Manager, Corporate Systems Delivery

The Finish Line USA • Indianapolis, IN

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About The Position

The JD Sports North America Corporate Systems team builds and delivers foundational merchandising, supply chain, finance, and corporate capabilities that support digital retail operations, connected customer experiences, and internal corporate operations. The team encourages innovation and a bias toward action, with an experienced, solution-oriented approach.

The Manager, Corporate Delivery - CFS manages and develops engineering teams responsible for workstreams supporting finance and other corporate functions. Combining people-management responsibilities with technical expertise, the role partners with product management, business, and engineering teams to plan, build, and release products and features used through the company website and agent-assisted service applications. The leader is expected to model JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience managing software development teams.
• In-depth understanding of Agile values, principles, and the Scrum framework.
• Understanding of iterative and incremental development fundamentals.
• Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to tailor written and verbal communications to different audiences, from project teams to executive-level stakeholders.
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and necessary development tools.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including sitting for more than six hours per shift and lifting or moving up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with company policies.

Nice To Haves

• Prior technical or engineering experience.
• Workday Finance and HCM integration experience.
• Experience with the Atlassian suite and Jira software.
• Experience in a retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage appropriate staffing, staff development, training, and performance management for internal employees and contracted development resources.
• Lead, build, and mentor teams.
• Help teams achieve high performance by implementing Agile, continuous delivery, and test-driven development best practices.
• Work with Product Managers and Scrum Masters to support high-quality team performance and collaboration, and identify and address opportunities for improvement.
• Provide solution-driven guidance and support on engineering approaches and best practices.
• Collaborate with functional analysts, business partners, business analysts, product managers, and developers to organize, plan, and build technical solutions.
• Enforce standards for code reusability, code quality, and other software design and engineering best practices.
• Drive process improvement and best practices across teams.
• Perform additional projects and duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager