Director - IT Backoffice Applications

Dollar Tree; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Dollar in Chesapeake, VA is seeking a Director of IT Back Office Applications for fully onsite leadership. You will own strategy, roadmaps, and execution of technology initiatives supporting Finance, HR, Legal, and Real Estate.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in IT, strong leadership, and experience with RMS, Workday, Lawson; you'll partner with senior leaders to drive value, security, and scalable solutions in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience with 5+ years leading large cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of retail systems (POS, ERP, CRM, inventory, supply chain).
• Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• RMS, Workday and Lawson knowledge highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year roadmaps for Back Office platforms.
• Align IT strategy with enterprise priorities to deliver measurable value.
• Evaluate and implement technologies that simplify processes and improve efficiency.
• Ensure on-time, within-scope, and within-budget delivery with high quality.
• Serve as strategic tech partner to Finance, HR, Legal, and Real Estate leaders.
• Lead relationships with functional leaders to align IT with business needs.
• Translate business needs into solutions enabling automation and data-driven decisions.
• Ensure compliance with governance, regulatory and security standards.
• Build and lead a high-performing IT team and partners.

Skills

IT leadership

Stakeholder management

Retail IT

Workday

Lawson

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering

Master’s preferred

Tools

RMS

Workday

Lawson

Job description

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

“This position is for full-time, onsite employment at the Family Dollar Chesapeake, VA Store Support Center.”

General Summary:

The Director of IT Back Office Applications is a fully onsite position responsible for leading the strategy, roadmap development, and execution of technology initiatives supporting core corporate functions including Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Real Estate. This role plays a critical part in ensuring that technology capabilities enable business agility, operational efficiency, and scalability across a large, complex retail organization.

The ideal candidate combines strong technology leadership, program delivery expertise, and business partnership skills to drive impactful solutions in a fast-paced and highly dynamic environment. This leader will champion a culture that emphasizes simplicity, speed of execution, collaboration, accountability, and transparency.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps for Back Office platforms supporting Finance, HR, Legal, and Real Estate functions.

• Align IT strategy with enterprise priorities, ensuring initiatives deliver measurable business value and support long-term scalability.

• Evaluate and implement modern technologies and platforms that simplify processes and improve operational efficiency.

• Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget , while maintaining high standards for quality and security.

• Serve as a strategic technology partner to senior leaders across Finance, HR, Legal, and Real Estate.

• Foster strong relationships with functional leaders to ensure alignment between IT delivery and business priorities.

• Translate business needs into technology solutions that enable productivity, automation, and data-driven decision making.

• Ensure compliance with corporate governance, regulatory requirements, and security standards.

• Build and lead a high-performing team of IT professionals and delivery partners.

• Display and promote behaviors including accountability, simplicity, speed, empowerment and transparency.

• Manage relationships with key technology vendors, system integrators, and consulting partners.

• Key Success Metrics include:

Position Requirements:

• Fully onsite office work environment
• On call support

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, with 5+ years of managing large, cross functional teams or projects in a retail environment.
• Strong understanding of retail systems (POS, ERP, CRM, inventory, supply chain).
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
• Ability to positively influence key stakeholders and senior level leadership.
• Ability in developing, presenting and communicating technical concepts to varying audiences.
• Possesses a high amount of sense of urgency as well as the ability to motivate a team towards achieving results in a dynamic environment
• RMS, Workday and Lawson knowledge highly preferred

“Projected Salary Range: $180,000 - $190,000”.

Family Dollar is an equal opportunity employer and committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and makes all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We are committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Full time

510 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320

IT Engineering

Family Dollar