leaders to accelerate and embed agile methodologies across the organization to increase customer-backed problem-solving, increase pace of solution delivery, accelerate innovation, and to enhance cross-functional collaboration

• Recruit, manage, and motivate a team of engineers to develop best-in-class solutions
  

• At least 8 years of experience in software engineering delivery (including 3+ years in a leadership role).

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent work experience.

• Consistent track record of leadership, teamwork, and delivering high-impact results.

• Extensive experience building enterprise-grade systems/applications supporting business priorities.

• Experience managing 15+ FTE teams of internal and extended delivery resources.

• Experience with e-commerce platforms.

• Technical Leadership experience with JavaScript (React) and Node.js languages.

• Experience in setting up and working with component-based frontend architecture.

• Experience with GraphQL and related technologies.

• Experience with public cloud offerings is a plus.

• Ability to effectively share technical information, and communicate technical issues and solutions to all levels of business.

• Able to juggle multiple projects - can identify primary and secondary objectives, prioritize time, and communicate timelines to team members.

• Exceptional communication skills, team building, and associate growth and development experience.
  

Krakow/Hybrid