Wayfair is seeking to optimize its software investments and governance processes to ensure strategic and financially disciplined decision-making.
Requirements
- Experience with data analysis and creating new processes
- Strong financial acumen and data-driven approach to decision-making
- Ability to use data to break down components of purchases and drive the right conversations around the decisions we need to make
- Negotiation experience and/or an understanding of the Software/Cloud landscape (not required but a plus)
- Experience with project management and cross-functional initiatives
- Familiarity with emerging areas such as GenAI
Responsibilities
- Oversee Wayfair’s entire software portfolio—commercial strategy, governance, financial discipline, and long-term planning—across all business units and functions.
- Partner with business, tech, and product leaders to define and drive our strategy for emerging areas (ex. GenAI), identify use cases, and map short- and long-term implementation roadmaps.
- Support cloud infrastructure commercial negotiations and partner with technical and business stakeholders to evaluate tradeoffs and shape long-term cloud purchasing strategies.
- Serve as the key partner to FP&A for forecasting and managing software spend. Build frameworks to evaluate ROI, align spend with business goals, and track impact.
- Design and evolve software governance processes to ensure technology decisions are timely, strategic, and consistent with Wayfair’s broader priorities.
- Proactively identify opportunities for consolidation and simplification of software tools. Align roadmaps across stakeholders to realize value and reduce redundancy.
Other
- 5+ years of experience in a strategy or operational role
- Bachelor’s degree required and preferred in an analytical field, such as economics, math, statistics, supply chain management, analytics, or engineering. MBA is a plus.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization and across different teams
- A strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity and is excited by the opportunity to shape and define a new area
- A proactive self-starter who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
