We invite you to be part of our team of trailblazers dedicated to helping people discover and enjoy the outside. Come join us. Because on the inside we're all outsiders. And if it's outside, we're all in.
**Responsibilities**:
- Contributes to the development of strategic plans and roadmaps with assigned business areas. Projects may have a significant financial, customer, and/or systematic impact.- Contributes to the development of cost center budgets. Manages to budget & re-projects as needed.- Prepares, delivers and leads technical presentations that bring about effective decision-making.- Develop a solid understanding of the L.L.Bean business processes (financial, forecasting & budget; marketing; merchandising; operations) that are necessary to support issues of enterprise integration.- Directs technical analysis, evaluates estimates for reasonability and effectively manages and directs complex projects of software and hardware systems based on the IT Reference Architecture.
- Plans and sets goals at macro and micro levels:_- Provides input to policy-level direction regarding standards, budget constraints, etc.- Schedules and monitors multiple technical projects and/or requests- Ensures decisions are aligned with and support organization's business priorities.- Measures project costs & results
- Leads and provides overall direction to a technical and analytical team:_- Makes decisions on hiring, assignment, performance management, promotion, appraisals, etc.- Assesses resources and assigns team members to projects to achieve business objectives- Sets goals and objectives; measures and reports progress against them- Advances development, delivery and supports best practices; creates a work environment for teams to grow and thrive.- Effectively leads through change - strategy, implementation and assessment- May lead one or more supervisors or leaders
- Negotiates requirements for hardware and software; maintains vendor relationships:_- Stays updated on vendor releases- Schedules regular check ins, tracks vendor mergers and acquisitions- Involved in Product Roadmap discussion with the vendor.- Develops personal relationships with key parties from the vendor.- Manages vendor relationships for a set of vendors as defined by the Strategic Vendor Management model.- Establishes, negotiates and tracks adherence to Service Level Agreements for vendor and in-house systems.
Education Level: 4-year Bachelor's Degree
Years of Experience: 5+ years
English Level: C1
Skills & Qualifications:
- 5-7 years IT experience; 2 or more years managerial or supervisory experience leading a technical/analytical team or department- BA/BS or equivalent required; IT focus preferable-
- Broad understanding of enterprise architecture- Experience managing supervisors, developers, project managers/scrum masters, QA resources.- Has experience managing & re-projecting budgets and has proven results in cost containment efforts.- Ability to build collaborative relationships in order to support win-win outcomes- Demonstrates high discretion and accountability.- Sought out as trusted expert- Adept at conflict management- Advance project management skills; proven success in significant cross-functional projects- Strong technical & verbal writing skills applicable to technical teams and Senior Leadership
If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan. Because, when it comes to the outside—we're all in. Visit
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Being outside brings out the best in us, no matter where we come from or what we believe. At L.L.Bean, we value individual differences and encourage our co-workers to be themselves - because the uniqueness of each individual makes L.L.Bean better.