Senior Engineering Manager, Pricing and Promotions Technology

Sr. Manager, Global Merchandising Technology

At Foot Locker, we're rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. As part of the DICK'S Sporting Goods family, you're backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. We're looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what's next. Whether you're building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you'll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands' impact in the communities we serve.

Come change the game with us.

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Sr. Manager to lead global merchandising technology with a focus on pricing and promotion platforms. This role is responsible for defining and delivering the technology strategy, advancing modern platform capabilities, and enabling business outcomes across pricing analytics, price execution, promotion management, and markdown optimization. This leader will drive modernization of legacy systems, operate within a product-based delivery model, and leverage data, analytics, and AI-driven solutions to improve decision-making and operational performance.

The role operates within a complex global business model spanning multiple regions and markets and supports a distributed delivery organization, including significant offshore engineering and support teams. This position leads a global team of ~10–15 technology professionals and owns measurable business outcomes including inventory productivity, forecast accuracy, allocation efficiency, and platform performance.

Responsibilities:

• Technology Strategy & Roadmap
• Define and execute a comprehensive technology roadmap aligned with business strategy
• Identify, evaluate, and implement modern platforms supporting pricing, promotion, and related merchandising capabilities
• Lead evaluation and selection of third-party platforms, including RFP processes and vendor assessments
• Lead modernization of legacy platforms (including mainframe) into scalable, cloud-native architectures
• Drive adoption of API-first, event-driven, and composable platform designs
• Ensure solutions support global scalability while accommodating regional business models and regulatory requirements
• Manage and optimize the technology budget to ensure cost-effective delivery
• Define, track, and report on KPIs tied to business value and system performance
• Identify and reduce technical debt to improve scalability and maintainability

• Core Platforms & Capabilities
• Oversee delivery, support, and continuous improvement of core systems and capabilities, including: pricing analytics and optimization, price execution across channels, promotion setup, execution, and analysis, markdown and clearance optimization
• Lead end-to-end implementation of packaged (SaaS / vendor) solutions, including solution design, configuration, integration, and deployment
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure systems are configured to support business processes and scalability
• Ensure high levels of data accuracy, operational integrity, and consistency across enterprise platforms
• Support legacy systems while driving a clear transition strategy to modern platforms
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, and data governance standards

• Engineering Excellence & Architecture
• Establish best-in-class engineering and solution architecture practices
• Drive high standards for system reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Guide architectural decisions across platforms, integrations, and third-party solutions
• Define integration patterns and frameworks for connecting enterprise systems and data platforms
• Champion Dev Ops and engineering best practices to improve speed, quality, and transparency

• Team Leadership & Product Delivery
• Lead and develop a globally distributed team of 10–15 across engineering, integration, and quality engineering
• Operate within a product-based delivery model with clear ownership of capabilities and outcomes
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement
• Lead a distributed team across onshore and offshore resources, ensuring effective collaboration across time zones and regions
• Establish and optimize global delivery models, including offshore and partner teams
• Drive consistency in engineering standards, delivery practices, and governance across a global organization
• Drive accountability for successful platform rollouts, adoption, and post-implementation optimization
• Define vendor strategy including build vs. buy decisions and manage consulting and SaaS partners to maximize value
• Oversee execution of multiple large-scale, cross-functional initiatives

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Change Management
• Partner closely with merchandising, commercial, finance, operations, and data teams
• Align technology initiatives with business priorities to deliver measurable outcomes
• Lead cross-functional decision-making,…