Head of Engineering-Retail

Location: Texas & Illinois

Duration: Full-time

Responsibilities

Strategic & Domain Leadership

• Define and implement technology strategy for Retail practice.

• Anticipate trends (AI, IoT, digital twins, metaverse retail, ESG) and build roadmaps.

• Collaborate with business leaders on omnichannel commerce, supply chain, merchandising, and CX.

Engineering & Delivery

• Lead architecture-to-deployment for retail platforms.

• Adopt cloud-native, microservices, DevSecOps, API/data-first practices.

• Build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and architectures.

Innovation & Emerging Tech

• Drive experiments in GenAI, personalization, computer vision, AR/VR, IoT, autonomous supply chains.

• Partner with hyperscalers, ISVs, startups, academia for innovation at scale.

Team Leadership

• Build and mentor high-performing cloud, data, and platform engineering teams.

• Promote agility, experimentation, and customer-first culture.

Client Impact

• Engage with CxOs to drive transformation programs.

• Lead pre-sales, solutioning, and GTM initiatives with strong technical authority.

Qualifications

• Experience: 15 20+ years in engineering/technology leadership.

• Domain: 5+ years in retail (retailers, e-commerce, CPG-retail).

• Track Record: Large-scale retail transformations (commerce, supply chain, personalization, loyalty).

• Knowledge: Retail data models/domains, Salesforce Commerce, SAP, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Shopify, AI/data platforms.

• Skills: Strong architecture, consulting, data privacy, omnichannel integration, C-level stakeholder influence.

Must Haves:

• Hands-on architecture capability

• Consulting experience