GNC · 21 hours ago
Vice President of Application Engineering
United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $280K/yr
15+ years expGNC is a global leader in health and wellness innovation, seeking a results-driven Vice President of Application Engineering. This role involves leading the design, delivery, and modernization of enterprise and customer-facing application platforms, while building a high-performing engineering organization that supports various operational needs.
Health CareManufacturingNutritionRetailWellness
Hiring Manager
Carlos Tapia
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end engineering delivery across ecommerce, digital platforms, store and supply chain tech, integrations, and enterprise systems
Lead modernization of legacy systems toward modular, API-driven, cloud-native architectures
Ensure platforms are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective
Establish clear architectural standards, technical guardrails, and engineering best practices
Translate product and business roadmaps into executable engineering plans with clear milestones and dependencies
Improve delivery predictability through strong planning, estimation, and prioritization discipline
Balance speed with stability; reduce tech debt while enabling innovation
Partner with Product and Design to deliver high-quality customer and internal experiences
Lead, coach, and scale a multi-disciplinary engineering organization (front-end, back-end, platform, QA, DevOps)
Attract, retain, and develop senior engineering leaders and high-impact individual contributors
Establish clear role definitions, career paths, and performance expectations
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous improvement
Serve as a strategic partner to Product, Data, Ecommerce, and Business leaders
Provide engineering perspective in roadmap, investment, and prioritization discussions
Communicate clearly with executive leadership on progress, risks, and tradeoffs
Collaborate with vendors and external partners while maintaining internal ownership of outcomes
Own engineering quality, uptime, and incident management practices
Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
Implement strong monitoring, testing, and release management disciplines
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience in software engineering and application development, including senior leadership roles
10+ years of experience in development, data engineering, integration or other associated data related disciplines required
Proven experience modernizing complex digital or ecommerce platforms
Strong architectural judgment with the ability to go deep when needed
Track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams
Comfortable operating in fast-moving, transformation-oriented environments
Pragmatic, business-minded technologist with strong communication skills
Experience with Retail technology required
Excellent written skills required for preparation of process documentation, deliverables, proposals, and statements of work
Excellent verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills
Preferred
Fluency in Data architecture and engineering preferred
Strong group facilitation and team building skills
Company
GNC
As the global leader in health and wellness innovation since 1935, GNC motivates people to reach their goals with the most trusted and exciting selection of products in the industry.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (3)
2022 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Harbin Pharmaceutical Group
2020-09-18Acquired
2018-02-13Post Ipo Equity
2011-04-01IPO
Leadership Team
Alan Chester
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Cheri Mullen
SVP, Chief International Officer
Recent News
2025-11-25
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