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Job Description:

  • Ensures department goal setting aligns with long-term AutoNation and Technology strategies.
  • Develops business case and ROI to support initiatives and tracks and reports on performance.
  • Establishes plans, processes and departmental strategies needed to meet those objectives.
  • Typically leads diverse functions or processes, coordinating and integrating across organizational and functional boundaries as appropriate.
  • Partners with and integrates across other areas of the organization, resolving conflicts and managing competing priorities, to provide a complete solution.
  • Is accountable for the technical direction of the group, leveraging technical experts and fostering technical innovation.
  • Creates and maintains their organization and contributes to the design of the overall Technology organization to optimally support the business.
  • Drives medium-term (e.g., 1-3 years) strategic and policy decisions impacting the organization.
  • Counsels and advises leadership on relevant technology strategies and policies.
  • Proactively makes recommendations to business partners regarding the development of new services, projects and goals that further support and strengthen the capabilities of the business unit and AutoNation.
  • Ensures quality, compliance, regulatory, and fiscal standards are met for their areas.
  • Develops budget for their areas and ensures budget objectives are achieved through managers and other team members.
  • Makes hiring decisions.
  • Is responsible for all performance-related activities, including preparing and delivering performance reviews and any disciplinary recommendations

Requirements:

  • Requires broad experience in the technical areas led, with the ability to identify and leverage technical experts in different specialized fields.
  • Understands technical issues across diverse Technology functions or services but does not necessarily possess deep technical expertise in all the areas they supervise.
  • Exercises judgment and influence on key technical decisions (for example, standards and policies, environment selection, technical solutions) within various groups.
  • Develops processes/mechanisms to ensure that new technical developments related to their area(s) are identified, assessed, and integrated as appropriate.

Benefits:

  • Competitive compensation and 401k matching
  • Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with insurance plans (health, dental, vision) and maternity benefits.
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