Nordstrom - Seattle, WA
posted 5 months ago
Senior Managers within Technology at Nordstrom help create an inspiring workplace where talented people are empowered to drive exceptional customer experiences and business results. Through broad industry and practice knowledge and hands-on technical management experience, the Manager guides a team of professionals to execute the strategy and tactics that deliver desired results. The Senior Engineering Manager role is in the Inventory Value organization, responsible for maintaining the physical and financial inventory aligned. The Senior Manager of Inventory Value is responsible for creating the technical strategy that will evolve the tech stack that supports the Retail Management Systems (RMS), by working with stakeholders including Fin Tech, Supply Chain, and others. You will get the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the business and the technical strategy, with the possibility of fundamentally changing Nordstrom's core business. A day in the life includes managing multiple related teams, leading the definition of KPIs, roadmaps, and priorities for your unit, and helping drive changes across other teams to align technical strategy. You will manage dependencies and establish shared prioritization of deliverables that span multiple teams. Additionally, you will assist in enhancing the organizational vision and strategy to support company goals and receive guidance from more senior leaders. Ensuring the team has the tools, resources, and information they need to be successful is crucial, as is hiring capable and motivated talent/teams that can deliver swiftly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver solutions aligned with business needs. You will also contribute to architecture, coding, test plans, project plans, deployment planning, and operations to drive excellence and steer the team towards its goals. Employing continuous improvement methodologies across your group is essential, focusing on quantifying impacts, customer-first approaches, waste elimination, increased productivity, iterating quickly, and shortening the feedback loop. You will create relevant KPIs to measure success and drive the team towards achieving its objectives.