Agile, IT Jobs in Usa

About , Inc.

, Inc. is a leading online gifting and experiential commerce company with a family of iconic brands including , Harry & David, Cheryl’s Cookies, , Things Remembered, and more. Our mission is to inspire more human expression, connection, and celebration—powered by innovative customer experiences and a seamlessly integrated technology ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Technology Leadership

• In conjunction with the Business and Product Management, define and execute a multi-year technology vision and roadmap spanning:
• Customer Care platforms (CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service), CRM, customer accommodations, digital engagement, WFM and analytics
• Develop and execute Enterprise Order Management integrations for exception handling
• Collaborating with Product Management to develop AI & Virtual agents’ strategy and execution
• Align technology investments to measurable business outcomes including:
• CSAT / NPS improvement
• Cost-to-serve reduction
• CSRs end-to-end productivity improvements
• Establish scalable, API-first, cloud-native architecture aligned to enterprise standards.

Technology Platform & Solution Ownership

• Ensure reliable, secure, compliant, and scalable technology platform to deliver operational capability across:
• Voice, chat, email, SMS, and digital service channels
• Integrated order capture and exception handling
• Work collaboratively within IT (and business) on integrations across ERP, WMS, TMS, Digital Commerce, Payments, real-time Inventory visibility and enterprise data platforms to drive a seamless customer and agent experience
• Collaborate on Customer Center strategy, design, reliability, and optimization:
• IVR, call routing, telephony platforms
• Order exception management workflows
• Self-service and agent assisted transactions
• Ensure peak-readiness and high availability (99.9%+ uptime) across all platforms.

Delivery & Modernization

• Lead large-scale technology transformation programs including:
• CCaaS implementation & migrations
• CRM modernization
• Workforce forecasting, planning and scheduling solutions
• Autonomous agents and customer experience improvements
• Implement agile engineering practices with outcome-based delivery.
• Establish architecture standards for technology selection, deployment, lifecycle management, and technical governance.
• Support modernization initiatives leveraging:
• Intelligent call routing and speech recognition
• Predictive inventory analytics
• Automated order exception handling

Innovation& Intelligent Automation (AI/ML, Agentic AI, Bots)

• Support adoption of AI, machine learning, and intelligent automation across customer care.
• Support implementation of Agentic AI and autonomous workflow agents to:
• Address and resolve WIMO calls
• Resolve order exceptions
• Automate refunds, replacements, and adjustments
• Proactively manage inventory imbalances
• Assist agents with real-time recommendations and next-best actions
• Collaborate and support conversational AI, chatbots, voice bots, and virtual assistants to increase containment, improve personalization, and reduce cost-to-serve.
• Deploy predictive analytics and ML models for:
• Call volume forecasting
• Order risk scoring
• Inventory demand sensing
• Backorder prevention
• Establish foresight metrics, alerts and early-warning dashboards to anticipate service spikes, fulfillment bottlenecks, delivery and inventory constraints before customer impact.
• Partner with Data & Analytics to operationalize semantic-layer-driven intelligence into customer[1]care systems.

Operational Excellence & Reliability

• Own production support, incident management, and platform stability.
• Reduce incident rates and Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR).
• Ensure resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and business continuity.
• Optimize system performance to handle seasonal and promotional peaks.

Data, Analytics & Automation

• Enable analytics layer to help business improve:
• Call containment
• Forecast accuracy
• Agent productivity
• Customer and Agent experience
• Cost-to-serve
• Establish KPI dashboards measuring both technical and business performance impact.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build and lead high-performing engineering, architecture, and operations teams.
• Partner closely with:
• Product Management and Customer Care Operations
• Supply Chain & Fulfillment
• Digital Commerce
• Finance & FP&A
• Security & Compliance
• Influence executive stakeholders and participate in steering committee governance.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise Intake Planning and capital prioritization processes.

Qualifications:

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive senior technology leadership and management of enterprise platforms experience (Sr. Director or VP level).
• eCommerce environments ($1B+ revenue).
• Experience managing global teams (including off-shore development centers) and large technology portfolios.

Technical Expertise

• Deep knowledge of:
• CCaaS platforms (e.g., Dynamics, Genesys, Five9, NICE, Kodex)
• CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Dynamics, Zendesk, ServiceNow)
• Workforce Management Solutions
• IVR and call/chat routing & optimization
• Strong understanding of:
• Cloud-native architecture
• API and microservices design
• Event-driven integration patterns
• Enterprise security and compliance standards

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with firm grasp on innovation and emerging technologies.
• Clear communicator with strong business acumen.
• Proven ability to influence C-level executives.
• Strong vendor negotiation and ecosystem management skills.
• Data-driven decision-maker with measurable results orientation.
• Exceptional team player with proven servant leadership style.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology is required.
• Advanced degree preferred

Principal Duties/Responsibilities:

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• Partners with business subject-matter experts to translate business requirements into technical solutions
  
• Partners with Software engineers to translate business requirements into a technical requirements and solutions
  
• Partners with solution architects to provide a scalable and adaptable architectural solution
  
• Seamlessly integrates business and service strategy into enterprise architecture roadmap
  
• Promotes the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve how information flows
  
• Prepares Business Process Model and Notation for as-is and to-be analysis
  
• Identifies opportunities to define/follow standard operating procedures
  
• Coordinates project efficiency and resources
  
• Manages process changes and effectively communicates with leadership status
  
• Applies knowledge of business process modelling notations (BPMN, EPC, BPEL) to documenting processes
  
• Performs data analysis utilizing SQL and other tools as necessary
  
• Facilitates requirements prioritization based on business value
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Essential KSAs:

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• Bachelor's degree in computer science management information systems, engineering or related field and three to five years of experience; or equivalent combination of both
  
• Ability to interpret business and technical documents
  
• Intermediate understanding of enterprise architecture and its organizational impact
  
• Ability to create compelling business cases with accurate cost and effort estimations
  
• Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise in work products
  
• Ability to work independently and effectively
  
• Ability to work on multiple tasks at any one time while maintaining high quality standards
  

Desirable KSAs:

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• Experience with RUP, Agile, Scrum, or TDD preferred
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Intermediate understanding of information risk and enterprise architecture standards
  
• Intermediate understanding of various software development lifecycles
  
• Excellent software engineering skills ensuring sound technical solutions
  

Competencies:

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• Personal Discipline
  
• Communications
  
• Customer Focus
  

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; and talk or hear. The employee is also required to use a telephone with headset for verbal troubleshooting, frequent use of a standard keyboard and computer to document calls in a ticketing system, and occasional use of other office equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 30 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long periods and use close and color vision. Work is typically performed in a moderately noisy business office.

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. We also offer market leading benefit programs including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, PTO, a 401k retirement plans with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a \"small company\" culture where your ideas will be heard with \"big company\" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value and recognize the benefits derived when people with different backgrounds and experiences work together to achieve business results. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered, and enabled to perform at their best.

Our enterprise P&C IT organization is on a mission to accelerate the Great American strategy and empower the many Business Units and Shared Services with the appropriate technology, data, and applications to enable their business objectives and plans. We are looking to hire an IT Customer Engagement Lead who is a leader in our enterprise IT Organization and a strategic partner to one or more of our Divisions.

As the strategic partner, you will be responsible for building relationships and partnering with our business customers to understand their business needs and challenges as well as define the capabilities, technology strategy, and target IT operating models to accelerate their business strategies and go to market plans.

P&C IT Services is looking for a Customer Engagement Leader to join their team. The level for this position will be based on the candidate's experience.

This individual will work a hybrid schedule out of the Cincinnati office.

If you have a passion for building relationships, helping companies win with technology, and staying current with industry trends, then read further this is the role for you!

Customer Relationship Management Helps blur the lines between business and technology

• Establishes the appropriate IT / Business engagement model and corresponding set of IT services aligned to a Divisions business model. This position will act as a mini CIO for these groups.
• Develops relationships with key business stakeholders to understand their business strategies, needs, and challenges
• Gathers information on the business and technology objectives for business units, identifies customer needs and creates a shared technology plan to support business outcomes
• Ensures the customer is positioned best on technology AND data to support current and future needs

Technology Strategy Influences, provide options for the BU to win with technology and data

• Gathers and communicates market research on insurance and technology trends that is relevant to our business customers
• Participates in business strategy conversations helping define opportunities/ options to leverage technology and data to run, transform, or grow their businesses
• Drives conversations with customers to define and influence the business capabilities, digital experiences, and new ways of working to enable business objectives
• Develops a multi-year BU technology strategy and investment roadmap to address strategic outcomes and drive customer success for the short and long term
• Helps define the target IT operating model and specific business unit technology strategies and transformation for digital, automation, data, analytics, application modernization as needed
• Drives the business case for change and portfolio of initiatives and technology investment(s) aligned to business priorities

Delivery Execution & Support - Advocates for the BU and ensures no surprises

• Make sure customer needs are being met and understood by each department in the company from strategy to execution; knows which IT teams/resources to bring to the table and when
• Collaborates with internal IT teams to identify options to leverage technology and data to enable business drivers for a Division around easy of doing business, new revenue, operational efficiencies, and improved decision making through the use of data and analytics
• Partners with IT Delivery Managers, Enterprise Architects, and business stakeholders on developing the \"OneTeam\" delivery model playbook for success including the CSAT outcomes, team structure, roles, etc. across all initiatives for a particular business unit
• Serves as a point of escalation to manage risks and concerns back to the customer across all portfolio's of work for the business unit
• Partners with business and technical teams to gather feedback on the health of the relationship and quality of delivery of IT services
• Drives strategies and recommendations on strategies to drive adoption and continuous improvement opportunities for IT applications and assets

• A minimum of 15 years of related experience required
  • Prior experience within the P&C industry with deep knowledge Insurance domain expertise, a deep knowledge of various insurance functions across the value chain.
  • Strong level of technology expertise/breath (digital, automation, application modernization, data, analytics, etc.)
  • Strong experience building relationships (trust) and managing stakeholder expectations from strategy to planning and execution; including abilities to create win-win partnerships, with a strong understanding of give and take
  • Prior experience consulting skills or experience facilitating business and technology strategies; Ability to see the big picture and plan out steps to achieve it.
  • Ability to influence change, energize business and technical teams and foster buy in at all levels
  • Experience with navigating organizations and driving alignment and urgency across cross functional teams
  • Prior experience driving business transformation and organizational change
  • Prior experience leading complex and large-scale technology initiatives and engagements
• Genuine curiosity and passion for all things technology to apply the industry trends into the business
• Strong communication skills: verbal, written, listening to various levels across the organization
• Strong Problem Solving and results orientation/ execution skills - Takes ownership in tasks and projects seeing them through to completion. Ability to handle complex and ambiguous situations.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree preferred

Business Unit: Property & Casualty IT Services

Salary Range: $155,600.00 -$208,400.00

We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.

Compensation varies by role, level, and location and is influenced by skills, experience, and business needs. Your recruiter will provide details about benefits and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process.

IT Business Partner at Wilson, MA

Job Description: IT Business Partner – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Role Overview

The IT Business Partner – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing serves as the strategic technology partner for Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain functions within a regulated pharmaceutical environment. This role combines strong business partnership and stakeholder engagement with deep manufacturing IT, solution architecture, and compliance expertise to ensure technology solutions enable safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

This is a long‑term role and may be structured as full‑time employment or a long‑term contract engagement, depending on candidate experience and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership & Strategy (≈50%)

• Act as the primary IT partner for Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain leadership
• Build trusted relationships with site leadership, operations managers, quality leaders, and business stakeholders
• Develop a strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, compliance requirements, and operational KPIs
• Translate business and regulatory needs into IT strategies, roadmaps, and prioritized initiatives
• Partner with business leaders to develop business cases, define success metrics, and track value realization
• Align site‑level priorities with enterprise IT strategy and governance

Manufacturing IT, Architecture & Compliance (≈50%)

Manufacturing & Quality Systems

• Lead IT engagement for manufacturing and quality systems, including MES, LIMS, QMS, EMS, serialization, and plant historians
• Support integration between shop‑floor systems (MES, SCADA, PLCs) and enterprise platforms (ERP, data, analytics)
• Ensure systems support GMP manufacturing, batch integrity, traceability, and electronic records

Solution Architecture & Integration

• Provide solution and integration oversight for ERP (e.g., SAP), manufacturing execution, quality, maintenance, and supply chain systems
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and compliant with enterprise standards
• Support digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 initiatives within a validated pharmaceutical environment

Validation, Data Integrity & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure IT solutions meet GxP, CSV, and data integrity requirements (e.g., ALCOA+)
• Partner with Quality and Validation teams to support system validation, change control, and audit readiness
• Ensure compliance with FDA, EMA, and other global health authority expectations

Delivery Oversight & Change Enablement

• Serve as the single point of accountability for IT delivery outcomes supporting manufacturing and quality operations
• Identify risks, dependencies, and compliance impacts early and drive mitigation plans
• Lead change enablement activities, including communication, training coordination, and adoption support
• Ensure solutions are effectively embedded into shop‑floor and quality processes

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT roles supporting pharmaceutical or other GxP‑regulated manufacturing environments
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and quality systems
• Hands‑on experience with manufacturing IT systems (MES, LIMS, QMS, ERP)
• Experience with system validation, data integrity, and regulated change management
• Proven ability to partner with manufacturing, quality, and engineering leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as an IT Business Partner, Manufacturing IT Lead, or Solution Architect
• SAP experience (PP, QM, PM, MM) or equivalent ERP platforms
• Exposure to serialization, track & trace, or regulatory reporting systems
• Experience supporting multi‑site or global pharmaceutical operations
• Knowledge of cybersecurity considerations in OT and regulated environments

Employment Type

• Long‑term role
• Open to Full‑Time Employee or Long‑Term Contract engagement
• Structure will be based on experience, availability, and business requirements

Success Measures

• Alignment of IT initiatives with manufacturing and quality priorities
• Compliance and audit readiness of manufacturing and quality systems
• Improved operational performance through compliant technology enablement
• Strong satisfaction from site and business leadership

• Gathering IT related project requirements  
• Determining the IT scope of work 
• Developing IT estimates for each project and submitting for approval (obtain project funds) 
• Creating & maintaining project schedules 
• Monitoring and managing project finances (forecast project cashflow monthly) 
• Coordinating all IT activities with internal Facilities Construction teams, IT partners and contractors 
• Report on project status 

• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of a project in the Greater San Francisco Service Area and South Bay program, ensuring the delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of the Capital Construction and Infrastructure Portfolios 
• Project planning, Project financial management, Project schedule management, Project resource management 
• The ability to manage highly complex, large-scale project with overlapping schedules with multiple inter-dependencies is expected 

• 5+ years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of IT infrastructure projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management 
• Demonstrated track record in leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects 
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with MS Excel and Project
• Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow and various supplier portals (OneLink is what is used here)
• Demonstrated strong customer focus and client relationship building skills 
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Capital Construction experience is preferred & project management in a healthcare environment is a plus 
• PMP Certification is a plus but not a must.

Kavaliro provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Kavaliro is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Kavaliro will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please respond to this posting to connect with a company representative.

Title: Director of IT & Business Systems

Location: Vancouver, WA

Salary: $130,000 – $150,000 per year

The Management Group is seeking an experienced Director of IT & Business Systems to lead technology strategy, infrastructure, and enterprise systems across a growing multi-entity property management organization. This role oversees all IT operations, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and business systems while partnering closely with executive leadership to improve efficiency, reporting, and long-term technology scalability.

Who This Role Is Not For

This role is not intended for entry-level IT professionals or candidates whose experience is limited to help desk or system administration responsibilities. We are specifically seeking candidates with senior-level IT leadership experience, a strong infrastructure background, and a track record of managing enterprise systems, cybersecurity, and technology strategy.

This position is ideal for a technology leader who can balance strategic planning with hands-on execution, modernize systems, and leverage automation and emerging technologies to improve operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

·        Develop and lead a multi-year IT strategy aligned with company growth, operational efficiency, and security objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by translating business needs into scalable technology solutions.

·        Oversee the performance, reliability, and integration of core business platforms including property management systems, accounting systems, HR systems, document management tools, and collaboration platforms. Identify opportunities to strengthen operations through system integrations, automation, and improved data accessibility.

·        Lead all IT infrastructure including cloud services, networking, Wi-Fi, endpoints, servers, telephony, and mobile device environments while maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture across the organization.

·        Manage IT vendors, technology budgets, and major system implementations. Ensure reliable IT service delivery across multiple locations while establishing service standards and improving internal support processes.

·        Partner with Finance and Operations to enhance enterprise reporting, automation, and data visibility, helping leadership make faster and more informed decisions.

·        Lead, mentor, and develop members of the IT team while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and strong service orientation.

Minimum Qualifications

·        10+ years of progressive experience in IT leadership, infrastructure management, or enterprise technology operations

·        Experience leading IT in a multi-site or multi-entity organization

·        Strong expertise in:

o  Microsoft 365 and Entra ID

o  Hybrid cloud environments

o  Infrastructure and networking

o  Cybersecurity frameworks and data protection

o  Enterprise systems management

·        Experience managing IT vendors, technology budgets, and enterprise system implementations

·        Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical leadership

·        Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Qualifications

·        Experience with automation platforms, Microsoft Power Platform, or workflow tools

·        Experience with business intelligence or enterprise reporting systems

·        Experience with virtualization environments or enterprise RMM/PSA tools

·        Industry experience in property management, real estate, or service-based businesses

·        Professional certifications such as ITIL, CISSP, CISM, or PMP

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $130,000 – $150,000 per year

Benefits include:

100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents

Auto allowance

3 weeks vacation accrual

Sick time accrual at 1 hour for every 40 hours worked

If you are an experienced IT leader who enjoys building scalable systems, strengthening cybersecurity, and helping organizations operate more efficiently through technology, we encourage you to apply and join us in shaping the future of our technology infrastructure.