Manager, Software Engineering (Marketing Technology)

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia were as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide were proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Marketing Technology team delivers the digital capabilities that connect Columbia Sportswears brands with millions of consumers across marketing e-commerce and customer engagement channels. We build and support the technology ecosystem that powers personalized customer experiences marketing automation communications and integrations across enterprise platforms.

As Manager Software Engineering (Marketing Technology) you will lead a team responsible for delivering and evolving solutions that span marketing platforms cloud services commerce technologies and enterprise integrations. This role requires a strong engineering leader who can think at a systems level facilitate delivery across multiple technical disciplines and help teams navigate complex dependencies across Marketing Digital Commerce Architecture Product and Engineering partners.

Success in this role comes from combining engineering leadership business partnership technical curiosity and strong Marketing Technology domain expertise to deliver scalable reliable and impactful solutions.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Lead coach and develop a team of software engineers responsible for Marketing Technology platforms integrations and associated digital capabilities.
• Partner with Marketing CRM Digital Commerce Product and Technology stakeholders to prioritize work and align delivery with business objectives.
• Guide the delivery of complex initiatives spanning customer engagement platforms e-commerce systems cloud services APIs and enterprise applications.
• Facilitate technical discussions across engineering disciplines helping teams evaluate tradeoffs dependencies risks and solution approaches.
• Partner with Architecture and Engineering leaders to ensure solutions are scalable secure maintainable and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Champion engineering best practices DevOps principles operational excellence and continuous improvement across the team.
• Build strong relationships with technology vendors and delivery partners to drive successful implementation and support outcomes.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration innovation and customer-focused problem solving.

YOU ARE

• A collaborative leader who builds trust and alignment across technical and non-technical teams.
• A systems thinker who enjoys understanding how technologies platforms and processes connect to deliver customer value.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and helping teams solve complex business and technical challenges.
• An effective communicator who can translate technical concepts into clear business conversations.
• Passionate about developing people and building high-performing engineering teams.
• Curious adaptable and energized by learning new technologies and evolving business needs.

YOU HAVE

• 5 years of experience leading software engineering teams in a complex technology environment.
• Experience supporting Marketing Technology CRM customer engagement marketing automation or related digital customer experience platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern application architectures APIs integrations cloud services and software delivery practices.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders to deliver cross-functional technology initiatives and drive successful outcomes.
• Familiarity with technologies and platforms such as Zeta Braze Salesforce Marketing Cloud Salesforce Commerce Azure AWS or similar solutions.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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