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Our values start with our people, join a team that values you\!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off\-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth\. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high\-quality brands and on\-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings\. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience\.

As part of our team, you will experience:

+ **Success\.** Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving

+ **Career growth\.** We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow

+ **Teamwork\.** We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution

+ **Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community\.** We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger\. We strive to be a positive force in our community\.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide\. With 2023 revenues of $20\.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams\.

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Sr\. Director, IT Data Technologies, will lead our data technology portfolio, inclusive of business intelligence and analytics platform management\. This role will be a hybrid work model located in our corporate office in Dublin, CA &, and will report to the GVP, IT Enterprise Data Technology\.

The ideal candidate will be a thought leader for the direction of Ross' data & analytics solution strategy & roadmap\. The candidate should have a proven track record in selecting & implementing modern cloud analytics capabilities with a focus on business value & efficiency\. They will bring a well\-rounded leadership perspective, capable of building, guiding, and inspiring a growing team of data platform engineering & analytics professionals\. They will have experience in migrating from on\-premises EDW appliances and platforms to cloud\-based lake\-house architectures & platforms\. They will have a strategic mind and operate as a leader who influences IT and business strategy\.

The resource will own all data & analytics platforms & tools, including Snowflake, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Alation, and other front\-end tools\. They will be responsible for the entire data estate, including the data lake, data warehouse, and data platforms\.

The right resource will lead the team in exploring new solutions, including data science & ML, solving complex technical issues, identifying efficiencies, and building proof of concepts as required\.

The base salary range for this role is $152,200 \- $286,450\. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location\. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees\. Other rewards vary by position and location\.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Sets the mission and vision of the Data Technologies organization to foster a customer\-centric culture and mindset driven by a future state data vision for the company and adding business value\.

• Be a trusted advisor, that builds and maintains relationships with other technical leaders and business executives to develop a keen understanding of business needs; ensures efficient delivery of IT services to meet those needs\.

• Build & manage a multi\-year roadmap to modernize data & analytics platforms and enable new, strategic business capabilities\.

• Help evolve the data technology organization to adopt Agile methods & DevOps

• Determine the future skills needed in the data technologies space and build a team to realize that future\. Resources will need to have the appropriate mix of strong technical knowledge, business knowledge and competencies that balance between growing agility and ensuring that core IT functions are reliable, stable and efficient\.

• Foster a culture of trusted partnership, service, and continuous improvement\.

• Build a deep bench of team leadership and technical talent to deliver results and support future growth and mentor the team to their full potential\.

COMPETENCIES:

People

• Building Effect Teams

• Developing Talent

• Collaboration

Self

• Leading by Example

• Communicates Effectively

• Ensures Accountability and Execution

• Manages Conflict

Business

• Business Acumen

• Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes

• Organizational Agility

With particular emphasis on the following specific position\-related competencies:

• Motivating Others

• Decision Quality

• Technical Acumen

• Building Relationships

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

• At least 15 years of relevant technical experience, including 10\+ years in a leadership role, 5\-10 years working in IT Data & Analytics progressive gaining leadership responsibilities, building diverse teams with collaborative and innovative cultures with deep familiarity in data engineering and analytics, delivering analytics solutions\.

• 2\+ years of implementation & production experience with cloud\-native data & analytics platforms \(Snowflake or equivalent\)\.

• Knowledge and expertise with selecting, implementing, modernizing & scaling all aspects of a data & analytics technology ecosystem: BI Analytics & Data Science/ML, Data Governance & self\-service catalog, Data Pipelines and Data Lake\-House & ETL\.

• Experience working with Enterprise Architecture to ensure that the Data Technologies portfolio strategy and vision is consistent with the overall strategy and vision for IT\.

• Knowledge of data modeling & curation for a variety of analytics use cases ranging from historical analysis to intra\-day operational, predictive, statistical analysis across the lifecycle \(ad\-hoc, prototyping, departmental, industrialized\)

• Track record for leading multi\-year, cross\-functional & transformational IT initiatives including moving platforms to the cloud, implementing analytics tooling\.

• Track record for leading, growing & maturing a team of data & analytics professionals\. Experience with org

• Success in using standard delivery methodologies, such as Waterfall and Agile\.

• Ability to adapt to a fast\-moving technology landscape and keep pace with the latest thinking and new technologies\.

• Demonstrable ability to formulate a high\-level strategy, then convert it into a tactical plan and execute on that plan\.

• "Hands\-on" operating style and approach but a view towards the future and willingness to invest in people development and in developing an organization that will support a large company\.

• Superb communication skills, the ability to foster a supportive and inclusive team culture\.

• Bachelor's degree, with a major in computer science, information systems management, mathematics, or a closely related field\.

• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization and capability to work independently with minimal guidance\. Strong organization and prioritization skills\.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively present technical topics to wide ranging groups \(engineering/architecture to sr\. executive\)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/ADA:

Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer\.

Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in\-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc\.

Consistent timeliness and regular attendance\.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically\.

This role requires regular in\-office presence, including to engage in in\-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback\. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in\-office and remote work\.

Travel to the NY Buying Office multiple times per year\.\#LI\-Hybrid

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Director of Data Platforms

Manager II of BI Tools

Manager II of Batch Systems Delivery

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position\. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all\-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities\. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion\.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer\. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience\. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce\. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex \(which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding\), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition \(including cancer or genetic characteristics\), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws\.al laws\.