Director, eCommerce

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Salary & bonus & equity

Relocation provided

Our client is a regional integrated communications provider based in Waynesboro, VA.  

The Director of E-commerce is accountable for envisioning, creating and delivering a best in class e-commerce web strategy and team for a regional telecommunications company. The position will be tasked with defining and managing the electronic means to promote the Company brand with marketing and product planning teams, crafting a web roadmap and designing a blueprint that supports revenue and self-care web activities across all company websites.

This position will be fully responsible for creating operational web strategies based on product development, electronic content, user experience, and site optimization, P&L ownership of the enterprise e-commerce team, and leading partnering with product planning functions in support of the company.

The Director of E-commerce is part of Company’s IT management team and shares responsibility with company business unit’s owners tasked with e-commerce revenue and profitability growth.

·        Responsible for defining E-commerce requirements and tactical plan by selecting components of the technology platform and partnerships that will satisfy the E-commerce strategy.

·        Responsible for partnerships with internal teams to drive sales volume and customer self-care via the web channel.

·        Directly support the delivery of existing web projects to their committed deliverable dates.

·        Support streamlined solutions that deliver well integrated, best in class functionality and user experience.

·        Create an operational plan, inclusive of internal and external staffing needs, designed to improve our user experience and grow the web channel.

·        Work with Directors of IT to manage existing and new technology partner relationships and efforts while seeking ways to reduce delivery costs.

·        Work closely with key business leaders (VPs and Directors) to define strategy for business applications and processes.

·        Proactively engage leaders to assure cross business unit and cross functional solutions.

·        Manage within the annual capital and operating budgets except where alternative funding is provided.

·        Work within the Company approved SDLC and SOX Control structures.

The leader of E-commerce shall have the following qualifications:

·        Proven success in E-commerce development at a service oriented company of regional scale and size.

·        Proven management and leadership skills.

·        Web architecture experience.

·        Commerce (Cart) in a service oriented business.

·        Search engine optimization experience.

·        Bachelor’s degree in Information Services from four year college or university and a minimum of 7+ years of experience in an E-commerce role with 5+ years developing large scale E-commerce applications; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

·        Must have ability to work quickly and accurately under time constraints and against deadlines.

·        Must possess interpersonal and organizational skills, be a self-starter, be detail oriented, and have the ability to communicate (verbal and written).

If you are interested and qualified, please send a “Word” copy of your resume/CV and salary requirements to the address below.  When applying, please indicate the job and the location in the subject line of your e-mail.  If this position is not for you and you know of someone who might be interested, please forward this to them.

Jericho HR Group

www.jerichohr.com

jobs@jerichohr.com