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Senior Technology Director - Product Creation Technology
Senior Technology Director - Product Creation Technologylululemon • Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA
Senior Technology Director - Product Creation Technology

Senior Technology Director - Product Creation Technology

lululemon • Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, CA
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Senior Technology Director - Product Creation Technology at lululemon

The opportunity to lead lululemon’s technology strategy for product creation.

Who we are

Lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we’re in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Director Technology to define and execute a multi-year technology strategy that transforms how lululemon creates and delivers products. This leader will modernize PLM and integration stacks, scale 2D / 3D and digital product creation, and embed AI-driven automation to compress cycle times and unlock creativity. You will lead a global, multi-disciplinary engineering organization across North America and India, stewarding platforms, products, and vendor ecosystems that serve our product creators end‑to‑end.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, drive change initiatives, and foster a culture of continuous improvement to keep pace with the organization’s growth strategy.
  • Manage resources, oversee financial interests, and implement essential policies, practices, and processes.
  • Evident leadership skills, a proven track record of building strong teams, setting high performance standards, challenging people to excel and eliciting their sustained high performance.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills is essential.
  • Drive world‑class engineering solutions that are reliable, observable, secure, compliant, and highly available.
  • Blend deep technical expertise with visionary leadership, to guide a globally dispersed engineering team that drives platform and solution modernization with advanced AI capabilities such as LLMs, vector retrieval, computer vision, and intelligent agents.
  • You will drive the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and responsible AI / ML enabled systems that bridge product design, development, merchandising, and planning – ensuring technology accelerates both creativity and business outcomes.
  • Translate lululemon’s go‑to‑market vision into a multi‑year AI and platform modernization strategy.
  • Leverage AI and ML solutions to drive measurable impact across tech pack automation, design insight generation, demand forecasting, visual product tagging, auto‑attributes, etc.
  • Translate complex AI / ML architectures into clear narratives for executive stakeholders.
  • Champion transparency, inclusion, and ethics as core enablers of innovation.
  • Develop future‑ready leaders capable of balancing technical depth and business acumen to drive meaningful growth.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field.
  • PhD / Master’s in computer science, applied mathematics, statistics is a bonus.
  • 5+ years of engineering leadership and delivery experience.
  • 5+ years in retail, merchandising, product design / development of apparel, or related field is a bonus.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing large budgets.
  • Demonstrated experience translating business strategy into technology and engineering roadmaps.
  • Expert proficiency in programming languages (eg : Python, Java), and relevant libraries / frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of machine learning, NLP, computer vision, and generative AI techniques.
  • Able to produce documentation such as narratives and root cause analysis providing actionable insights.
  • Hands on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and MLOps tools.
  • Strong knowledge of data engineering concepts and big data.
  • Continuous learning mindset that stays on the leading edge of applied ML, LLM’s and NLP advancements.
  • Exceptional communication and storytelling skills for executive audiences.
  • Must Haves

  • Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
  • Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
  • Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
  • Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
  • Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
  • Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.
  • Authorization

    Authorization to work in Canada is required for this role.

    Compensation And Benefits Package

    lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay‑for‑performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from $213,000 - $279,500 annually; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program and equity offerings, subject to program eligibility requirements.

  • Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans
  • Paid time off
  • Savings and retirement plan matching
  • Generous employee discount
  • Fitness & yoga classes
  • Parenthood top‑up
  • Extensive catalog of development course offerings
  • People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few)
  • Note : The incentive programs, benefits, and perks have certain eligibility requirements. The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

    Workplace Arrangement

    Hybrid – In‑person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.

    Seniority Level

    Director

    Employment Type

    Full‑time

    Job Function

    Information Technology

    Industries

    Retail

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