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Crate and Barrel · 1 day ago

Director, Engineering - Marketing Technology

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$175K/yr - $220K/yr

12+ years exp

Crate and Barrel is a company dedicated to inspiring purpose-filled living through quality home furnishings. They are seeking a visionary Director of Engineering - Marketing Technology to oversee multiple engineering teams, lead strategic planning, and drive the development and optimization of their MarTech stack to enhance customer engagement and business growth.

Retail

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and execute the long-term technical vision and roadmap for the marketing technology stack

Partner with marketing leadership to understand business needs and translate them into a clear, prioritized engineering roadmap

Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new MarTech solutions, balancing build vs. buy decisions to ensure a scalable and cost-effective ecosystem

Stay ahead of industry trends in marketing technology, data privacy, and personalization to ensure our platform remains competitive and compliant

Represent the engineering department in senior leadership forums and contribute to broader organizational strategy

Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of all marketing technology platforms and integrations, including CRM, CDP, marketing automation, personalization engines, and analytics tools

Ensure seamless and reliable data flow between systems to enable a unified customer view and power real-time personalization

Champion best practices for security, data governance, and scalability within the MarTech ecosystem

Serve as the senior technical authority for the team, removing roadblocks at a strategic level to ensure successful delivery of platform programs

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing marketing technology engineers

Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation

Manage resource allocation and long-range capacity planning and ensure fiscal responsibility within your organization

Act as a key liaison between the Marketing, Engineering, Product, and Data teams

Collaborate with executive leadership, product management, and other engineering heads to align MarTech objectives with business goals

Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and strategies to non-technical stakeholders, including senior executives

Influence and shape the internal developer platform strategy, ensuring its scalability and alignment with future engineering needs across the organization

Qualification

Platform engineeringMarketing technologyCloud-native architecturesAgile environmentsData governanceResource managementExecutive communicationStrategic planningVendor managementLeadership skillsTeam mentoring

Required

12+ years of platform engineering experience

5+ years in management

Exceptional leadership, strategic planning, and organizational development skills

Proven ability to lead and scale platform engineering functions across multiple teams or a domain

Deep understanding of modern platform engineering methodologies, cloud-native architectures, and infrastructure automation at scale

Excellent executive communication, negotiation, and influencing skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels, including executive leadership

Demonstrated experience of responsible resource allocation, strategic vendor management, and ensuring the financial health of platform initiatives

Proven expertise in delivery and resource management for a large platform function, coupled with a strong track record of driving innovation and leading complex technical projects from conception to successful delivery within agile environments

Ability to cultivate a strong, positive, and productive engineering culture that empowers the team to drive engineering excellence and effectively influence enterprise-level platform strategy

Strong understanding of financial implications in decision-making, ensuring responsible use of company resources

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Minimum of 12+ years of progressive experience in Marketing Technology engineering

Minimum of 5+ years in senior leadership roles managing large platform engineering teams or functions

Demonstrable experience in setting and executing platform strategy for a significant domain

Preferred

MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus

Benefits

Bonuses

Sales incentives

Long term incentives

Company

Crate and Barrel

Glassdoor3.3

At Crate & Barrel, we help people build a home with purpose.

Founded in 1962

Northbrook, IL, US

5001-10000 employees

http://www.crateandbarrel.com

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