Vp IT Strategy and Planning - Bolingbrook, United States - Ulta Beauty

Ulta Beauty

Verified Company

Bolingbrook, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Overview:
Live the
experience. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability-and is recognized that way. We've been defined as a "mature start-up." A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity. Where
our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

We're engineering for the future of retail, and it's no-holds-barred.

But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you'll find that virtually nothing's impossible at Ulta Beauty:

Ulta Beauty is in the midst of a significant transformation as the beauty industry is undergoing unprecedented change and disruption.

The Company is well positioned to lead the beauty category and has a strong desire to win as an omnichannel leader across both the physical and digital channels.

At present, there is a focus on expanding market share and increasing customer loyalty while positioning Ulta Beauty for sustainable, profitable growth.

Information Technology will play a major role in driving competitive advantage by providing the tools and technologies necessary to better understand consumer insights, while helping the company imagine/future proof the business through a lens of technology.

The Vice President, IT Strategy and Planning is a key leadership role within the organization, working closely with the CTIO, to strategically partner with the most senior members of Ulta Beauty's organization to drive our Technology strategy, transformation agenda, and shape the future ways of working.

This role will act as the primary leader for IT strategy, IT financials, and IT supplier management.

The Vice President will have oversight of the IT strategy, driving the strategic planning process for the function to identify opportunities for growth and secure competitive advantages.

This role will focus on long
- and medium-term strategic initiatives (such as geographic expansion initiatives, innovation, etc.), while also helping the IT leaders develop near-term plans to implement their business strategies. There will also be a focus on IT services which includes leading a team responsible for analyzing spend and making recommendations back to the organization on cost improvement initiatives, as well as a team focused on IT supplier spend and vendor management.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Planning: Develop and execute the strategic IT planning process, aligning IT goals with the overall business objectives. Define the IT vision, roadmap, and longterm strategy to support organizational growth and digital transformation.
IT Governance: Establish and enforce IT governance frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure efficient and effective IT planning, decisionmaking, and resource allocation. Monitor compliance with regulatory requirements, security standards, and industry best practices.
Technology Road mapping: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify emerging technologies, assess their potential impact on the organization, and create a technology roadmap. Evaluate the feasibility, risks, and benefits of implementing new IT initiatives and make recommendations to senior management.
Budgeting and

Resource Management:
Oversee the IT budgeting process, including forecasting, allocating resources, and monitoring expenses. Optimize resource allocation and manage vendor relationships to ensure cost-effective IT solutions and services.

Collaboration and Communication: Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior executives, business leaders, and IT teams. Facilitate crossfunctional collaboration and communication to align IT planning with business needs and promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Proactively offer recommendations to enhance internal and external systems and processes drawing senior management attention to key issues, new initiatives, and ideas.
Lead strategic initiatives that are specific to improving the overall IT organization and business processes in partnership with the senior IT leadership team.
Identify strategic gaps and challenges (tech, process and people related) and drive initiatives to address them
Partner with and support the Streaming Tech leadership team in establishing a shared vision across the team by building consensus on priorities
Deep dive into high priority technology issues and drive partner concerns as needed
Partner with HR & Finance to help drive key planning activities, including annual headcount, budgeting, longrange planning, and infrastructure capacity planning
Help structure strategic frameworks for driving and