Vice President of Technology

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At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana.

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What will you be doing?

As the Vice President of Technology in the Professional Services Team, you will be responsible for leading, managing and growing a team that implements custom data analytics applications leveraging Circana’s Liquid Data platform.   Primary responsibilities are:

• Attending pre-sales meetings with potential clients to understand business drivers.
• Reviewing implementation team capacity and engineering development estimates prior to contract signature.
• Managing and growing multiple implementation teams.
• Supporting and guiding implementation teams on large-scale, complex projects.
• Coordinating across technology verticals (infrastructure, application, data) for architecture, design, implementation and support.

Job Responsibilities

• Technology architecture leadership for data ingestion for multiple global clients.
• Formulation and execution of strategies to process large, complex datasets.
• Overall technical project management of data ingestion projects.
• Responsible for leading teams to load data into Circana’s Liquid Data platform.
• Ongoing support and troubleshooting for existing clients.
• Pre-sales support.

Requirements

• 15+ years Business Analytics Technology Architecture experience.
• 10+ years experience leading globally distributed teams.
• 5+ years experience with cloud data ingestion architectures (Azure, AWS, Snowflake, DataBricks, GPS)
• Experience with multi-terabyte datasets.
• 10+ years experience with Python, PySpark and Java application architecture and development
• 10+ years experience and working knowledge of Unix/Linux, networking, storage architecture and authentication as it relates to data ingestion.
• Strong Agile software engineering methodology skills.
• Experience presenting complex data and technology topics to a variety of audiences ranging from executives to engineering resources.

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Remote.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is $220,000 - $250,000/yr. 

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

You can apply for this role through the Circana Careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates.

An offer of employment may be conditional upon the successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

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