Director, Frontend, Content and Mobile App Engineering

VF Corporation•Greensboro, NC

About The Position

VF Corporation, founded in 1899 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is a global leader in apparel, footwear, and accessories, with iconic brands like The North Face, Vans, and Timberland. The company is undergoing a significant transformation focused on brand elevation, accelerated digital capability, and cost optimization. This role is central to that transformation, leading the engineering teams responsible for all consumer-facing digital touchpoints where consumers discover, experience, and purchase VF’s brands. The Director of Frontend, Content & Mobile Engineering is a senior technology leader tasked with the strategy, architecture, and delivery of all consumer-facing digital experiences across VF’s multi-brand portfolio. This includes owning the frontend engineering stack for brand ecommerce platforms, native and hybrid mobile applications, headless content management systems, and emerging answer-engine and social commerce surfaces. The role involves leading a high-performing, cross-functional engineering organization to build content-rich, brand-differentiated digital experiences at scale across VF’s three operating regions. A key aspect is championing an AI-first engineering culture, embedding generative AI, machine learning, and intelligent automation into how VF builds, tests, personalizes, and optimizes its digital storefronts and content pipelines. This is a transformational leadership role for someone passionate about the convergence of commerce, content, and technology, viewing AI as a foundational capability to reshape consumer discovery and purchasing globally.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director or above) managing large, globally distributed teams.
Track record of driving engineering culture change, particularly around AI adoption and developer experience improvements.
Hands-on experience with LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, and AI agent frameworks in production systems.
Deep technical expertise in modern frontend technologies: Vue, React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, headless CMS platforms (Coremedia, Contentful, or equivalent).
Proven experience building and scaling native mobile applications (iOS/Android) using React Native.
Strong track record of delivering high-performance, content-rich ecommerce experiences at scale within multi-brand, multi-region, or marketplace environments.
Demonstrated experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into consumer-facing products, including personalization, recommendation systems, conversational AI, or generative content workflows.
Expertise in composable/MACH architecture patterns, API-first development, micro-frontend strategies, and headless commerce platforms (Shopify Hydrogen, Salesforce Commerce Cloud).
Experience with structured content strategy, SEO technical optimization, and emerging answer engine / AI search platform requirements.
Strong understanding of web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and cross-browser/cross-device testing methodologies.
Excellent communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence C-suite and brand president-level stakeholders and translate technology strategy into business outcomes.
Familiarity with social commerce platforms (TikTok Shop, Instagram Checkout, Pinterest Shopping) and their technical integration requirements.
Experience with design systems at scale (e.g., Storybook, Figma-to-code pipelines, token-based theming across multiple brands).
Understanding of global ecommerce logistics, localization, and compliance requirements across VF’s key markets.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a multi-brand frontend engineering vision that delivers differentiated, high-performance digital experiences for all VF brands across web, mobile, social commerce, and AI-powered answer engines.
Architect and evolve a composable, headless commerce frontend leveraging modern frameworks (Vue/React/Next.js, React Native) and MACH architecture principles.
Drive the adoption of structured content, semantic markup, and product knowledge graphs that make VF’s brand and product content discoverable, rank-able, and consumable by both traditional search engines and AI answer engines.
Pioneer rich, interactive product storytelling experiences, including virtual try-ons for footwear, shoppable adventure content, and AI-generated editorial.
Embed AI and Gen AI capabilities across the frontend and content engineering lifecycle, including AI-assisted development, automated testing, and intelligent content generation.
Partner with VF’s Data teams to integrate real-time personalization, recommendation engines, visual search, and conversational commerce into all consumer-facing surfaces.
Lead the development of AI-native content pipelines that automate product description generation, image optimization, alt-text creation, social copy, and multi-language localization at scale.
Evaluate, pilot, and scale emerging AI technologies (LLMs, multi-modal models, agentic AI workflows) to create competitive advantage in the consumer experience.
Build and maintain a frontend platform and multi-brand component design system that enables teams to launch, iterate, and customize experiences rapidly.
Establish a content-as-a-platform strategy with centralized CMS, reusable modules, and brand-specific templating that supports rapid content creation across various channels.
Ensure digital experiences are localized, performant, and culturally resonant across VF’s regions and drive operational efficiency through shared services, reusable libraries, and platform automation.
Lead, mentor, and grow a globally distributed team of 50+ engineers across frontend web, mobile, and content engineering disciplines.
Recruit and retain top-tier engineering talent with deep expertise in modern frontend architectures, mobile development, and headless CMS platforms.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence through quality standards, architecture reviews, technical mentorship, career development, and continuous learning programs.
Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion within the engineering organization, building teams that mirror the global diversity of VF’s consumers.
Own the frontend and content technology roadmap, aligning platform investments with VF’s brand strategies and emerging technology trends.
Drive architectural decisions around performance optimization, accessibility, internationalization, and security compliance.
Lead the evolution of legacy frontends to modern, composable architectures with clear separation of concerns, robust API contracts, and CI/CD automation.
Establish and enforce engineering standards for structured data, schema.org markup, Open Graph, and content APIs that maximize discoverability on search, social, and answer engine platforms.
Partner closely with Product Management, UX Design, Brand Marketing, Merchandising, and Data teams to align technology delivery with consumer experience and commercial objectives.
Collaborate with VF’s commerce engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration, reliability, and scalability of the full commerce stack.
Work with Digital Marketing and SEO/AEO teams to optimize content delivery, page speed, and structured data for organic and paid performance.
Drive agile engineering practices at scale, including sprint planning, release management, feature flagging, A/B testing, and progressive rollout strategies.
Establish SLAs, observability, and performance monitoring for all frontend and mobile surfaces, owning incident response and rapid resolution for consumer-facing platform issues.
Manage engineering budgets, vendor relationships (CDN, CMS, Mobile), and build-vs-buy decisions for the frontend technology ecosystem.