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 Global Network Engineering team focuses on the design, delivery and management of our core network and communication services across 750 stores, and our distribution centers and offices in 25 countries.

Core Responsibilities:

As the Senior Technology Manager for Global Network Engineering, you will be a key leader in the technology organization and will help develop and drive the vision and strategy for long term multi-cloud and SDWAN network architecture, and tooling, for a business that is rapidly scaling across the globe.   As leader of this team, you build, inspire, and manage a global team of architects, engineers, program managers and technical analysts to handle all aspects of the network architecture, engineering design and build, as well as the tools necessary to support application developers and network operations.  Today, we are managing a multi-cloud environment, and SDWAN architecture with primary tools being: Aviatrix, Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Solarwinds, Splunk, and ServiceNow.   

You will partner closely with the Senior Manager of Network Operations and Reliability Engineering to ensure networks are available, reliable, scaling to business needs, and that they are optimized for security and cost.

• Update the vision and strategy for global network architecture and engineering design and delivery.
• Build and manage a global network engineering team.
• Provide technical expertise in network architectural design, network security, advanced engineering, infrastructure coding, system testing, network instrumentation.
• Manage key vendors for value delivery, effective and responsive support, and optimized licensing.
• Inspire a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.  Build a drive a multi-year roadmap, focused on continuous delivery of advanced network capabilities and features.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, PMO, and business teams to build and sustain alignment of cross-functional strategies and plans.
• Manage large complex projects and teams; effectively negotiate/influence others; communicate technical/complex information both verbally and in writing.
• Define and garner agreement to annual budgets and operating plans. Keep leadership and stakeholders updated on progress, risks, and issues.  Work together to ensure key capabilities are delivered with quality and meet business objectives.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience enabling key business priorities through the successful delivery & support of technology.
• 6+ years as a people leader overseeing a broad range of talent across multiple work locations. 
• Demonstrated experience leading a high-performance technology team responsible for implementing, enhancing, maintaining networking solutions in Fortune 500, global company.
• Proven track record in building & sustaining high performing team capable of driving technical modernization efforts in parallel to delivering on business commitments across multiple delivery formats.
• Engineering leadership experience preferred with network management (Aviatrix, Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto, Zscaler), SRE (Solarwinds, Splunk)
• Able to provide evidence of building strong, cohesive teams with emphasis on inclusion, diversity, equity, individual growth, and structures to support team development.
• Preference for those with a strong understanding of multi-cloud networks, software defined networks, observability, and automation.
• Demonstrated success managing complex delivery initiatives and delivering meaningful results on time and on budget with limited direction.
• Proven experience in a dynamic, Agile/Lean environment with proven ability to develop, communicate and gain consensus on a technical product roadmap for corporate functions.
• Experience managing priorities with key stakeholders & vendors with evidence of using strong analytical skills and supporting examples of metrics. 
• Budget management expertise: previous experience directly overseeing CAPEX & OPEX investments to ensure efficient spend management.

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.