Company Description

Talent Connection is working with a Retail Leader who is seeking an IT Retail Applications Lead. Have you worked with Store Systems Applications or led projects that apply to new or existing technologies and solutions in order to solve business needs? Then, don't wait, apply now. 

Job Description

IT Retail Applications Lead Requirements

• Direct execution of release and deployment plans with all stakeholders.

• Develop partnership, acting as a liaison between technical troubleshoot, interpret, and advise on technical projects/business use cases.

• Collaborate with internal and external IT teams to resolve/improve IT processes and procedures. Maintain stability and quality of service by ensuring standard operation standards and processes are followed and kept current.

• Take a leadership role in analyzing the use of new and existing technology to meet current and future business needs.

• Help develop strategy and materials for internal communication

• Manage projects throughout the entire IT Project Delivery lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring that requirements are defined accurately, systems are designed / coded or purchased that meet the defined requirements and are executed efficiently.

• Create detailed project plans, coordinates team resources and manages to overall project timeline. Ensure that test plans, communication plans, training plans and support plans are designed and executed successfully, on time and in budget.

• Required system and user documentation is created accurately, projects are completed on time and under budget and anticipated business benefits are achieved.

• Ensure IT change management practices and procedures are followed.

• Manage day-to-day application support activities for defined area/department.

• Define and prioritize problems and requests.

• Support existing production systems, coordinate related support and enhancement activities.

Qualifications

IT Retail Applications Lead Qualifications

• Have you been supporting retail systems or have IT management consulting experience that you’ve gained over the past decade?

• Are you thriving in a retail environment that is highly integrated?

• As the Lead for IT Retail applications, you’ve already honed your skills in best practices in the retail field and have demonstrated experience mapping business processes and comparing those processes to industry best practices.

• Technical orientation balanced by project management discipline.

• Able to supervise internal programmers, analysts, consultants, non-technical business resources and external vendor resources.

• Demonstrated track record managing technical application projects.

• Able to articulate issues, build consensus around recommendations, define next steps along with defined timeline.

• Experience implementing and/or supporting hardware and packaged solutions.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.