Senior Manager, Digital Engineering

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Who we are:

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Ralph Lauren Collection, Double RL, Polo Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children's, Ralph Lauren Home, Lauren Ralph Lauren, RLX, American Living, and Chaps constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

Purpose & Scope:
We are seeking a self‑motivated Senior Manager specializing in Full Stack Development and AI Engineering to lead technical architecture, drive innovation, and mentor engineering teams within the Ralph Lauren Consumer Technology division. This role combines full stack development expertise with advanced AI engineering and technical leadership. You will drive the architecture and implementation of automation and AI initiatives, building robust, scalable solutions that power our digital experiences.

Leading cross‑functional engineering teams, you will design AI‑powered features, establish best practices, and ensure the delivery of high‑performance systems. Your deep understanding of modern software engineering, cloud architecture, AI/ML frameworks, and the SDLC will be instrumental in elevating our technical capabilities and accelerating innovation across the organization. This position requires strategic collaboration with cross‑functional Product, Engineering, Dev Ops and QA teams, as well as external technology partners, within an Agile framework to build cutting‑edge software solutions while providing technical leadership and driving engineering best practices across the organization.

This is an exceptional opportunity to influence our technical direction from the foundation and play a critical role in advancing Ralph Lauren's global engineering innovation and AI‑powered capabilities.

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Lead and guide engineering teams in designing scalable full stack applications using React, React Native, Node.js, and Next.js while providing hands‑on technical direction and mentoring on modern development practices.
• Full Stack Development: Oversee and contribute hands‑on to the development of high‑performance web and mobile applications across the stack, guiding teams on best practices for React/Next.js frontends and Node.js backend services.
• AI Engineering & Innovation: Lead AI initiative development using Azure AI Foundry services, guiding teams in integrating AI‑powered features and collaborating with Data Science to product ionize ML models with established governance frameworks.
• Azure Cloud Infrastructure: Guide teams in designing and managing cloud‑native solutions on Azure, including AKS containerization, APIM configuration, and ACR management while providing hands‑on support for security and optimization.
• Dev Ops & CI/CD: Lead the…