Chewy
At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere.
Boston, MA
Hybrid

Director of Merchandising Systems

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Our Opportunity:

Chewy’s mission is to empower pet parents to make smarter decisions about products for their pets. We do that by making the industry transparent through artificial intelligence and data. As a part of that mission, the Merchandising Engineering team builds platforms to capture competitive intelligence, maintain the product catalog, and maintain the pricing and promotions platform. The Merchandising engineering teams are responsible for building highly scalable platforms catered to support Chewy’s rapid growth. This role is reporting directly to the VP of Software Engineering. The Director of Merchandising Systems will lead the engineering platforms with key focus on Product Catalog, Price & Promotions. The team will build products to track competitor prices and assortment, build models to establish product elasticity, create a price and promotions management system. 

What you'll do:

  • Build a scalable Pricing and Promotions platform that can power millions of hits per day that is extremely fault tolerant and performs at ecommerce scale.
  • Build a powerful price and promotions management system that can support multiple price and promotion experiments on a day to day basis.
  • Build and maintain the ever-growing product catalog to support multiple business verticals.
  • Recruit, hire, and mentor exceptional software engineers, quality engineers, technical product managers and data scientists.
  • Work with product management, product development, operations, merchandisers, and other internal stakeholders to define requirements, guide product and architectural vision, and prioritize efforts.
  • Ensure timely and consistent communication to facilitate a clear understanding of ongoing projects, and their prioritization within the organization
  • Manage an active research agenda aimed at generating innovations to solve business needs and technical challenges (including outside research)
  • Integrate research into a technical roadmap for product development.
  • Iterate quickly with an agile development process.
  • Create a dynamic, collaborative and fun team environment.
  • Engage team in conferences and external activities that facilitate staying abreast of the latest cutting-edge technologies and approaches.

What you'll need:

  • A thought leader. You can think ahead and build scalable platforms for the future. You can communicate and command the respect of executives and developers.
  • 6+ years of experience with managing people. Strong leadership skills. You can motivate and grow your people. You can inspire people to go above and beyond.
  • 3+ years of experience with Merchandising Systems
  • 15+ years of technology work experience
  • Experience building highly scalable applications that can meet growing business needs
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud.
  • Strong programming language experience in any of the following languages Java, Python
  • Advanced Degree (MBA or MS) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or another related field.
  • Experience presenting to C-Suite
  • Position may require some travel

Bonus:

  • Strong engineering background building Products that are Ecommerce scale
  • Prior roles in Ecommerce or in technology companies
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What are Chewy Perks + Benefits

Chewy Benefits Overview

We offer competitive salaries and 401k, unlimited time off, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, in addition to wellness programs, online communities, and resources for improved physical and mental health... enabling you to be your best self - in and outside of work. With mentorship programs, employee resource groups, cross-functional job trainings, events, and customized development tracks for advancement, we're proud to help develop and promote our team members from within.

True to our business, we're pet-friendly and have fun pet-related perks like Paw-ternity leave for new pup parents and Chewy employee discounts. We offer countless volunteer opportunities, recreational club teams, company outings, happy hours, and team events to enable you to bond with fellow Chewtopians and have some fun!

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
We're currently 100% remote due to caution and care for the health & well-being of our team. Post-pandemic, we plan to operate in a combination of onsite and remote, with logistics still being defined
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
We offer a commuter transit, parking, and dependent care FSA.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Chewy sponsors office sports leagues year-round.
Relocation assistance
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Cross-functional lunch and learns.
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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