Build What's Next for Floor & Decor's Digital ExperienceFloor & Decor is investing in the next generation of customer and commercial technology - including loyalty evolution, mobile experience modernization, and expanded digital capabilities for professional customers. This leadership role sits at the center of that transformation, shaping the platforms, teams, and delivery strategy behind some of the company's most visible growth initiatives.
You'll lead large-scale technology delivery across modern commerce and enterprise systems while helping evolve how engineering teams operate - from cloud-first platforms to AI-enabled development practices. This is an opportunity to influence both the technology strategy and the operating culture of a fast-growing retail organization.
Your Day Consists Of- Leading multiple technology teams responsible for digital commerce, mobile, loyalty, enterprise integrations, and customer-facing platforms
- Championing practical AI adoption across engineering teams to improve productivity, speed, innovation, and developer experience
- Defining and executing multi-year technology roadmaps aligned to business growth, platform modernization, and customer experience priorities
- Partnering with executive and business leadership to prioritize initiatives, manage trade-offs, and align delivery against enterprise goals
- Scaling and developing high-performing leaders, engineers, architects, and delivery teams across internal and partner resources
- Driving modernization across cloud platforms, commerce systems, AI-enabled engineering practices, automation, and delivery operations
- Improving operational excellence through stronger delivery predictability, production stability, observability, and continuous improvement practices
You'll Be Successful With- Experience leading managers and multi-team technology organizations in complex enterprise environments
- A strong background in modern digital ecosystems including commerce platforms, mobile applications, enterprise integrations, and customer-facing technology
- Proven success delivering large-scale initiatives that require coordination across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams
- Experience modernizing engineering organizations through cloud adoption, automation, DevOps, AI-enabled tooling, or platform transformation initiatives
- The ability to balance long-term technology strategy with fast-paced operational execution and delivery accountability
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing executive leadership and cross-functional partners
- Experience in retail, commerce, loyalty, or other high-volume customer environments is strongly valued
Major Responsibilities Technology Strategy & Roadmap
- Own and drive a multi-year technology roadmap across a portfolio of enterprise applications, platforms, and integrations.
- Translate evolving business priorities into scalable system capabilities and phased delivery strategies.
- Partner with enterprise architecture to align solutions with integration patterns, data strategy, and platform direction.
- Evaluate and recommend build vs. buy decisions, vendor strategy, and platform investments.
- Anticipate future capability needs and proactively evolve the technology landscape ahead of business demand.
Portfolio & Delivery Leadership
- Lead multiple teams responsible for the design, development, integration, and support of enterprise systems.
- Oversee delivery across internal teams and third-party partners, ensuring predictability, quality, and scalability.
- Drive alignment and coordination across cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple systems and business areas.
- Establish and enforce standards across SDLC, QA, release management, and production support.
- Ensure effective prioritization and trade-off decisions across competing initiatives and constraints.
Organizational Leadership & Talent Strategy
- Build, scale, and evolve organizational structures to support current and future delivery needs.
- Lead and develop senior managers, managers, and technical leaders with clear accountability and performance expectations.
- Define workforce strategy, including onshore, offshore, and partner utilization mix.
- Drive recruiting, retention, and development strategies for critical technical roles.
- Establish a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Platform & Capability Expansion
- Lead the evolution from centralized delivery models to more modular, domain-aligned ownership structures.
- Support the creation and scaling of new capability areas aligned to business growth.
- Plan and execute phased hiring and team expansion aligned to roadmap milestones.
- Drive standardization of reusable services, shared platforms, and integration layers.
Operational Excellence & Stability
- Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability across all owned systems.
- Partner with SRE and support teams to improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response maturity.
- Drive structured reduction of technical debt and legacy system risk.
- Define and track KPIs related to system health, delivery performance, and operational efficiency.
- Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement following major incidents.
Financial & Vendor Management
- Own budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for the technology portfolio.
- Manage vendor relationships, contracts, statements of work, and performance expectations.
- Optimize cost structures across labor, tools, and platforms.
- Ensure effective utilization of external partners while maintaining internal ownership of critical capabilities.
Executive Communication & Stakeholder Partnership
- Serve as a primary technology partner to senior business leaders across functional domains.
- Provide clear, concise updates on roadmap progress, risks, and investment needs.
- Translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights for executive audiences.
- Influence prioritization and funding decisions across the organization.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (relevant experience can be substituted for the required education based on one calendar year of experience for one academic year of education).
- 12+ years of progressive IT experience, including significant experience leading multiple teams and layered leadership structures (managers of managers).
- Demonstrated success delivering large-scale, cross-functional technology initiatives in a complex enterprise environment.
- Proven ability to scale organizations from small teams to multi-team portfolios.
- Experience owning a multi-year technology roadmap across multiple platforms or business domains.
- Experience managing operating budgets, vendor contracts, and blended delivery models.
- Strong communication, leadership, prioritization, and organizational skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, multi-system environment.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to engage both executive and technical audiences.
Position Preferred Qualifications Leadership & Organizational Scale
- Track record of building and developing leadership talent, including hiring and growing managers.
- Experience leading organizations through periods of significant growth, transformation, or restructuring.
- Experience defining and operating against an organizational design that evolves with business need.
Enterprise Technology Expertise
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture patterns, including API-led integration and service-oriented architectures.
- Familiarity with event-driven and asynchronous processing models.
- Experience with data platforms, warehousing, and analytics ecosystems.
- Experience with hybrid cloud and distributed systems, including coexistence between cloud and on-prem platforms.
- Familiarity with enterprise data governance and data integration strategies.
- Exposure to security, identity, and access management practices in enterprise systems.
Delivery & Execution Excellence
- Strong understanding of modern development practices, including Agile and DevOps methodologies.
- Experience driving improvements in delivery predictability, quality, and speed.
- Experience with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Experience implementing or scaling cloud-based platforms and services.
Operational & Production Ownership
- Experience owning systems in production with accountability for uptime, performance, and support.
- Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident management practices.
- Proven ability to improve system stability and reduce operational risk over time.
Vendor & Financial Management
- Experience managing large vendor engagements and statements of work.
- Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
- Ability to evaluate ROI and make strategic investment decisions.
Strategic Thinking & Influence
- Ability to think beyond immediate delivery and shape long-term technology direction.
- Strong influencing skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with executive leadership and presenting to senior audiences.
- Experience in retail, supply chain, or other high-volume transaction environments preferred.
- Experience with large-scale enterprise transformations or platform modernizations preferred.
Essential Functions - Lead the design, delivery, and ongoing operation of enterprise systems within an assigned portfolio.
- Set technical and delivery direction across multiple teams and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
- Make and communicate prioritization, sequencing, and trade-off decisions across competing initiatives.
- Manage and develop people leaders, providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development.
- Own financial planning, vendor management, and resource allocation for the assigned portfolio.
- Represent the technology organization in executive forums, governance reviews, and cross-functional planning.
- Identify and drive continuous improvement across delivery, quality, stability, and team effectiveness.
Working Conditions (travel, hours, environment) - Work is performed primarily in a corporate or hybrid office environment.
- Occasional travel to stores, distribution centers, or partner locations as needed.
- Periodic extended hours may be required to support major initiatives, releases, or production events.
- The noise level in the work environment is typically quiet to moderate.
Physical/Sensory Requirements Sedentary Work - Ability to exert 10 - 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.
Benefits & RewardsBonus opportunities & career advancement opportunities at every level
Programs that help you reach your financial goals: 401k with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and Referral Bonus Program
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and other Insurance Plans (subject to eligibility criteria)
Work-life balance, including:
- Paid vacation and sick time for eligible associates
- Paid holidays plus a personal holiday
- Paid Volunteer Time Off that starts on Day 1
Equal Employment OpportunityFloor & Decor provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other category protected by law.
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