Sr. Web Development Manager

Potpourri Group Inc. (PGI) was founded in 1963 with a single consumer catalog. Through internal brand development and strategic acquisitions, PGI has grown into one of America’s leading multi-brand direct-to-consumer merchants, serving millions of customers each year.

At PGI, we look for unique talent and skills, and above all else, passion. Our employees are enthusiastic team members who love what they do, and come to work every day ready to jump in and roll up their sleeves. Employees here take initiative, take pride in their work and accomplishments, and are trusted to work independently while being team players known for sharing ideas, support, and resources.

PGI is a collaborative team-oriented environment with an entrepreneurial spirit. Team members are encouraged to think outside of the box, be creative, and push the envelope. Ideas are welcomed and generated through brainstorming, informal meetings, and even hallway and coffee room conversations. The workload is significant, deadlines run tight, critical projects are always on the table, but everyone pulls together to “get it done” because they care.

People are more than just co-workers at PGI and it’s more than just another job here. It’s a calling, it’s a community, and it’s a career.

We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on Senior Web Development Manager to lead the engineering and evolution of our established, high-volume eCommerce platform. In this dual-capacity role, you will act as both a lead full-stack developer and a development team manager. You will take complete ownership of an enterprise platform running on the Microsoft ecosystem, overseeing legacy frameworks (.NET
5) while establishing architectural pathways for modernization. The ideal candidate has a deep software engineering background, including over a decade of database design and high-volume transaction processing experience. You will manage a cross-functional technical team, direct project timelines, establish quality standards, and interface directly with business executives to translate commercial strategy into scalable technical solutions.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all technical project statuses, system architectures, and engineering operations related to the eCommerce platform.
• Create, manage, and maintain technical project plans for core programming initiatives, defining deliverables, milestones, and realistic timelines.
• Lead regular design meetings, stand-ups, and project status reviews, providing ongoing visibility to executive department managers.
• Plan and manage website upgrades, hotfixes, and major functional releases.
• Coordinate requirements gathering, interface with the technical team, track deliverables, and manage user acceptance testing (UAT).

• Take direct ownership of critical application modules, object libraries, and third-party technology integration projects by writing clean, performant code and authoring technical specifications.
• Establish rigorous code review processes, technical standards, and quality management guidelines to ensure long-term maintainability.
• Diagnose architectural bottlenecks, manage high-traffic scaling issues, and mitigate runtime errors (such as 500/503 service spikes or SQL execution timeouts).
• Personally assist and mentor team members, unblocking complex algorithmic, database, or client-server technical problems.

• Collaborate closely with a diverse, cross-functional team—including Department Managers, Project Managers, Internet Programmers, UI/UX Interface Designers, Technical Writers, and Merchants—to build features aligned with strategic…