VP Technology

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At Christy Sports, we believe Outside is Better. Founded in Colorado in 1958, we're one of the leading outdoor specialty retailers in the nation with more than 50 locations across Colorado, Utah, Washington, and Montana. We help people experience the mountain lifestyle through authentic relationships, expert knowledge, and genuine passion for what we do. From retail merchandise and rental services to year-round outdoor businesses, we're driven by innovation and an unmatched commitment to the outdoors.

We are welcoming - We meet people where they are without judgment, setting up everyone from seasoned veterans to first timers for success with quality equipment and great service.

We are ambassadors of lifestyle - We want our guests to discover and embrace the mountain lifestyle through the people, environment, and communities that make it special.

We are rooted in experience - We maintain the quality service, authenticity, and expertise that our guests value by honoring our history and what made us special.

We are one team - We create a great workplace through collaboration, problem-solving, accountability, and recognizing accomplishments as unique contributors to our success.

We are always evolving - We embrace change and continuously look for ways to meet evolving customer expectations and stay relevant in our industry.

As a service-based retailer, we are obsessed with providing world-class customer experience; we will continue to transform and optimize the capabilities of our customer-facing systems, internal applications, processes and data and analytics tools.

Christy Sports is looking for an experienced partner with our executive team to support our business strategy and a proven leader to run our technology organization. This role will own and drive the technology strategy & roadmap development, planning & execution, structure & capability building, change management, and communications both internally and externally. This role will include leading a comprehensive digital transformation which includes improving our ecommerce architecture and stabilizing and modernizing our ERP.

We are seeking a leader with a proven track record in similar consumer facing retail & services businesses who know what great looks like, and someone that understands the commercial realities that face any omni channel business. We are seeking a positive, systematic, and agile technology leader who believes in our Company’s mission, vision and values and looking to help lead a company’s technology and team into its next chapter.

A passion for the ski and service industry is welcomed but not required.

• Serve as a member of the Executive team and liaison to the technology function as well as a general business partner
• Operate with a product led mindset, understanding strategy, problem and success, before assessing technology solutions and options
• Develop an ongoing process by which the executive team can connect company strategy and priorities to technology capabilities, priorities and capacity
• Build, develop & manage a diverse IT organization focused on sustainable, scalable and cost-effective operations
• Identify, select, and manage the appropriate external vendors to complement in-house resources and capacity/capability, where applicable
• Serve as the exec sponsor and facilitator of the organization’s AI evolution and lead the internal steering/user group to identify, prioritize and scale AI to deliver measurable ROI, optimization and overall experience. (AI is a business opportunity, supported by technology)
• Drive strict accountability and ROI across a multimillion-dollar technology portfolio, actively managing and negotiating enterprise software contracts and holding vendors, and integrator partners accountable to tight timelines and budgets
• Assess, develop and implement technology architecture strategies to accommodate current and future needs of the company, including the ability for add on acquisitions
• Establish a governance process to ensure adoption of standard SaaS workflows to limit customization investments
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