What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP Digital Technology position at Safelite?
Are you ready to architect the future of technology at Safelite? Safelite is seeking a visionary Vice President of Digital Technology to lead the transformation of our enterprise application ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity to build and scale a world-class technology culture that drives innovation, growth, and long-term success. If you’ve ever spent a weekend refactoring your home automation scripts ‘just for fun’—we want to talk.
What You’ll Do
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as assigned to ensure workload coverage. This job description does NOT constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the organizational needs and requirements of the job change.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.
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Internal Associates: Already a member of the Safelite team? Apply through your Workday account by searching "Find Open Jobs".
Diversity: Safelite welcomes everyone. We value our diverse workforce and suppliers, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Learn more at Careers http://safelite.com/Careers
Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
What You’ll Do
- Set the Vision: Define and execute a bold application development strategy aligned with enterprise goals and digital transformation initiatives. You’ll be the architect of our technology roadmap, leading the charge to sunset legacy systems and build the future.
- Lead & Inspire: Build, mentor, and empower high-performing teams across Digital, Architecture, Salesforce, and Integrations. Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical curiosity, and innovation.
- Modernize & Transform: Champion modernization efforts including cloud migration (AWS preferred, but GCP/Azure valued), microservices architecture, and DevOps practices.
- Deliver Excellence: Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of solutions that elevate business operations and customer experiences. Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, and technology partners to prioritize initiatives and deliver measurable value
- Build for Scale: Own the full technology stack—from programming languages to cloud platforms, enterprise architecture, and SaaS product leadership. Manage both custom-built and third-party applications, ensuring security, compliance, and architectural standards
- Enable the Organization: Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent. Optimize work processes and build effective teams that thrive on results, accountability, and customer focus
- Technical Depth: 10 years of progressive experience in software/application development, with at least 5 years in senior leadership. You grew up in application development—not just project management or infrastructure.
- We’re looking for someone who gets excited about open source releases and has strong opinions about which programming language is best (and isn’t afraid to debate it at lunch).
- Transformation Experience: Proven track record of leading large-scale modernization and transformation initiatives. You’ve retooled tech stacks (e.g., C# to Java/Go), migrated to cloud, and built products—not just maintained them.
- We want someone who can sunset legacy systems—and maybe has a few legacy side projects of their own.
- Ecosystem Mastery: Deep expertise in agile methodologies, CI/CD, cloud-native development, and enterprise architecture. Hands-on experience with AWS, Salesforce, and open source technologies.
- If you’ve ever filed a patent before breakfast, or built a cloud-native app before your coffee cooled, we need to chat!
- Leadership & Influence: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. You develop talent, drive results, and build credibility through optimism, humility, and curiosity.
- You’ll be joining a team that genuinely enjoys working together—whether we’re swapping tech tips, sharing memes, or celebrating wins big and small. We’re looking for a leader who’s as awesome as the crew they’ll be leading!
- Strategic Mindset: Ability to set vision, manage complexity, and deliver results in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment.
- You thrive on accountability and business insight. And sometimes you might even get the jingle stuck in your head!
- Local or willing to relocate to Columbus, OH – We’re 4 days a week onsite!
- Drives vision and purpose
- Develops talent and builds effective teams
- Ensures accountability and delivers results
- Strategic mindset and customer focus
- Values differences and fosters inclusion
- Technical curiosity and passion for innovation
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as assigned to ensure workload coverage. This job description does NOT constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the organizational needs and requirements of the job change.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.
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Internal Associates: Already a member of the Safelite team? Apply through your Workday account by searching "Find Open Jobs".
Diversity: Safelite welcomes everyone. We value our diverse workforce and suppliers, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Learn more at Careers http://safelite.com/Careers
Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.