Director, IT

Ross Stores•Dublin, CA

23h•$137,400 - $259,050•Hybrid

About The Position

The position of Director (Enterprise Architecture) reports directly to the Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture team and will be based in Dublin, CA. Responsible for driving IT strategy, roadmap including evaluation, selection and solution architecture (application and technology) to address needs of the business portfolios (merchants, planners, supply chain, stores, marketing, etc.). This position will be responsible for managing and providing leadership to a team of enterprise architects. Bring deep knowledge of Retail functionalities including digital, marketing, merchandising, planning, store operations and supply chain operations. Highly visible role with a broad engagement within Ross IT and business teams as well as externally with technology providers. In this role, he/ she will be responsible for managing and leading to a team of architects, external experts and consultants. The base salary range for this role is $137,400 – $259,050. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture in Retail industry and 15+ years combined in delivering IT Technologies, Solution architecture, or systems
Demonstrated Retail Enterprise Architecture experience.
Technically competent; able to supervise enterprise architects, solution architects, consultants and external vendor resources
Experience in a variety of application and business architecture areas in Retail domain (Merchandising, Planning, Forecasting, Supply chain,, Stores, Marketing, Digital, etc), SaaS/ Package solutions, Cloud platforms, Business capability modeling, Advanced Analytics, AI/ ML, Gen AI, etc.
A solid understanding of industry best practices in Retail and Ent. Arch – ARTS, NRF models, TOGAF, Archimate etc.
Demonstrated ability to anticipate and handle complex issues, drive negotiations of solutions and to resolve conflicts
Demonstrated 5+ years of experience in managing a team of enterprise architects, solution architects and consultants.
Demonstrated ability to execute basic financial analysis, such as ROI, and TCO
Undergraduate degree in information systems, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
Strong analytical ability, judgment and problem analysis techniques
Strong communication skills both written and verbal and able to effectively operate with VP and above executives.
Ability to work with teams that are geographically distributed and work across different time zones.
Technically competent; able to supervise and provide leadership to other senior architects

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

Responsible for defining and maintaining strategic technology roadmap and plans.
Participate in IT 5-year planning and annual budgeting process.
Provide architecture and technology consultancy for Application and Technology portfolio planning.
Manage the delivery of strategic business, application and technology architecture on projects to deliver desired business outcomes.
Supervise other architects in the development of the architecture (application and technology) roadmap that aligns with the strategic objectives of business units and the different technology groups.
With business or IT partner support, manage competing demands through negotiation and compromise to ensure that the holistic needs of the organization are met.
Brings knowledge of Retail industry best practices and applies that information in discussing solutions that may address those needs.
Provide enterprise architecture thought leadership to a cohesive team of solution/ data/ technical architects, external experts and consultants.
Performs business analysis activities at the strategic, operational, and organizational level; working with key partners in the continual improvement of processes within the company.
Takes the leadership role in exploring and analyzing new applications in the marketplace, technology and infrastructure services.
Ensure work produced by the team is aligned with other Enterprise, Application and Portfolio architects, providing holistic enterprise solutions.
Ensure completion of Architectural and project deliverables on time and under budget and that anticipated business outcomes are achieved
Provide architectural and technical input for definition, estimation and delivery of projects
Drive Enterprise Architecture process and evangelize the architecture community of practice.
Leads the development of architecture metrics and reporting to evaluate and communicate the achievement and impact of the Enterprise Architecture function; presents Enterprise Architecture content to internal and external audiences, including cross-functional executive leadership.