VP - Data Engineering

November 9

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Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

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Specialty Retail • Apparel • Fashion • Retail • Lifestyle Brand

10,000+

Description

• Lead execution of data projects to support A&F’s goals and strategic initiatives. • Build organizational technical capabilities to enable the ingestion, integration, modeling, and transformation of internal and external datasets at scale. • Modernize Data Engineering infrastructure so that A&F can scale effectively with the rapid growth of the business globally and across franchise/third party partnerships. • Drive the technical data strategy for the company in close alignment and partnership with the SVP of Data Analytics. • Collaborate closely with cross functional leaders within the core business, Digital & Technology, Architecture, Data and Decision Science, Security & Compliance, and operations to ensure that they can use the data as a strategic competitive advantage. • Ensure the Data Engineering organization has the resources, capacity and skills to meet the company’s ambitious goals and meet the overarching business priorities. • Act as a trusted advisor to the CTO leadership team in developing strategy. • Manage costs associated with running Data infrastructure and operations. • Ensure that the core data assets are secure and meet all regulatory requirements. • Strengthen external partnerships as a source of talent and technical capabilities, including related to big data platform solutions. • Build advocacy in the organization around the importance of data, data engineering best practices and data forward/thoughtful technology implementations. • Drive performance management by communicating job expectations, monitoring performance, providing feedback and facilitating employee development. • Maintain transparent communication by appropriately communicating organization information to team through department meetings and regular interpersonal communications. • Lead and motivate teams to create a workplace culture consistent with the A&F leadership standards.

Requirements

• Strong experience with data technologies such as Azure, PowerBI, Snowflake, Tableau, and Databricks, among others. • Knowledge of and hands-on ability with modern data technologies. • Ability to make technology and architecture decisions and to guide the organization on best-in-class approaches. • Track record of transforming and modernizing cloud-based technology in a data intensive space. • Demonstrated strength in leading data strategy broadly, which includes experience with data governance, quality and security. • 15+ years’ experience in a pivotal data leadership role which involved leading a comprehensive data strategy; experience building and managing large (80+) data engineering organizations. • Deep experience perfecting the right processes and workflows needed to scale data and engineering organizations, while expanding into new markets and products. • Track record of recruiting and developing outstanding talent in a distributed global environment; strong management expertise and proven experience developing senior talent. • An ability to develop productive relationships access the entire organization in order drive tangible business value, with a keen focus on high impact analytics. • Demonstrated experience in building infrastructure, platforms and data science tools/products to solve complex business problems. This includes enabling machine learning, quantitative methods, predictive modelling and other analytics technology frameworks and techniques. • Experience in data heavy environments required; experience in consumer or retail technologies strongly preferred. • Experience delivering value in a multi-company or agile environment is a plus as well as leading urgent/on call support teams.

Benefits

• Incentive bonus program • 401(K) savings plan with company match • Annual companywide review process • Flexible spending accounts • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Life and disability insurance • Associate assistance program • Paid parental and adoption leave • Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot • Access to mental health and wellness app, Headspace • Paid Caregiver Leave • Mobile Stipend • Paid time off & one paid volunteer day per year, allowing you to give back to your community • Work from anywhere (Mondays and Fridays are “work from anywhere” days for most roles & six work from anywhere weeks per year) • Seven associate wellness half days per year • Onsite fitness center • Merchandise discount on all of our brands • Opportunities for career advancement, we believe in promoting from within • Access to multiple Associate Resource Groups • Global team of people who will celebrate you for being YOU!