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The focus on operational excellence ensures both quality and guest satisfaction are maintained at scale, helping Lululemon remain a leader in the market.\n\nThe candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions: \n\nLeadership Approach and Technical Roadmap: \nYou are an independent leader who excels at guiding and managing team members with diverse skill sets.\nClear communication of expectations is a central aspect of your leadership style, ensuring every team member is aligned and understands their responsibilities.\n\nTechnical Roadmap and Initiative Delivery: \nBeyond strong management skills, your role as a leader encompasses ownership of the technical roadmap for your team.\nYou consistently communicate timeline, scope, and risks to partners and stakeholders, and you lead the delivery of major initiatives according to clearly defined timelines.\n\nStrategic Technical Debt Management: \nYou proactively identify areas of strategic technical debt, conduct cost/benefit analyses to determine the impact of addressing these issues, and communicate recommended prioritisation timelines to the management team.\n\nContinuous Improvement and Team Support: \nThe team is committed to adopting leading-edge technologies and continuously improving solutions.\nThere is a strong emphasis on mutual support, fostering an environment where team members help each other grow both professionally and personally.\nThe ideal candidate brings a proven track record of delivering results by successfully leading large, cross-functional teams in executing complex solutions within matrixed organizations.\nThis individual thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage complexity effectively.\nThey are adept at creating and streamlining processes, ensuring operational efficiency while simultaneously supporting team members across a rapidly expanding global organisation.\nExceptional communication and organizational skills are essential in this role, as is the capacity to identify and address bottlenecks, manage escalation processes, and anticipate potential challenges.\nThe candidate must be able to make informed tradeoffs and balance competing business needs with technical constraints.\nSuccess in this position requires maturity, a strong sense of curiosity, creative problem-solving abilities, and effective team leadership.\n\nA Day In The Life: \nAs a Technical Manager, you are responsible for leading a multifaceted team comprising project leads, analysts, engineers, testers, business stakeholders, and software vendors.\nThis leadership spans across several concurrent work streams, requiring careful coordination and management to ensure successful outcomes.\nYou oversee the end-to-end process, managing people and project timelines to consistently produce high-quality deliverables.\nYour focus on effective process management ensures that every aspect of the project progresses smoothly and meets the established standards.\nDemonstrating thought leadership, you mentor engineers to adopt best practices in technology, architecture, and design.\nYour guidance helps the team leverage innovative approaches and maintain a high standard of technical excellence.\nThe Technical Manager plays an integral role in strategic planning, project execution, and the ongoing development of technology talent.\nYou are committed to recruiting, hiring, mentoring, and coaching technical staff to build a robust and skilled team.\nYou curate strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders, business partners, and technology teams.\nBy driving alignment through effective partnerships, you ensure that everyone is working toward common goals and objectives.\nYour leadership ensures that the team produces software meeting both business and technology requirements.\nYou make certain that the right skills are applied to solve the right problems, maintaining a focus on effective and efficient solutions.\nYou champion and enforce software development and operational support processes, promoting consistency and reliability across all work streams.\nThe success and development of your team are your top priorities.\nYou actively identify and remove roadblocks to ensure your team can excel and deliver outstanding results.\nAs a leader, you champion Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Action (IDEA) in everyday life, fostering a supportive and equitable environment for all team members.\n\nRequirements: \nEducational Background: Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or have equivalent professional experience.\nProfessional Experience: A minimum of 12 years in the IT or engineering sector is required, including at least 4 years of experience in a people management role. 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