Senior Director, Technology - Retail Media, Marketing & Data Platforms (Remote)
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Base pay range $240,000.00/yr - $350,000.00/yr
Req156303
Position Purpose
We're looking for a highly accomplished and strategic Senior Director of Technology to lead the development, growth and execution of our retail media, marketing, and data platform strategy. This is a critical leadership position responsible for a portfolio of technologies that drive customer engagement, personalization, transformation and monetization. Reporting directly to the VP of Technology and Product for Marketing, this role requires a visionary and hands-on leader with deep expertise in the retail media landscape, marketing technology (MarTech), data platforms including Customer Data Platform (CDP) and its set of applications. You\'ll manage a team of senior leaders, be responsible for empowering them to build high-performing teams, define technical roadmaps, and deliver scalable, secure, and innovative solutions that align with our business objectives.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership:
Develop and champion the long-term technical vision and strategy for our retail media, marketing, personalization, CDP, and data platforms.
Collaborate with your technology peers, as well as product and business partners, to translate business needs into a clear and actionable technology roadmap.
Serve as a subject matter expert and thought leader on emerging trends and technologies in the retail media and MarTech spaces.
Retail Media Technology
Oversee the end-to-end technology stack for our retail media network, including ad serving, inventory management, targeting, reporting, and campaign management systems.
Drive the development of new features and capabilities to enhance our retail media offerings and generate new revenue streams.
Ensure the platform is highly scalable, reliable, and compliant with privacy regulations.
Marketing & Personalization Technology
Lead the technology strategy for our core marketing and personalization platforms, including email, push notifications, and on-site personalization engines.
Integrate and optimize our marketing technology stack to create seamless, personalized customer journeys across all touchpoints.
Drive the adoption of machine learning and AI to improve personalization, targeting, and campaign effectiveness.
Data & CDP
Lead the development and management of our Customer Data Platform (CDP) and associated data infrastructure.
Ensure the integrity, accessibility, and governance of customer data across the organization.
Build robust data pipelines and analytics capabilities to enable data-driven decision-making and business intelligence.
Team Leadership & Management
Lead, mentor, and coach your direct reports.
Empower your leadership team to foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and accountability within their respective teams.
Guide teams to drive technical excellence, solve the most challenging problems, and champion best practices across the organization.
Oversee project execution, manage budgets, and ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of all initiatives.
Implement and enforce best practices in software development, including agile methodologies, code reviews, and automated testing.
Key Responsibilities
50% Strategy & Planning: Partner with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan requirements necessary to meet short and long-term, multi-year business needs
Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships with functional and technical peers and leaders
Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically
Evaluates research and market analysis, including meeting with third party vendors, on industry innovations and technology platforms to understand demand; translates findings to inform the strategy
Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives
Drives growth for the business by applying technical and domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action
Contributes to the customer-centric, data-driven vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap for the experience
Suggets proactive changes and course corrections to drive alignment of vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap with organizational core values and industry trends by assessing effectiveness and course correcting as needed
Delivery & Execution
Defines and communicates value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
Develops, plans, and implements sustainable, repeatable, and reliable processes; oversees process improvement
Drives operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics, simultaneously prioritizing external customer needs
Responsible for driving the annual budgeting and planning process to prioritize projects and allocate the SFA assigned budget targets to develop an Annual IT Budget. Translate the Annual IT Budget into a staffing plan, including flexible resource allocation models
Understands and articulates the value creation and business proposition to teams and functional partners
Enables the Product Team to provide consistent, empathetic assistance in support of our products and services whenever the customer needs us
Defines, implements, and executes on a strategic initiative prioritization process
People
Provides leadership, mentoring and coaching to direct reports
Manages and coordinates strategic direction for staff
Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent
Drives the development of leaders by conducting annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback
Supports talent management efforts by monitoring the succession planning and selection process, as well as challenging and empowering leaders on individual development plans
Direct Manager/Direct Reports
Typically reports to a Vice President.
Travel Requirements
Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.
Physical Requirements
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with at least 5 years in a director-level or similar position. Proven experience leading and managing other senior leaders. Exceptional stakeholder management skills with a track record of successfully collaborating with product, business, and technology leaders. Deep technical expertise and hands-on experience with: Retail Media, Marketing Technology, Data Platforms, Cloud Computing. Strong understanding of modern software development practices, APIs and CI/CD. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Demonstrated ability to drive business outcomes through technology innovation. Experience in retail/e-commerce a plus. Experience with ML/AI in marketing and personalization. Familiarity with GDPR/CCPA. Track record of managing technology budgets.
Minimum Education
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor\'s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Benefits
Benefits offered include health care benefits, 401K, ESPP, paid time off, and success sharing bonus. For a full list, visit https://careers.homedepot.com/our-benefits.
Apply End Date
11/05/2025
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- Location:
- Atlanta, GA, United States
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Marketing & Media