lululemon

Who we are 

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in. 

About this role 

The ideal candidate will have a history of demonstrated results leading large, cross-functional teams to accomplish complex projects across matrixed organizations. They must thrive in fast-paced environments, be able to manage through ambiguity and complexity, create and simplify processes, and simultaneously support multiple projects impacting a growing global organization. This role requires excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to identify and eliminate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs and balance business needs versus technical constraints. Maturity, curiosity, creative problem solving, and team leadership are all essential for success in this role. 

A day in the life:  

• Provide Agile Program Management to Digital Commerce Core team 
• Provide technical insight to facilitate discussions regarding Commerce platform. 
• Partner with platform hosting vendor and work in tandem with vendor’s Technical Account Manager to assess risk, coordinate, and schedule all activities occurring on the Commerce platform on pre-production and production environments.  
• Manage bi-weekly releases including driving code reviews, release sign-off, performance testing requests, and post-release testing sign-off. 
• Drive critical ongoing process improvements with the Commerce platform release and Digital Commerce Core team. 
• Lead program/project delivery in partnership with technology and business teams. 
• Drive alignment on project deliverables by effectively partnering with stakeholders.  
• Assemble and manage program roadmap and checkpoint gates. 
• Responsible for managing holistic program budgets and key milestones. 
• Champions project management best practices and processes.  

Qualifications: 

• 10+years in IT; 2+ years of program management experience. 
• 7+ years of project management and/or business analyst experience. 
• Education and/or strong work experience in Information Technology or a related field (preferred).  
• Hands on experience managing agile project 
• Demonstrated experience in managing $2M plus budgets. 
• Demonstrated experience translating business strategy into roadmaps. 
• Proven experience making tradeoffs between business needs and technology constraints. 

Must haves: 

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life. 
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.  
• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.  
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.  
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.  
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.  

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.