Director, Software Engineering

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We're proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you .

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets and people.

• Pet First - Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
• Foster the Fun - Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
• Let's Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

About Petco:

We're proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years - from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood - the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we're here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible forlong-range technology strategy planning for our commerce platform and integrated systems
• Works with technical leaders to define and refine vision, architecture, and stack; leads efforts to make timely technical decisions
• Manages policy development to address complex business issues, provides leadership to cross-functional teams.
• Partners with Product Development team to influence what is built for business consumption
• Advocates for enterprise technology initiatives in the enterprise technology backlog structure
• Identifies interdependencies and emerging trends across interrelated technology efforts and programs to continuously improve products and services
• Partners with Program/Project and Tech SMEs to create realistic roadmaps and set expectations with customers; stays close to the product, guides the process to ensure accurate and timely delivery
• Leverages engineering, problem solving and influencing skills to ensure process and risk management solutions are also technically sound
• Coordinates outsourced engineering effort from teams with differing skill sets

Key distinction of job level:Leads large cross functional teams that work on the most complex business issuesKey distinction of job level:Minimal supervision with wide latitude for independent judgment.Provides solutions to issues utilizing judgment.Type of supervision given:Leads large, cross functional teamsMinimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related fields, or equivalent work experience.
• 12+ years of IT and business industry work experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
• Requires advanced technical and business knowledge in software development life cycle, quality assurance, project management and other related disciplines/processes.

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Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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