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G Adventures is the worlds largest smallgroup adventure travel company and weve been making epic travel memories happen on all seven continents for over 30 years.
Our mission is simple: to change lives through travel. And not just our travelers either. Since day one our tours have been built to establish meaningful relationships with local communities directly benefiting the people and places we visit at every step of our tours.
With the demand for travel coming back strong we are set up and excited for this next chapter in our companys story and wed love for you to be a part of it.
Our DNA revolves around building nurturing and developing a diverse culture of people and a true sense of belonging where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self to work each and every day. Youll have the opportunity to grow your career and yourself alongside a passionate talented and welcoming community that works hard to spread goodness around the world.
If all that sounds like your kind of thing well we cant wait for you to join us.
About the Role:
Reporting to the VP of Global Technology this role will be responsible for the direction and management of the ERP CRM and Data Systems teams leveraging Workday (HCM & Finance) Salesforce and Redshift/FiveTran/Looker. The solutionoriented individual will direct these teams to meet the business objectives across the group of businesses and ensure timely delivery of updates to underlying enterprise systems while ensuring scalability and accuracy of data flowing through the systems. The candidate will be part of the Global Technology leadership team and be responsible for the mentorship and growth of those directly on their team and within the broader department. The team is distributed across multiple regions so the ability to build cohesion and engagement remotely is key. This role will also help identify plan & implement multiyear programs for all practical migrations of applications from acquisitions to the systems under their purview. Technology leaders at G Adventures wear multiple hats collaborating with the business on the product roadmap and driving our agile development process. If this sounds exciting to you come join our team!
What Youll be Doing:
Lead inspire manage and motivate a team of managers and developers while growing their leadership and technical skills
Play a key leadership role in developing and executing strategies that meet business objectives and enabling critical decision making
Work collaboratively throughout the organization on the of the technology vision strategy and roadmaps to ensure success
Help the Global Technology management team to define departmental policy processes and procedures that scale across the group of businesses
Manage relationships and contracting with 3rd party vendors as well as the associated overhead budgets
Work with members of the technology team and related business functions to ensure adherence to data governance best practices
Prioritize a highvolume of competing tasks in an extremely fastpaced environment while managing stakeholder expectations
Proactively meet internal stakeholder needs by identifying new product ideas developing and testing concepts and measuring performance
Work closely with the Global Delivery team to ensure technology projects are properly scoped with the correct business stakeholders risks are being mitigated and transparent communication with the business is being maintained
Collaborate on the planning and oversight of biweekly Sprints that prioritize both project and daytoday development tasks
Identify engineering challenges and guide the architecture and implementation of scalable solutions
Define and analyze comprehensive metrics to inform the success of products post launch
Manage communication at all levels of the organization regarding team goals and progress to those goals
Monitor team member performance set individual goals meet for regular 1on1s and perform yearly reviews
Conduct interviews to assist with hiring qualified team members
Desired Skills & Experience:
5 years of management experience in a technical environment
3 years managing ERP implementations ideally with Workday in both Finance & HCM
Background working with enterprise applications SaaS solutions and complex systems integrations specifically within the ERP CRM ETL and BI space
Experience managing ERP tenants security deployments sandboxes testing data migrations bulk updates etc
Knowledge of financial processes and how they are supported via ERP modules
Solid understanding of data modelling/warehousing design & techniques
Experience working with databases ETL and BI/reporting tools
Experience managing 3rd party technology vendors throughout the entire vendor lifecycle
Demonstrated experience engaging with all levels of management including seniorlevel executives
Able to explain complex technical solutions to nontechnical staff and vice versa
Practical understanding of the various data privacy laws around the world and their impact to internal data governance
Familiarity with organization and IT control processes
Practical change management experience
What do we offer you
Competitive salary commensurate with the role
Competitive benefits package
Birthday day off
Vacation time for you to recharge
Enhanced Parental Leave
Learning and growth opportunities
Employee Resource Groups
*Applicable based on location*
G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.
Required Experience:
Director
Full-Time