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• Supervision, mentoring, and/or training of Construction Project Managers in the performance of their duties • Develop, review, and/or approve the final scope of work letters for Five Below developed projects before this is used for the executed lease to ensure that Five Below’s exposure is eliminated, and standards are met • Develop, review, and/or approve the final budgets to be used for REC for Five Below developed projects and before the final lease budgets are approved by Directors for all Five Below developed projects • Manage the entire construction process (initial site assessment, budgeting, planning, execution, monitoring, punch list, fixturing, turnover to Operations, closeout, and warranty period) on all assigned projects • Provide updates and reports to the appropriate internal and external business partners as required and as needed for new stores, remodels, expansions, and relocations • Manage/resolve/report any issues or conditions relevant to the terms of the Lease, work letter, Design, or Construction that may arise, by providing solutions and/or guidance and reporting any impact related to operations, schedule, budget, and quality • Be the primary contact for internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to: Real Estate, Landlord Representatives, Store Planning, IT, Purchasing, 3rd party suppliers, 3rd party and directly hired general contractors, Facilities and Maintenance department, Merchandise Presentation, and Field Operations • Survey prospective sites and review conditions, negotiate with Landlords any construction items and provide budgets that reflect site conditions • Review and approve construction documents and submittals for conformity to Lease and relevance to site conditions, etc. and provide guidance for store design and operations • Track assigned construction projects' progress, review sites/conditions, conduct delivery inspections with Landlords and report progress via site visits, weekly reports, and weekly calls • Manage project updates and reports using enterprise management software currently Sitefolio • Conduct the Five Below construction RFP process with General Contractors and negotiate the final construction contract • Determine construction schedules, manage the job schedules with vendors/coordinators, and conduct final inspections with the store opening team, identifying any deficiencies • Ensure that all outstanding Landlord or Five Below construction related punch list items are completed to satisfaction within the appropriate time frame per lease • Establish and maintain preliminary budgets for Rec approval and final budgets for lease execution on all assigned projects • Provide cost guidance, tracking, and forecasting with respect to any changes to the project • Review all construction related costs on all projects and identify any potential opportunities for savings and value engineering • Periodically conduct the RFP process to introduce new vendors to capture potential efficiencies and economies • Direct responsibility to manage Prototype & Construction Best Practice manuals and communication of changes to the full Construction team • Provide guidance to store facilities maintenance regarding potential warranty issues with regards to Landlord or Five Below General Contractor work • Manage remodels for existing stores, coordinating all efforts of legal, design, operations, and outside vendors

• Arrange all candidate interviews using Outlook, ensuring both candidate and interviewers have all the necessary information • Coordinate candidate travel if required • Create interview agendas as needed • Assist with updating TA reports/spreadsheets • Support other recruiting-related administrative tasks as necessary

• Build a Culture of Working Back from the Customer • Ensure exceptional customer experiences through the application of the Five Below service model • Create and sustain a sales culture that achieves district business performance results • Lead execution of and follow up on all company merchandising and operational standards • Challenge and equip store managers to creatively anticipate the needs of the customer • Develop a High Performing Crew • Attract, lead and develop teams that are ambassadors of Five Below’s culture • Present facts clearly, coach effectively, and actively listen to inspire trust • Ensure people feel cared for and connected to each other • Execute a talent strategy that attracts quality candidates • Inspire accountability by providing training, coaching, and consistent feedback to your team • Drive a Consistent Business • Communicate Five Below’s vision for the crew • Leverage reports and metrics to make decisions that positively impact sales • Build strong relationships and work closely with corporate business partners • Achieve results without compromising quality or integrity of work

• Manage day to day work order activity to ensure work is being completed on time and within budget for HVAC, plumbing, handyman, doors cores & keys, janitorial, electrical, lighting, signage, music, pest control, fire protection, burglar alarm, trash/recycling for all locations • Review and manage work orders to completion in client portal daily • Track progress of any issue to resolution communicating with store teams and vendors • Field emails/calls from stores and field leadership regarding maintenance issues with urgency • Determine the responsibility of the issue as Landlord, Five Below or vendor • Participate in weekly Work Order Activity Report review • Approve invoices and track all maintenance costs reconciling monthly to approved budget • Manage recurring services: HVAC PM’s, trash removal and interior/exterior cleaning ensuring services are completed and on time • Adjust energy management systems as required and assist in monitoring them • Process alarm permits where required • Ensure renewals of permits are obtained in a timely manner • Manage waste management program for stores including increases/decreases in service • Identify opportunities to reduce expenses • Manage Store Capex projects to stay within budget: Lighting, Painting, Trim and Graphics, Exterior Graphics, Awning Replacement, and any other projects as planned • Approve and award scope of work • Track and document work completion through to invoice process • Works with Facilities Manager, providing weekly updates on repair and maintenance issues. • Provides excellent customer service and support to all internal and external teams. • Establishes and maintains solid rapport and communication with Wowtown crew members and outside vendors, landlords and property managers in accordance with our corporate values • Work flexible hours as point of contact for emergency facilities issues, occasionally taking emergency calls after hours and weekends

Role Description Five Below is seeking a Solutions Architect II to lead the design and implementation of our enterprise omnichannel initiatives, with a primary focus on Manhattan Active Omni (MAO) and the broader omnichannel order lifecycle. This role defines and drives end-to-end architecture for order capture, distributed order management (DOM), fulfillment orchestration, inventory visibility, and post-purchase experiences - ensuring all solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with our retail and customer-experience strategies. You will serve as the bridge between business strategy and technical execution, translating complex omnichannel opportunities into actionable architectural blueprints that deliver measurable business value. This is a hands-on technical role: you will both design architectures and dive into configurations, integrations, and systems - partnering with teams across technology, merchandising, supply chain, stores, and e-commerce to bring production-ready omnichannel capabilities to life. The role demands deep, application-level fluency that goes well beyond general OMS familiarity - owning integration design, tracing data flows end-to-end, and tuning system configurations hand-in-hand with engineering, product, and operations partners. This role mandates active use of AI productivity tools - including Cursor, Claude, Glean, and equivalent platforms - to accelerate delivery and model best practices for the broader engineering organization. Key Responsibilities - Omnichannel Architecture & Strategy - Define and own the enterprise omnichannel architecture, aligning with Five Below's business priorities and multi-year technology roadmap. - Develop reference architectures, integration patterns, and design standards for order management, fulfillment orchestration, and inventory availability. - Translate retail business problems - spanning stores, e-commerce, digital, supply chain, and customer experience - into scalable omnichannel solution blueprints. - Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to identify and prioritize high-impact omnichannel capabilities such as BOPIS, BORIS, Same-day fulfillment, Ship-from-store, and endless aisle. - Champion API-first, event-driven, and microservices design principles as the default approach before evaluating packaged commercial alternatives. - Manhattan Active Omni Design & Implementation - Lead the architecture, configuration, and implementation of Manhattan Active Omni - including Order Management, Store Fulfillment, and Inventory & Order Visibility - across all fulfillment channels. - Design order routing, sourcing rules, fulfillment workflows, and exception management within Manhattan Active Omni to optimize cost-to-serve and customer promise accuracy. - Establish configuration and extension standards for Manhattan Active Omni, including orchestration process flows, service mappings, fulfillment strategies, and business rule frameworks. - Define upgrade, patch, and release management standards for Manhattan Active Omni environments to ensure production stability and continuous improvement. - Evaluate and advise on adjacent platform expansions - including commerce, merchandising, and warehouse management systems - and their integration with the OMS. - System Integration & API Design - Architect end-to-end integration patterns connecting OMS to all upstream and downstream retail systems: e-commerce platforms, POS, WMS, ERP, CRM, carrier/logistics providers, and customer-facing touchpoints. - Define API standards (REST, GraphQL, event-driven via Kafka or equivalent) for order, inventory, fulfillment, and return data flows. - Design real-time inventory visibility solutions - bridging store, DC, and in-transit inventory - to power accurate available-to-promise (ATP) and omnichannel order routing decisions. - Lead integration design for carrier management, last-mile delivery, and third-party logistics (3PL) partners. - Establish integration governance including API versioning, schema standards, error handling, retry logic, and dead-letter management. - Fulfillment & Store Operations Architecture - Architect fulfillment capabilities - BOPIS, curbside pickup, ship-from-store, ship-to-store, and endless aisle - on Manhattan Active Omni Store Fulfillment, ensuring store associate experience and operational feasibility are first-class design inputs. - Design the distributed order management (DOM) logic to dynamically route orders across DCs, stores, and drop-ship vendors based on inventory proximity, capacity, and cost rules. - Define returns and reverse logistics architectures - including in-store returns of online orders, carrier returns, and vendor returns - aligned to customer experience and operational efficiency goals. - Partner with Store Technology and Operations to ensure Manhattan Active Omni Store Fulfillment workflows - pick, pack, stage, customer handoff, and in-store returns - integrate seamlessly with POS (Aptos or equivalent) and store associate tooling. - Drive fraud management and payment capture architecture within the order lifecycle, partnering with Finance and Risk teams. - Performance, Scalability & Observability - Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) for all OMS and omnichannel systems: throughput, latency SLOs, availability targets, and disaster recovery posture. - Establish an observability framework for omnichannel systems covering real-time monitoring, SLO/SLA alerting, order pipeline health, and integration fault detection. - Design load testing, capacity planning, and peak readiness (holiday, back-to-school) strategies for OMS and fulfillment infrastructure. - Partner with Platform Engineering to embed observability, logging, and distributed tracing as first-class requirements in every omnichannel system. - Establish runbooks and automated alerting for critical failure scenarios - including order routing failures, inventory sync outages, and fulfillment SLA breaches. - Data Architecture & Reporting - Define the omnichannel data model - covering orders, shipments, returns, inventory events, and customer interactions - to support real-time operational reporting and strategic analytics. - Architect data pipelines that feed omnichannel operational metrics into enterprise data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent) for reporting and advanced analytics. - Partner with Data Engineering to ensure order and fulfillment data is available for customer-facing use cases - including order status, tracking, and self-service returns - and internal KPI dashboards. - Define data governance standards for omnichannel datasets including ownership, retention, access controls, and PII handling. - Technology Evaluation, Governance & Vendor Management - Lead build-vs-buy-vs-configure decisions for omnichannel capabilities, weighing Manhattan Active Omni extensibility against SaaS alternatives and custom microservices. - Evaluate and recommend platform investments - including e-commerce platforms (Salesforce Commerce Cloud, commercetools, or equivalent), OMS add-ons, and carrier/logistics APIs. - Define vendor selection criteria and lead RFP/POC processes for omnichannel technology investments. - Establish technology governance: architecture review boards (ARBs), decision records (ADRs), and standards documentation for the omnichannel platform. - Partner with Security, Legal, and Enterprise Architecture to align omnichannel solutions with data privacy, PCI compliance, and corporate risk standards. - Technical Leadership & Delivery - Work closely with Software Engineers, Integration Engineers, QA, and platform teams to ensure architectures are production-ready and executable within agile delivery cycles. - Provide hands-on guidance during implementation phases - including reference configurations, API contracts, data schemas, and infrastructure patterns. - Lead architectural reviews and design sessions, ensuring solutions meet performance, scalability, security, cost, and maintainability requirements before build begins. - Mentor and upskill engineering teams on omnichannel patterns, Manhattan Active Omni best practices, and integration design principles. - Align delivery roadmaps with business program timelines, proactively surfacing technical risks and trade-off decisions to product and program leadership. Qualifications - 9+ years of experience in software or enterprise architecture, with 5+ years focused on Order Management, Omnichannel, or Supply Chain systems in retail or e-commerce. - Hands-on experience implementing or architecting Manhattan Active Omni (MAO) - including Order Management, Store Fulfillment, and Inventory & Order Visibility - this is a must have requirement. - Deep understanding of omnichannel fulfillment models: BOPIS, BORIS, ship-from-store, ship-to-store, drop-ship, and same-day delivery. - Strong expertise in API design and integration architecture: REST, GraphQL, event-driven messaging (Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, Azure Service Bus), and ESB/iPaaS patterns. - Experience integrating OMS with adjacent retail systems: POS, WMS, ERP, CRM, e-commerce platforms, and carrier/logistics APIs. - Demonstrated experience designing distributed order management (DOM) and inventory availability / ATP solutions at scale. - Working knowledge of retail data models: orders, shipments, inventory, returns, product catalog, and customer master. - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native architectural patterns: microservices, containers (Kubernetes), serverless, and infrastructure-as-code. - Established practice of using AI productivity tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Glean, or equivalent) in daily engineering and architecture work. - Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex architectures to both technical and business stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Commercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC), or equivalent headless/composable commerce platforms. - Familiarity with Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder WMS, or equivalent warehouse management systems and their OMS integration patterns. - Experience with Aptos POS, NCR, Oracle Xstore or equivalent store point-of-sale systems in an omnichannel context. - Knowledge of carrier management platforms (EasyPost, ShipBob, Narvar, or equivalent) and last-mile delivery orchestration. - Experience with customer-facing order tracking, self-service returns, and post-purchase experience platforms. - Experience leading enterprise platform programs with cross-functional teams of 10+ engineers across multiple workstreams. - Contributions to omnichannel or retail technology communities: published architecture patterns, conference talks, or open-source projects. What Success Looks Like in Year One - You have delivered a well-documented enterprise omnichannel architecture that is understood, trusted, and actively used by engineering and product teams as the north-star design reference. - Manhattan Omni Order Management, and Store Fulfillment are fully implemented or materially advanced - with order routing, fulfillment orchestration, and store/DC integration running reliably in production at Five Below scale. - At least two high-priority omnichannel capabilities (e.g., BOPIS, ship-from-store, real-time inventory visibility) have been successfully launched with measurable improvements to customer experience and operational efficiency. - Integration patterns, API contracts, and data standards for the omnichannel platform are documented and adopted across all delivery teams. - An observability and monitoring framework is in place for all OMS and omnichannel systems, with clear SLOs, alerting, and on-call runbooks. - You are recognized as the go-to omnichannel architecture authority at Five Below - by both engineering leaders and business stakeholders - and have built trusted relationships across Technology, Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Stores. Benefits Explore our benefits site to discover all the perks and support we offer! From health coverage to financial and personal wellness, we've got you covered—check it out today! Company Description Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Five Below is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please submit a request and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity by persons that are posing as a Five Below recruiters. Please confirm that the person you are working with has an @fivebelow.com email address. Additionally, Five Below does NOT request financial information or payments from candidates at any point during the hiring process. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please visit Five Below's Career Site to verify the posting.

Role Description Five Below is seeking a Sr Solutions Architect to lead the design and implementation of our enterprise omnichannel initiatives, with a primary focus on Manhattan Active Omni (MAO) and the broader omnichannel order lifecycle. This role defines and drives end-to-end architecture for: - Order capture - Distributed order management (DOM) - Fulfillment orchestration - Inventory visibility - Post-purchase experiences This role mandates active use of AI productivity tools - including Cursor, Claude, Glean, and equivalent platforms - to accelerate delivery and model best practices for the broader engineering organization. Key Responsibilities - Omnichannel Architecture & Strategy - Define and own the enterprise omnichannel architecture, aligning with Five Below's business priorities and multi-year technology roadmap. - Develop reference architectures, integration patterns, and design standards for order management, fulfillment orchestration, and inventory availability. - Translate retail business problems into scalable omnichannel solution blueprints. - Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to identify and prioritize high-impact omnichannel capabilities. - Champion API-first, event-driven, and microservices design principles. - Manhattan Active Omni Design & Implementation - Lead the architecture, configuration, and implementation of Manhattan Active Omni. - Design order routing, sourcing rules, fulfillment workflows, and exception management. - Establish configuration and extension standards for Manhattan Active Omni. - Define upgrade, patch, and release management standards for Manhattan Active Omni environments. - Evaluate and advise on adjacent platform expansions. - System Integration & API Design - Architect end-to-end integration patterns connecting OMS to all upstream and downstream retail systems. - Define API standards for order, inventory, fulfillment, and return data flows. - Design real-time inventory visibility solutions. - Lead integration design for carrier management and third-party logistics partners. - Establish integration governance. - Fulfillment & Store Operations Architecture - Architect fulfillment capabilities on Manhattan Active Omni Store Fulfillment. - Design the distributed order management (DOM) logic. - Define returns and reverse logistics architectures. - Partner with Store Technology and Operations. - Drive fraud management and payment capture architecture. - Performance, Scalability & Observability - Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) for all OMS and omnichannel systems. - Establish an observability framework for omnichannel systems. - Design load testing, capacity planning, and peak readiness strategies. - Partner with Platform Engineering to embed observability. - Establish runbooks and automated alerting for critical failure scenarios. - Data Architecture & Reporting - Define the omnichannel data model. - Architect data pipelines that feed omnichannel operational metrics. - Partner with Data Engineering to ensure order and fulfillment data availability. - Define data governance standards for omnichannel datasets. - Technology Evaluation, Governance & Vendor Management - Lead build-vs-buy-vs-configure decisions for omnichannel capabilities. - Evaluate and recommend platform investments. - Define vendor selection criteria and lead RFP/POC processes. - Establish technology governance. - Partner with Security, Legal, and Enterprise Architecture. - Technical Leadership & Delivery - Work closely with Software Engineers, Integration Engineers, QA, and platform teams. - Provide hands-on guidance during implementation phases. - Lead architectural reviews and design sessions. - Mentor and upskill engineering teams. - Align delivery roadmaps with business program timelines. Qualifications - 9+ years of experience in software or enterprise architecture. - 5+ years focused on Order Management, Omnichannel, or Supply Chain systems in retail or e-commerce. - Hands-on experience implementing or architecting Manhattan Active Omni. - Deep understanding of omnichannel fulfillment models. - Strong expertise in API design and integration architecture. - Experience integrating OMS with adjacent retail systems. - Demonstrated experience designing distributed order management (DOM) and inventory availability solutions. - Working knowledge of retail data models. - Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native architectural patterns. - Established practice of using AI productivity tools. - Excellent communication skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Commercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or equivalent. - Familiarity with Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder WMS, or equivalent. - Experience with Aptos POS, NCR, Oracle Xstore or equivalent. - Knowledge of carrier management platforms. - Experience with customer-facing order tracking and self-service returns. - Experience leading enterprise platform programs. - Contributions to omnichannel or retail technology communities. What Success Looks Like in Year One - Delivered a well-documented enterprise omnichannel architecture. - Manhattan Omni Order Management and Store Fulfillment are fully implemented or materially advanced. - At least two high-priority omnichannel capabilities have been successfully launched. - Integration patterns, API contracts, and data standards are documented and adopted. - An observability and monitoring framework is in place. - Recognized as the go-to omnichannel architecture authority. Benefits Explore our benefits site to discover all the perks and support we offer! From health coverage to financial and personal wellness, we've got you covered—check it out today! Company Description Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Five Below is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity.

• Execute a comprehensive and strategic real estate market plan throughout entire real estate lifecycle for assigned territory with oversight of Sr. real estate manager • Collaborate closely with local broker teams & Manager of Analytics/Senior Real Estate Manager to develop, refine and execute market plan • Collaborate closely with construction, design, facilities, finance and asset management to ensure successful store launch from site identification, to opening and throughout the store lifecycle • Responsible for site selection of new store locations and existing store repositioning opportunities with oversight of Sr Real Estate Manager • Effectively manage local real estate broker teams to maintain required standards for executing new store growth plans • Conduct field tours with key stakeholders of potential and existing locations • Work closely with legal counsel (and Sr. Manager) on all lease negotiations in assigned territory • Manage a pipeline of LOI and lease negotiations simultaneously to achieve aggressive growth targets throughout near term and long term market planning • Preparation of detailed LOI’s, comprehensive site approval packages and other financial based reports and analysis including site submittal packages for presentation at monthly Real Estate Committee (REC) meeting • Present proposed site approval packages at monthly Real Estate Committee (REC) meeting in assigned territory • Frequent travel to/within assigned territory to maintain a strong understanding of retail trade areas including traffic and retail patterns, demographic trends and market shifts, as well as proactively planning for targeted future opportunities • Frequent communication with operational partners and periodic presentations/meetings to review strategy and priorities for new store & potential relocations within assigned territories • Develop/maintain relationships with key developers, while effectively communicating with and managing expectations of external business partners • Attend/represent Five Below at select Regional & National ICSC Conventions • Assist the real estate team with ad-hoc projects as assigned, leveraging individual strengths, skills and relevant experience.

Role Description At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! Just ask any of our over 27,000 associates who work at Five Below and they’ll tell you there’s no other place like it. It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in. It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace! Key Responsibilities - AI Architecture & Strategy - Define and own the enterprise AI architecture for retail use cases, aligning with business priorities and technology strategy. - Develop reference architectures, patterns, and standards for AI/ML and Generative AI solutions, with an emphasis on open-source-first design principles. - Translate retail business problems — across merchandising, supply chain, stores, marketing, and e-commerce — into scalable AI solution blueprints. - Partner with business and product leaders to identify and prioritize high-impact AI opportunities. - Champion open-source AI frameworks and tooling (e.g., Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Ray, MLflow, Feast) as the default approach before evaluating commercial alternatives. - Open-Source AI Architecture - Lead the selection, evaluation, and integration of open-source AI and ML frameworks into Company’s enterprise architecture. - Design reusable patterns for open-source LLM deployment, fine-tuning, and serving (e.g., vLLM, Ollama, llama.cpp, OpenLLM). - Establish governance standards for open-source model usage, including licensing review, security scanning, and model provenance tracking. - Build internal capability around open-source foundations to reduce vendor lock-in and accelerate experimentation velocity. - Evaluate and adopt emerging open-source agentic frameworks (e.g., AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph) for retail automation use cases. - AI Solutioning & Design - Architect end-to-end AI solutions, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, inference, and system integration. - Design AI systems for core retail domains such as: - Search, recommendations, and personalization - Demand forecasting, inventory optimization, replenishment, and allocation - Pricing and markdown optimization - AI assistants and copilots for store, merchandising, and supply-chain teams - Define integration patterns between AI services and retail platforms (POS, OMS, WMS, CRM, e-commerce). - Lead architectural reviews, ensuring solutions meet performance, scalability, security, cost, and reliability requirements. - AI Observability - Define and implement an AI observability framework covering model performance monitoring, data drift detection, prediction quality tracking, and system health across all production AI systems. - Establish real-time and batch monitoring pipelines for model inference using tools such as Evidently AI, Arize, WhyLogs, Fiddler, or equivalent open-source platforms. - Design standardized dashboards and alerting for model degradation, data skew, latency SLO breaches, and feature store anomalies. - Build feedback loop infrastructure to capture ground-truth labels and enable continuous model evaluation in production. - Define observability standards for GenAI and LLM systems, including hallucination rate tracking, prompt/response logging, latency percentiles, and cost-per-query attribution. - Partner with MLOps and Platform Engineering to embed observability as a first-class requirement in every AI system from Day 1. - AI Security - Serve as the AI security authority for Company, owning the threat model for all AI and ML systems in production. - Define and enforce secure-by-design standards for model development, training data handling, inference APIs, and GenAI integrations. - Architect defenses against AI-specific attack vectors, including prompt injection, model inversion, adversarial inputs, data poisoning, and supply chain risks in open-source model adoption. - Establish data privacy controls for AI pipelines, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations (e.g., CCPA) and internal data governance policies. - Lead AI red-teaming and adversarial testing exercises to proactively identify and remediate security gaps before production deployment. - Partner with Information Security, Legal, and Enterprise Risk to maintain an AI risk register and align AI security posture with the organization’s broader cybersecurity framework. - Define guardrails, content filtering, and human-in-the-loop safeguards for all customer-facing and associate-facing GenAI applications. - MLOps, GenAI & Governance - Establish MLOps and AIOps practices, including CI/CD for models, automated retraining, monitoring, drift detection, and cost controls. - Define standards for Generative AI and LLM usage, including multi-RAG architectures, MCP, and vector search. - Define prompt orchestration, tool-calling, and agentic workflow patterns. - Ensure AI solutions comply with data privacy, security, and responsible AI principles. - Partner with Security, Legal, and Enterprise Architecture to align AI solutions with governance and risk standards. - AI Productivity Tooling Mandate - Personally mandate and model the daily use of AI-native productivity tools across all architecture and delivery work. - Evaluate, recommend, and govern the enterprise use of tools including: - Microsoft Copilot – for productivity, code assistance, and enterprise knowledge retrieval - Cursor – for AI-assisted development and code generation within engineering workflows - Glean – for enterprise search, institutional knowledge management, and AI-powered information retrieval - Claude (Anthropic) – for complex reasoning, document synthesis, and agentic task automation - Equivalent or emerging AI productivity platforms as the market evolves - Define standards and guardrails for enterprise AI tool adoption, including data classification policies governing what information may be shared with each platform. - Train and upskill engineering and cross-functional teams on effective use of AI productivity tooling to multiply output and reduce time-to-delivery. - Technology Evaluation, Implementation & Delivery - Work closely with AI Engineers, ML Engineers, Data Engineers, and platform teams to ensure architectures are production-ready and executable. - Provide hands-on guidance during implementation, including reference code, pipelines, schemas, and infrastructure patterns. - Evaluate and recommend AI SaaS solutions, cloud services, and frameworks (AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.). - Lead build vs. buy vs. open-source decisions and support vendor selection for AI capabilities. Qualifications - 9+ years of experience in software, data, or AI engineering, with 5+ years in AI/ML architecture roles. - Proven experience designing and delivering production AI solutions specifically in retail, e-commerce, supply chain, or consumer-facing industries — this is a non-negotiable requirement. - Deep hands-on expertise with open-source AI/ML ecosystem: Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex, MLflow, Ray, Feast, Evidently, or equivalent. - Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn). - Experience with modern data architectures: lakehouse, streaming, batch pipelines; platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake. - Demonstrated experience designing AI observability systems — including model monitoring, drift detection, and production feedback loops. - Working knowledge of AI security threat models, including prompt injection, adversarial attacks, and secure LLM deployment practices. - Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and managed AI/ML services (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI, or equivalent). - Established practice of using AI productivity tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude, Glean, or similar) in daily engineering and architecture work. - Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex architectures to both technical and business stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications - Experience building or scaling enterprise AI platforms or AI Centers of Excellence. - Contributions to open-source AI projects or published architecture patterns. - Experience with AI red-teaming, adversarial testing, or formal AI risk assessment frameworks. - Familiarity with retail-specific platforms: Manhattan WMS, Blue Yonder, Aptos POS, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or equivalent. - Cloud or AI certifications (AWS ML Specialty, Azure AI Engineer, GCP Professional ML Engineer). Benefits Explore our benefits site to discover all the perks and support we offer! From health coverage to financial and personal wellness, we've got you covered—check it out today! benefits.fivebelow.com/public/welcome Company Description Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Five Below is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please submit a request and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. crewservices.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity by persons that are posing as a Five Below recruiters. Please confirm that the person you are working with has an @fivebelow.com email address. 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Role Description At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in. It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace! Key Responsibilities - Payroll Processing - Own preparation and processing of weekly and biweekly payroll for 20,000+ employees - Ensure accuracy and timeliness by reviewing payroll data for completeness and resolving discrepancies - Serve as a lead resource for troubleshooting payroll issues and escalating as appropriate - Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Benefits, Finance, and Time & Attendance teams - Payroll Tax Compliance - Lead periodic compliance audits across all payroll tax obligations to ensure ongoing compliance - Identify discrepancies and drive resolution with internal stakeholders - Build and maintain audit documentation, internal controls, and compliance tracking processes - Serve as the internal subject matter expert on payroll tax compliance matters - Own quarterly compliance tracking and ensure timely implementation of regulatory updates - Support SOX compliance requirements as applicable to payroll and tax activities - Tax Vendor Management - Serve as the primary point of contact for the company’s payroll tax vendor (BSI) - Ensure taxes are assigned accurately and processed on a timely basis - Monitor vendor performance and escalate issues to leadership as appropriate - Coordinate between the vendor and internal payroll operations to resolve discrepancies - Manage vendor configuration updates resulting from regulatory or system changes - Tax Configuration & Reconciliation - Own end-to-end payroll tax reconciliation and ensure accuracy of all tax filings - Monitor tax configuration in Workday Payroll to ensure proper withholding across all jurisdictions - Review and reconcile payroll tax adjustments, amended returns, and retroactive payments - Lead year-end tax activities including W-2 preparation, ACA reporting, and final reconciliations - Earnings, Deductions & System Configuration - Own configuration and maintenance of earnings and deductions in Workday Payroll - Partner with HR and Benefits to ensure accurate deduction setup including benefits and retirement plans - Validate system configuration changes and assess downstream payroll impact before deployment - Data Analysis & Reporting - Prepare ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll reports ensuring accuracy and timeliness - Perform payroll data analysis to identify trends, errors, and process improvement opportunities - Own data reconciliation between payroll and internal systems (Time & Attendance, Accounting) - Process Improvement - Proactively identify and lead payroll process improvements, including post-implementation optimization - Own assigned process improvement initiatives from scoping through execution - Partner with cross-functional teams to drive system enhancements and best practices - Document processes and contribute to team cross-training and knowledge transfer Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field - 5+ years of payroll experience with deep knowledge of processing, compliance, and tax - Hands-on experience with Workday Payroll required; post-implementation experience strongly preferred - Demonstrated experience owning payroll tax compliance audits and vendor relationships - Familiarity with multi-state payroll tax laws, garnishments, and year-end reporting Skills & Abilities - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage large data sets accurately - Ability to operate independently, own complex workstreams, and drive to resolution without close direction - Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration skills - Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data modeling) - Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and professionalism Preferred Qualifications - CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification or active progress toward certification - Experience managing a payroll tax vendor relationship - Exposure to international payroll operations or expansion projects Benefits Explore our benefits site to discover all the perks and support we offer! From health coverage to financial and personal wellness, we've got you covered—check it out today! Company Description Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Five Below is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please submit a request and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity by persons that are posing as a Five Below recruiters. Please confirm that the person you are working with has an @fivebelow.com email address. Additionally, Five Below does NOT request financial information or payments from candidates at any point during the hiring process. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please visit Five Below's Career Site to verify the posting.

Role Description At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace! What You’ll Do - Design Data That Makes Sense - Understand how data flows across our retail business — from stores and supply chain to customers and finance. - Define enterprise data architecture that supports analytics, reporting, and operational use cases. - Design data models for key domains like Customer, Product, Sales, Store, Supplier, and Supply Chain. - Be the Go‑To Expert for Data Modeling - Lead conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling using Erwin Data Modeler or similar tools. - Apply best practice modeling approaches: - Data Vault 2.0 for scalable, auditable enterprise data - Dimensional (Star / Snowflake) models for reporting and analytics - Create and maintain enterprise canonical models so teams are speaking the same “data language.” - Set and maintain modeling standards — naming, keys, definitions, and documentation — so data stays clean and consistent. - Leverage AI-assisted data architecture and modeling capabilities in Erwin and associated tools (e.g., Quest DMI/DM) to accelerate model development, improve consistency, and support impact analysis. - Support Our Lakehouse Platform - Design schemas and data structures optimized for Databricks, Delta Lake, and Spark SQL. - Architect and model the data layer for Azure based collaborative ecosystem (Ex: SQL, PostgreSQL and MySQL). - Partner with data engineering teams to align data models with ingestion pipelines and transformations. - Ensure data is easy to consume for dashboards, reports, semantic layers, APIs, and downstream systems. - Build Trust Through Governance & Quality - Design data with governance in mind — lineage, auditability, and ownership built in from the start. - Partner with security and governance teams to support PII/PCI‑safe data designs and enterprise policies. - Help define data quality expectations so teams can trust the numbers they see. - Create clear documentation and architecture artifacts that teams can actually use. - Collaborate Across the Business - Translate business needs into practical, scalable data designs. - Be a trusted partner for Product, Engineering, BI, and Analytics teams. - Participate in Agile delivery, providing architecture guidance and design reviews. - Explain complex data concepts in a clear, approachable way — no jargon needed. Qualifications - 12+ years of experience in data architecture and enterprise data modeling. - Strong experience with: - Conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling - Erwin data Modeling - Dimensional modeling (Databricks) - Enterprise canonical data models - Hands‑on experience with Erwin Data Modeler or similar modeling tools. - Experience designing data for modern Lakehouse or Data Warehouse platforms. - Solid SQL skills and comfort partnering with data engineers. - Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. Requirements - Experience in retail, consumer, or multi‑domain enterprises. - Hands‑on exposure to Databricks and the broader Azure ecosystem (e.g., Delta Lake, Spark SQL, ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Purview). - Experience supporting Customer 360, enterprise analytics, or supply chain data. - Familiarity with BI tools and semantic modeling (e.g., Power BI). Benefits - Explore our benefits site to discover all the perks and support we offer! - From health coverage to financial and personal wellness, we've got you covered—check it out today! Company Description Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Five Below is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please submit a request and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.