VP, Technology

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VP, Technology

Benefit Cosmetics

Calling all rule-breakers, innovators & fun-loving self-starters! Are you smart, sassy & scrappy? Do you love to laugh out loud? You’re just what we’re lookin’ for, Gorgeous!

You’re sooo Benefit!

The VP Technology is the leader for Benefit’s technology plans, translating business needs into a technology strategy. The primary responsibility of this role is to understand Benefit’s business goals, strategies, and priorities, and build a technology plan to support and even accelerate the business. This role will function as a connector between Benefit Cosmetics and LVMH Beauty Tech, ensuring unique business needs are supported by technology, while also providing Benefit teams visibility to LVMH technology solutions and priorities. This role is expected to share and advocate for Benefit Cosmetics IT needs to deliver on company commitments, while understanding Beauty Tech priorities. The ideal candidate will be able to expertly balance multiple needs from various stakeholders and have a transformation mindset. This role will own the Benefit technology budget, and work across all functions of the organization, globally.

What You’ll Do :

Act as the IT Lead for Benefit

• Understand the context, ambitions, and business stakes of Benefit to define priorities and the must-win battles in the corporate and retail spaces.
• Be the advocate of Benefit within the different decision instances of Beauty Tech (HQ and / or Regions), to ensure the priorities for Benefit are understood and considered.
• Contribute to the definition of a consistent technology roadmap considering business priorities, values, resources, budget, and tech dimensions.
• Connect regularly with Benefit stakeholders (globally in both corporate and retail spaces) to identify key needs and conditions for success.
• Manage day-to-day operations within the Information Technology landscape and communicate with stakeholders on key gaps and risks.
• Be a champion for change management and ensure the successful training, adoption, and implementation of technology needs / initiatives.
• Maximize IT investment through efficient budget management by : Measuring and tracking business valuesConsolidating IT Cost and Investment for BenefitSupervising the use of the budgetGiving direction on how to optimize the IT spendMonitor and plan Capex and Opex budget to ensure the best decisions for short, mid, and long-term vision
• Follow up and communicate the progress of Benefit IT projects; get ahead of projects delays and work judiciously to deliver on Benefit business needs.
• Be a proactive innovation partner.
• Be Benefit’s post-sale point of contact, taking charge of the whole “demand-to-invoice” journey for contracted services with a continuous improvement mindset : Work closely with Benefit’s stakeholders, capture their demands, prioritize based on Benefit’s long-term planUnderstand customer and retail pain-points and propose alternativesDevelop and perform surveys to get the feedback from Benefit
• Advocate for Benefit overall, and influence changes in ways of working to build efficiency and synergy between Benefit and Beauty Tech.

As a key contributor to LVMH Beauty Tech’s IS / IT roadmap

Be a contributor to the following committees :

Qualifications :

Schedule :

The target salary range for this position is $225,000-$285,000 annually. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, years of relevant experience; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will perform the job. This position is eligible to earn an annual bonus. This position is also eligible for the following benefits, including but not limited to : comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a 401(k) plan with employer matching, various paid time off programs; employee discount / perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts.