Director of Quality and Risk Management Full Time

Director, Engineering - MP&A and Finance page is loaded Sr. Director, Engineering - MP&A and Finance
Apply locations Philadelphia, PA 19106 time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id JR37052 At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: Partner with Engineering leaders in providing technology vision and direction for {Stores and Supply Chain} applications that support our customers
Drive the delivery and operations of mission-critical {store} capabilities and {Supply Chain} that that drive our $10B+ retail business
Takes full ownership of complex projects, ensuring definition, documentation, and the use of appropriate project management tools and processes.
Oversees project resources, financials, and effectively manages the expectations of key stakeholders.
Manage department budgets, invoices and allocations, inclusive of alignment to appropriate business initiative/capability
Leads the creation of stakeholder management strategies, building and overseeing long-term relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
Establishes organizational policies and standards for effective vendor management, fostering positive relationships and ensuring mutual benefits across the supply chain.
Oversees benchmarking resources, evaluates vendor performance, and assures the quality of services delivered by vendors.
Contributes to solution architectures across specific domains, evaluating alternatives based on cost, performance, and scalability, while documenting key decisions.
Crafts specifications for both cloud and on-premises components and ensures that solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, including security, while supporting project and change initiatives with technical plans.
Shapes organizational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools, steering their introduction to align with business needs.
Champions the enhancement of organizational capabilities for consistent adoption of methods and tools, ensuring steadfast adherence to established policies and standards.
Ensures team follows the corporate information security policies, standards, and guidelines, ensuring architectural principles are applied during design to reduce risk and driving their adoption and adherence.
Lead software construction activities, strategically planning and driving execution.
Select and adapt the most suitable software development methods, tools, and techniques, ensuring alignment with project goals.
code reviews, pipeline automation, code sharing) and operational key performance indicators (defects per user story, velocity, estimates to actuals) to ensure timely delivery of high-quality technology deliverables
Participate in Agile rituals –daily standups, iteration planning, story huddles, retrospectives, creation of burn up chart’s inceptions, document technical work in technical stories using JIRA board, and estimate (using agile points/story sizing techniques) the work effort required to complete those stories.
Leads the specification and design of intricate software applications, utilizing and tailoring advanced design methods, and conducts thorough impact analyses to guide informed decisions.
Ensures designs meet organizational standards, balancing functional, quality, and security needs, while actively shaping organizational software design policies and architecture standards.
Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to on shore and offshore team members
Leads the development and enhancement of organizational systems integration capabilities, driving automation and continuous integration, ensuring adherence to standards, and contributing to organizational policies and guidelines while providing expert guidance on all facets of systems integration.
Plans and drives development projects which support the organization’s objectives and plans
Reviews and refines system designs, leveraging and adapting the best methods and tools, while shaping organizational policies and standards for system design and architecture component selection.
Leads the design and refinement of complex software configurations for deployment, collaborates on method and tool selection, ensures adherence to standards for quality outcomes, and actively engages in both self-review and peer-review processes.
Collaborate closely with the operations team to conduct root cause analysis on intricate challenges, ensuring a thorough understanding and resolution.
Defines the release policy for the organization and implements processes, tools, and resources to ensure planned and compliant transitions of services, components, and packages.
Enforces the inclusion of test, validation, and configuration management in all release and deployment activities and provides authorization for critical release activities with a point of escalation.
Facilitates the development of problem solutions, coordinates the implementation of agreed-upon remedies and preventive measures, and conducts analysis of patterns and trends to enhance problem management processes.
Leads the change management process from assessment to implementation, ensuring that changes are made in a controlled and effective manner.
Develops and implements change management plans for complex requests, mitigating risks and ensuring approval.
Execute Five Below’s talent management practices including performance management and associate development to promote overall associate performance, learning and growth opportunities
Manages team capacity and participates in formal organizational processes to recruit, reward, and promote talent.
Plans and manages the acquisition and deployment of resources to meet organizational needs, ensuring efficient and compliant execution.
Leads the development and implementation of resourcing processes and tools, advising on options and measuring effectiveness.
7+ years’ experience in Information Technology with experience related to application development, IT operations management, cloud infrastructure management, project/program management, or technology consulting
~7+ years experience in implementing store and supply chain technology solutions (POS, Store Inventory, WMS, Labor Management, OMS, BOPIS, SFS), providing a secure, cohesive, consistent personalized customer experience across all physical & digital customer touchpoints
~ Experience in building highly productive engineering teams responsible for delivery, uptime, stability and operations of all applications and systems in a high-growth, omni-channel retailer
~ Expertise in formulating and implementing operating processes, procedures and routines, such as incident management, automated monitoring and alerting, capacity planning, build versus buy decision making
~ Expertise in open-source software development languages & frameworks such as Java, Spring, NO-SQL DB’s, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Cloud computing
~ Experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance management, specifically around implementing automated controls, security monitoring, enabling audit trails, securing data and complying to company’s SOX and audit policies
~ Expertise in building and deploying secure applications in a multi-cloud footprint (AWS, Azure, GCP or Oracle cloud)
~ Expertise driving efficiencies across the application footprint through automation leveraging CI/CD and DevSecOps (shift-left) methodologies
~ Highest level of personal integrity, and the ability to professionally handle confidential matters and exude the appropriate level of judgment and maturity

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