Manager, Software Engineering (Marketing Technology)

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD?

COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are.

And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect.

Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy.

We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

The Marketing Technology team delivers the digital capabilities that connect Columbia Sportswear's brands with millions of consumers across marketing, e-commerce, and customer engagement channels.

We build and support the technology ecosystem that powers personalized customer experiences, marketing automation, communications, and integrations across enterprise platforms.

As Manager, Software Engineering (Marketing Technology), you will lead a team responsible for delivering and evolving solutions that span marketing platforms, cloud services, commerce technologies, and enterprise integrations.

This role requires a strong engineering leader who can think at a systems level, facilitate delivery across multiple technical disciplines, and help teams navigate complex dependencies across Marketing, Digital, Commerce, Architecture, Product, and Engineering partners.

Success in this role comes from combining engineering leadership, business partnership, technical curiosity, and strong Marketing Technology domain expertise to deliver scalable, reliable, and impactful solutions.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers responsible for Marketing Technology platforms, integrations, and associated digital capabilities.
• Partner with Marketing, CRM, Digital Commerce, Product, and Technology stakeholders to prioritize work and align delivery with business objectives.
• Guide the delivery of complex initiatives spanning customer engagement platforms, e-commerce systems, cloud services, APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Facilitate technical discussions across engineering disciplines, helping teams evaluate tradeoffs, dependencies, risks, and solution approaches.
• Partner with Architecture and Engineering leaders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Champion engineering best practices, DevOps principles, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Build strong relationships with technology vendors and delivery partners to drive successful implementation and support outcomes.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer-focused problem solving.

• A collaborative leader who builds trust and alignment across technical and non-technical teams.
• A systems thinker who enjoys understanding how technologies, platforms, and processes connect to deliver customer value.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and helping teams solve complex business and technical challenges.
• An effective communicator who can translate technical concepts into clear business conversations.
• Passionate about developing people and building high-performing engineering teams.
• Curious, adaptable, and energized by learning new technologies and evolving business needs.

• 5+ years of experience leading software engineering teams in a complex technology environment.
• Experience supporting Marketing Technology, CRM, customer engagement, marketing automation, or related digital customer experience platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern application architectures, APIs, integrations, cloud services, and software delivery practices.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders to deliver cross-functional technology initiatives and drive successful outcomes.
• Familiarity with technologies and platforms such as Zeta, Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Commerce Cloud,.NET, Node.js, Azure, AWS, or similar solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.