Lead Architect - Logistics And Trade Technology (hybrid, Vancouver)

Location: Canada

State/Province/City: British Columbia

City: Vancouver

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)



Description & Requirements

who we are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

About this team

The Global Logistics and Trade Technology teams are committed to unlocking business potential with our Global Fulfillment and broader Supply Chain partners. Supporting both vendor and propriety systems the teams provide solutions to enable our partners in streamlining the lifecycle of product movement from our manufacturers to our DC's, from our DC's to our stores and guests as well as international trade across logistics and settlement activities including but not limited to components such as product classification, import/export process management and commercial invoice information.

We are seeking a talented Lead Architect who will oversee systems architecture on the Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics and Trade Technology teams. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring solutions designed by each team adhere to best practices and enterprise architecture standards and are scalable to meet continued global business growth. From solving large complex design problems to leading engineers and architects through delivery & implementation, you will act as a key technical leader, driving alignment and clarity across multiple stakeholder groups.

A day in the life:

• Provide architecture delivery support across multiple teams within your delivery unit and actively drive solution alignment between Architects, Sr. Architects, Sr. Software Engineers, Lead Engineers, Program & Project Managers, and Product, Business & Engineering leadership
• Act as solution design lead for large, complex or mission critical projects and initiatives that requires cross-team collaboration spanning an entire Director+ level organization
• Drive the architecture vision and engineering for platforms across IB/OB Logistics and Trade Technology
• An accomplished individual contributor, as a Lead Architect you now focus on working through others to achieve delivery goals and drive successful business outcomes.
• Take ownership of designs that span multiple people's work, breaking work into smaller tasks for Architects, Sr. Architects and may also delegate to Software Engineers and Sr. Software Engineers
• Work closely with our domain architects and software development teams to support and guide development teams implementing solutions and educate teams on corresponding technical aspects
• Continue to investigate new technologies to evolve the future state architecture in partnership with domain architects
• Develop and monitor adherence to integration standards and will utilize these standards to design solutions that meet operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability
• Deep understanding of integration technologies and practices as well as the business acumen to develop overarching system designs
• Mentor delivery teams on adopting new ideas/technologies
• Have a forward-thinking, empathy driven mindset with people and development at the forefront

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and/or applicable experience in information / computer technology field
• Very strong technical skills with at least 10+ years hands-on design, coding, integration, and deployment experience in enterprise applications
• 8+ years of experience in developing enterprise services and application integrations (REST, SOAP, Web services XML and JSON)
• 5+ years of experience in architecting retail/supply chain applications is required
• Proven track record of successfully delivering API integration projects
• Experience integrating with Cloud/SaaS applications, API's, SDK of packaged applications and legacy applications
• Experience directly leading, developing people and teams is required
• Knowledge of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure) is required
• Experience building microservices is required
• Experience working and leading in a DevOps operating model utilizing Cloud infrastructure
• Background in agile methodologies is highly valued
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism in working collaboratively at all levels inside and outside of the organization
• Strong collaboration skills to achieve business goals collectively across broad teams
• Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change
• Strong preference for those with supply chain application experience

must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn't take yourself too seriously.

Additional Notes
Immigration support is potentially available for this role.

Compensation and Benefits Package

lululemon's compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from  $148,000 - 194,300 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.  

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

• Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
• Paid time off
• Savings and retirement plan matching
• Generous employee discount
• Fitness & yoga classes
• Parenthood top-up
• Extensive catalog of development course offerings
• People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)

Note: The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

workplace arrangement

This role is classified as Hybrid under our SSC Workplace Policy:

Hybrid

In-person collaboration is important, and much of the role can be performed remotely. Work is performed onsite at least 3 days per week.

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