Lead, IT

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Lead, IT Applications - Marketing Technology will provide hands‑on technical leadership for the implementation of our Marketing Technology ecosystem. This role is responsible for executing projects that employ both new and established technologies and solutions to address business requirements. They will collaborate with the Business management, IT teams, and vendor teams to deliver necessary changes to support the desired roadmap.

Furthermore, the IT Lead works closely with the business stakeholders to review system needs and support throughout the process from concept to implementation.

This role will be responsible for coordinating with developers, vendors/SIs, and ensuring high-quality delivery of solutions. The Lead will ensure that business requirements and designs are translated into scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

In this position, the IT Lead is expected to have a strong foundation in both functional and technical skills.

The base salary range for this role is $109,900 - $187,450. The base salary range is dependent on factors including but not limited to experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

• Lead the activities of providing new capabilities and driving value from existing capabilities for Marketing and Customer Analytics platforms.
• Translate business requirements, solution architecture and design documents into technical requirements and actionable tasks for development teams.
• Recommend, design, and oversee development of application solutions. Work with senior members of the IT organization to create and enforce architectural standards. Ensures architectural integrity within the enterprise.
• Be the technical resource across multiple platforms and systems. Review code/ configuration, integration workflows, and data pipelines to ensure quality and compliance with standards.
• Understand how the different application components will need to interact with each other for moderate to highly complex projects. Provide guidance to the team in development of integration components and data pipelines. Ensure seamless integration between retail systems, marketing and analytics platforms.
• Oversee configuration and customization of Mar Tech platforms. Validate processes to ensure that detailed designs match high level designs and are traceable to requirements in the functional specification for moderate to highly complex projects.
• Work closely with vendor technical teams and SI partners, reviewing deliverables and resolving issues. Act as the primary technical escalation point during delivery.
• Drive adherence to approved architecture, data security, compliance (GDPR/CCPA), and enterprise IT…