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Technology Director – Chief of Staff, CTO
Location
United States
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
$190K - $300K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Technology Director – Chief of Staff, CTO
The Home Depot
• Partners with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan capabilities necessary to meet short and long-term business needs. • Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner. • Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships with functional and technical peers and leaders. • Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically. • Evaluates research and market analysis, meets with third party vendors, and maintains knowledge of industry innovations and technology platforms to inform strategy. • Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives. • Defines and communicates value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes. • Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met. • Develops, plans, and implements sustainable, repeatable, and reliable processes; oversees process improvement. • Drives operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics while prioritizing external customer needs. • Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports. • Manages and coordinates strategic direction for staff. • Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent.
Job Requirements
- 8-10 years of relevant work experience
- Strategic program leadership — End-to-end project management experience for enterprise initiatives, including OKRs and milestone tracking.
- Cross-functional influence — Drives alignment across business stakeholders in matrixed orgs.
- Executive communication — Crafts leadership messaging that translates technical priorities into clear direction.
- Operating rhythm design — Runs leadership cadences, planning cycles, and governance forums.
- Proficient in leading at a Sr. Manager level or above within a fast-paced, multi-division, national company.
- Proficient in defining, communicating, and driving value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes.
- Proficient in shaping, aligning, and guiding execution of strategic direction for a domain or significant portfolio segment.
- Proficient in communicating, building influence, and developing relationships with functional and technical leaders, with high-level vendor partners, and across all levels in the organization.
- Proficient in selecting and leading strategic vendor relationships or acting as the primary point of contact for strategic partnerships.
- Proficient in managing and developing direct reports with their own span of control.
- Proficient in utilizing deep market and industry knowledge for a related portfolio segment or domain to achieve strategic objectives.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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