Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of Built In Chicago's top 10 places to work in 2021, we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.
The Opportunity:
The B2C channel is our primary marketplace and is a major factor in the future growth of Vivid Seats. This leader will build teams and technologies that enable Vivid Seats to expand features in our marketplace to drive more engagement to our product. The Director of Engineering will partner with product directors, functional business leaders, senior director of Engineering and the CTO to develop an aggressive product and technology vision, assemble and adapt the technology team, and rapidly execute the development plan. 
As the Director of Engineering, B2C, you will oversee the engineering talent and technical strategy for multiple domains and technical areas focused on our consumer-facing web and native eCommerce properties and the business services supporting them. This role will be directly responsible for the systems supporting our e-commerce marketplace. There are currently two development teams with multiple squads supporting each team under this position, with staffing growth a primary goal for the leader in this role. 
How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats: 

• Coach and develop individual contributors and engineering managers.
• Foster a high performing engineering culture which attracts a diverse spectrum of top engineering talent.
• Own the quality, scalability, security, and performance of applications, systems, and integrations under the marketplace services domain. 
• Measure and improve team engagement and productivity. 
• Set and drive the technical strategy and execution plan for the B2C domain as well as plan out new capabilities to allow the business to respond quickly to the market. 
• Represent Vivid Seats as a brand ambassador to the technology community.
• Partner with the B2C product team to enable business value creation, as well as the stability and scalability of our solutions. 
• Partner with other peers in the Software Engineering department to drive the technology strategy forward. 

How your role expectations will progress as a Director of Engineering, B2C in the first 30, 90, and 180 days: 
30 days in 

• Acclimate Vivid Seats' values and organizational goals to understand how your department drives initiatives forward.
• Understand your teams' contributions and the needs of stakeholders that rely on your deliverables to bring business objectives to life. 
• Set weekly touch points with direct reports to understand their role, motivations, and needs, building trust and leading with empathy. 
• Partner with the product and UX to understand the product vision and current roadmap. 
• Partner with CTO and Senior Director of Software Engineering to align on technology vision and roadmap. 
• Familiarize with the B2C technology operational metrics. 

90 days in 

• Empower and coach team members to achieve personal and functional goals that correlate to department objectives. 
• Develop and lead initiatives for your team that enhance process, drive innovation, and build on Vivid Seats values.
• Actively support the engineering managers and product managers to focus ahead by reviewing their rolling roadmap. 
• Actively respond strategically to the B2C operational metrics by refining the technical roadmap and/or processes as required. 

180 days in

• Monitor and evolve team deliverables, individual goals, and overall performance to ensure alignment with broader initiatives of your department and the organization while coaching your team to grow skill sets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to confirm accurate prioritization and refine processes for collaboration and best practices. 
• Meaningfully contribute to department roadmap exercises that balance current needs with future strategic initiatives.
• Proactively work with the CTO and Senior Director of Software Engineering on the go-forward technology strategy. 
• Proactively work with the UX and product teams on the strategic technical capability roadmap to accelerate feature development. 

What You'll Bring: 

• A proven career leading multiple high-performing engineering teams, preferably in the ecommerce industry.
• Passionate about building a customer-driven, product focused engineering team. 
• Experience developing and achieving stakeholder and engineer buy-in to execute a long-term technical strategy.
• Expertise establishing and managing teams in multiple locations. 
• Demonstrable experience of partnering with product and UX teams on creating best-in-class customer-facing products. 
• Several years' experience in running a blended team of full-stack developers and mobile developers. 
• Several years' experience of making full-stack architectural decisions including experience with enterprise asynchronous system architecture and scaling.
• Effectively managing teams with modern web and native app frameworks, as well as supporting business services and databases
• A proven ability to develop engineering managers and to build and retain diverse engineering teams.
• Customer facing or consulting experience with the ability to promote and secure platform adoption.
• Experience in a fast paced, Agile, continuous delivery and operational environment.
• Creativity, fearlessness, and an unwavering commitment to putting the customer first.

Our Commitment: 

We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belonging. Many of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.

Vivid Seats provides competitive compensation; bonus incentives and equity for all employees; FLEX PTO; mental health days; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401K matching; monthly credits and discounts for attending live events; remote work and snack allowances; and a variety of additional workplace perks.
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