Sr Manager, Software Engineering

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About Gap Inc.

Our past is full of iconic moments — but our future is going to spark many more. Our brands — Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta — have dressed people from all walks of life and all kinds of families, all over the world, for every occasion for more than 50 years.

But we’re more than the clothes that we make. We know that business can and should be a force for good, and it’s why we work hard to make product that makes people feel good, inside and out. It’s why we’re committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work. If you're one of the super-talented who thrive on change, aren't afraid to take risks and love to make a difference, come grow with us.

About the Role

In this role, you will lead large global engineering organizations, leading leaders and empowering them to run independent high-performing teams to design highly scalable and high performing technology solutions in an Agile work environment. You will provide leadership, mentorship and oversight to a high-performance team of engineering managers and engineers across product delivery, technology decisions, and best practices in resolving critical production issues to help simplify and improve business processes through the latest in technology and automation. You are a technical expert and leads through the requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support phases of a product.

What You'll Do

• Establishes, leads and influences the vision of the product by contributing to software design and architecture that results in high performing technology.
• Develop and enhance software providing strategy and direction to solve complex business problems by keeping customer experience at the forefront.
• Lead and model a DevOps mindset by applying automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery in everything we do.
• Foster innovation by applying best practices and learning from emerging technologies and through working collaboratively within a matrix.
• Provide engineering leadership and collaborates and influences within a matrix environment influencing at senior levels.
• Thought leader contributing to the development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people in projects and assignments of diverse scope.
• Lead and facilitate teams creating highly collaborative environment.

Who You Are

• In depth understanding and application of leading teams including establishing organizational goals aligned with product vision to achieve business success.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of modern software development, emerging trends and industry and competitor intelligence.
• Superior communication skills with proven ability to guide senior levels and cross functional teams both internal and external.
• Facilitate delivery partnership through right level of planning, coordination, alignment, and leadership visibility occurs to ensure on time, on budget delivery of initiatives.
• Strategic thought leader and problem solver that is able lead through others developing creative solutions.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

• One of the most competitive paid time off plans in the industry
• Merchandise discount for our brand products at franchise stores and their websites
• Comprehensive health coverage for employees, same-sex partners and their families
• Health and wellness program: free annual health check-ups, fitness center and Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive benefits to support the journey of parenthood
• Retirement planning assistance
• See more of the benefits we offer.

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.