Director of Ecommerce Technology
Director of Ecommerce Technology
Wondercide
Position Description:
Wondercide is looking for a player-coach to lead technology, providing strategic and operational direction in support of its ecommerce, accounting, business intelligence and marketing platforms, including some hands-on development. This position reports to the CEO and is ideal for the type of leader who loves strengthening platforms, problem solving and developing a team. This role provides the opportunity to be instrumental in the major scaling of this fast-paced company.
Specific responsibilities include:
Develop technical aspects of the company’s business strategy to ensure alignment with goals. Communicate technology strategy to executive leadership.
Lead eCommerce tech initiatives cross-functionally to achieve business results and ensure security and systems integrity with quality and timeliness.
Ensure product roadmap alignment across the business, from front end e-commerce management to back end product, fulfillment and reporting operations.
Take on some coding work as part of team sprints to develop needed technology
Provide reporting and transparency to CEO and stakeholders regarding execution, progress, outcome predictions, hurdles, and resource needs.
Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality, stability, manageability, and efficiency.
Discover and implement new technologies and/or methodologies that yield competitive advantage.
Monitor KPI’s and IT budgets to assess technological performance.
Own defining expected outcomes, project requirements and resource needs with stakeholders.
Balance competing priorities and multiple projects in a timely manner to effectively manage expectations
Collaborate with project and product managers to fully understand goals and impacts, as well as establish and promote Agile principles and best practices.
Utilize Agile framework to address development backlog and new initiatives in sprints with team, in alignment with roadmap and to support AOP
Ensure business processes and documentation for projects are aligned with business requirements
Utilize management software for capturing of request and bugs, tracking status and documenting actions taken
Proactively identify and troubleshoot issues and independently conduct root cause analysis
Provide support for talent acquisition, mentoring, development and retention
Effectively manage 3rd-party service providers and consultants
Work a flexible schedule including evening and weekend hours, if necessary, to address critical bugs and/or meet important goals and objectives
Oversee company IT resources
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
8+ years eCommerce experience
3+ years experience with Magento development and administration, including 3rd-party APIs and modules
Forwarding-thinking and knowledgeable on key eCommerce drivers
Extensive experience with team management and agile methodology
Expertise with concepts related to business system development, including project management, change control, Incident Management, and IT General Controls Audit
Results-driven strategic-thinker and problem-solver
Self-motivated and highly collaborative
Exceptional leadership and organizational skills
Competent knowledge of e-commerce data organization and relationships
Competent in JavaScript and using libraries such as jQuery
Proficiency with PHP5 and MySQL from an OOP perspective
Proficiency with database schema design
Proficiency with LAMP Server administration
Working knowledge of GIT
Competent in web services integrations (REST/SOAP)
Compensation:
Competitive salary
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Bring your dog to work!
Collaborative, entrepreneurial, fast-paced and fun working environment
Paid time off, volunteer time off, and paid holidays
Company Description:
Wondercide is a fast-growing, Austin company producing safe and effective natural products for pets and their people. Wondercide values its employees and company culture and is a small business (under 50 employees) with plenty of room for growth and advancement.