Lululemon

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 team is responsible for unlocking data to the business through snowflake instances or databricks workspaces, building a robust, reusable data ingestion framework with cost & performance optimization in mind and building a semantic model for data analytics that serves as a solid base for unlocking AI/ML capabilities
 

a day in the life: what you’ll do

The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing the Enterprise Analytical Data Platform strategy in alignment with business and technology goals. You will manage a team of data & report engineers and data analysts to deliver the platform COE and platform governance and will also provide analytical insights & solutions to the business and technology stakeholders to fuel business growth. 

• Lead set up and maintenance of scalable data platforms that include snowflake and databricks.
• Establish and run COE for the data platforms to drive cost & performance efficiency. 
• Establish and run COE for information delivery platform like PBI with security, governance, operations & performance in mind.
• Partner with legal, security & compliance teams to enforce data platform policies.
• Partner with Global architecture in ensuring the platform features for business unlocks are in alignment with architecture principles for scalability & security.
• Lead a high paced technology team and partnering with business to enable analytics to solve business use cases.
• Responsible for tracking the usage of opex and capex costs for Snowflake, Databricks & PBi platforms.
• Ensure all charge back models are in place for enterprise usage of the platforms.
• Ensure cost optimizations & efficiencies are always looked at to keep the spend within the approved opex / capex budgets.
• Ensure the variance is minimal between actual vs forecast and be able to justify the variances if any.

qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science
• 10+ years’ experience related analytics engineering & reporting experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience
• Experience working with Onshore /Offshore model is desired
• Vendor management experience mandatory
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks & PBI platforms are mandatory
• Experience with leading Engineering teams is mandatory
• Experience with Azure or AWS ecosystem products mandatory

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
Authorization to work in Canada is required 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 $158,900 - $198,600 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

Hybrid

In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.