Senior Director of Technology & AI-Driven Planning

lululemon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 223,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health and dental benefits

Paid time off

401(k) or equivalent retirement plan

Generous employee discount

Fitness & yoga classes

Parental leave benefits

Development course offerings

Mentorship programs and leadership系列

Job summary

lululemon seeks a Senior Director Technology to define and execute a multi-year strategy transforming how merchandises, plans, and delivers products to guests. You will modernize planning suites, scale capabilities, and embed AI-driven automation across global teams and vendor ecosystems.

The ideal leader thrives in fast-paced environments, drives clarity, mentors leaders, and delivers measurable outcomes through AI-enabled platforms, data-driven decisions, and strong executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership and delivery experience.
• 5+ years in retail, merchandise planning and allocations or related field is a bonus.
• Demonstrated experience translating business strategy into technology and engineering roadmaps.
• Demonstrated experience in data-heavy planning systems such as Anaplan, Oracle RPAS, etc.
• Expert proficiency in programming languages (Python, Java) and libraries/frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Good understanding of ML, NLP, computer vision, and generative AI techniques.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and MLOps tools.
• Strong knowledge of data engineering concepts and big data.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills for executive audiences.
• Master’s in CS / applied math / statistics is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, drive change initiatives, and foster a culture of continuous improvement to support growth strategy.
• Manage resources, oversee financial interests, and implement essential policies, practices, and processes.
• Lead high-performing, globally distributed teams on transformational initiatives across organizations.
• Drive world-class engineering solutions that are reliable, observable, secure, compliant, and highly available.
• Partner with AI/ML and Data COE to design scalable, secure AI/ML enabled systems bridging merchandising and planning.
• Translate merchandising and planning vision into a multi-year solution realization strategy.
• Leverage AI and ML to drive measurable impact across planning capabilities like forecasting and allocation optimization.
• Develop future-ready leaders balancing technical depth and business acumen.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Communication skills

Data engineering

ML/AI knowledge

Documentation

Python

Java

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

AWS

GCP

Azure

MLOps tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Master’s degree in CS / applied math / statistics (bonus)

Tools

Python

Java

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

AWS

GCP

Azure

MLOps tools

Job description

lululemon seeks a Senior Director Technology to define and execute a multi-year strategy transforming how merchandises, plans, and delivers products to guests. You will modernize planning suites, scale capabilities, and embed AI-driven automation across global teams and vendor ecosystems.

The ideal leader thrives in fast-paced environments, drives clarity, mentors leaders, and delivers measurable outcomes through AI-enabled platforms, data-driven decisions, and strong executive communication.