Director, Engineering Leader (Hybrid)

Job Description

This role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite one day per week, with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of the week.

About the Role

As Director, Digital Software Engineering Leader, you will develop and maintain the customer experience across the Kohl’s ecosystem. You will oversee engineering teams, be an active participant in Kohl’s Technology Software Engineering Practice and work to advance great architecture and engineering across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the development of leading-edge engineering practices across Digital Marketing and eCommerce

• Drive the Software Engineering practice at the organization level and collaborate with partners to help drive technology decisions and choices to help improve efficiencies and reduce costs

• Provide thought leadership and work closely with the enterprise architecture team to create a bi-directional communication path to bring new ideas and technologies to the company

• Foster and drive consistent use of technologies and standards

• Ensure that developed software works and adheres to standards, compliance (data privacy, accessibility, etc.), quality and performance

• Lead the creation of engineering capabilities to reduce friction and increase output

• Ensure that technologies are optimally used and appropriate patterns are used for solving the problem

• Collaborate with Software Engineering and Enterprise Architecture, SRE, Security and Platform practices on technology roadmaps, understand industry best practices and ensure the team is contributing to standard platforms and technologies

• Ensure engineers collaborate for user, functionality, technical and system knowledge sharing and purposefully and actively develop engineering talent

• Set the direction for engineering teams that are compelling, intuitive and engaging while fostering a high-energy, iterative and collaborative environment and culture

• Guide the creation of actionable insights and understanding through the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data

• Engage, understand and participate in product practice as well as spend time with end customers to understand how our customers are using the products developed and learn

• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Proven experience in building, deploying and managing complex, highly scalable and secure solutions in the Digital Marketing space

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  Essential Functions

  The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

  • Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

  • Ability to comply with dress code requirements

  • Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation

  • Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company

  • Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

  • Ability to give direction and to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

  • Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

  • Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

  • Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

  • Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.

  • Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

  • Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner