VP, Application Solutions, Digital Delivery

Come work for us!

We are looking for dedicated employees to join our team to help our customers have the best experience possible every time they enter a JD Finish Line store.

Our employees are key to our success.

The JD Sports North America Application Solutions Group powers the expansion of JD's digital retail operations through building and delivering industry-leading connected customer experiences across all customer touchpoints.

The VP of Digital Delivery leads the group that drives innovation within the JD Finish Line digital customer-facing experience across our websites, mobile applications and in-store digital.

This leader drives the product vision, product prioritization and roadmapping process, and facilitates alignment across senior leadership stakeholders including business operations, marketing, design, and brand loyalty.

They serve as the lead for our Product Management, User Experience Research and Design and Engineering practices and teams.

Most importantly, this role is responsible for growing performance and talent within the team to successfully execute against our strategic plan.

This leader will effectively exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following main duties :

Leads Product Management, UX Research & Design, and Engineering teams with responsibilities including hiring, team development and performance management

Works with senior leadership to align on organizational outcomes that can be leveraged to develop clear goals and success metrics in partnership between stakeholders and product management

Creates and cultivates cross-functional relationships with departments across the company, including Digital Operations, Retail Operations, Marketing, Merchandising, Brand, Creative, Legal, and Human Resources to understand needs and rally organizational support for initiatives

Establishes the process to facilitate opportunity generation and intake, evaluation, and prioritization that results in a refined communication of product strategy and roadmap across the organization

Works with leaders across all IT functions to identify optimal work sequencing to managing capacity, dependencies and roadblocks for cross-functional initiatives

Establishes and maintains strong relationships with key vendor partners to ensure successful integrations, including involvement in regular business reviews and contract negotiations

Leverages views of enterprise data to understand strategic opportunities and other insights to guide product & feature development and delivery

Assists in organizing and running regular strategic workshops with other product leaders and business partners

Monitors emerging trends and practices across ecommerce retail, product, engineering and technology spaces to identify, assess and implement new opportunities

Additional duties and projects as required.

Required Education and / or Experience :

Bachelor's Degree in business or computer-related field from a four-year college or university and 7 - 10 years of experience overseeing the development, implementation, and performance of digital products, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Internal JD Finish Line experience strongly preferred.

Demonstrated success in a startup or change-management environment. Background in project or product management, including the use and optimization of product management tools such as Jira (or related project tracking applications).

Demonstrated success managing project budgets, timelines and resources. Experience working within an Agile development environment.

Required Computer and / or Technical Skills

Should have fluent knowledge and abilities with G Suite toolset or Microsoft equivalents. Strong appreciation for Cloud based (and SaaS) applications.

Business level understanding of Web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and XML, SOAP / REST / WEB services.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

Use hands to finger, handle and feel

Reach with hands and arms

Talk and / or hear

Stand for up to 4 hours at a time periodically

Walk or move from one location to another

Occasionally may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch

Lift and / or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally

Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.

10% travel needed.

Average workweek is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.