Sprouts Farmers Market · 2 hours ago
Vice President IT Engineering
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
20+ years expSprouts Farmers Market is seeking a Vice President of IT Engineering, a senior technology executive responsible for leading the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of their IT engineering strategy. The role involves overseeing engineering teams, ensuring alignment of IT initiatives with business objectives, and driving modernization practices across the organization.
Food ProcessingMeat and Poultry
Responsibilities
Recommends approach to IT engineering strategy, architecture, and execution across enterprise systems, infrastructure, and applications in alignment with the major product portfolio roadmaps and the IT enterprise strategy in partnership with CTO
Drives modernization engineering practices, including cloud first adoption, AI & automation-driven, across the organization
Ensure high availability, performance, and security of IT systems that power critical business operations through establishing robust enterprise architecture and engineering design principles
Oversee all technical design, development, and deployment of enterprise applications, integration, platform development, and support
Establish and lead the technical services supporting an AI Center of Enablement—encompassing enterprise‑wide AI governance, risk management, model lifecycle standards, and responsible‑use frameworks—to ensure scalable, secure, and strategically aligned AI capabilities that advance the company’s business objectives
Lead, influence, and own the engineering delivery capabilities for an assigned portfolio of systems (e.g., Retail, Merch & Supply Chain, MarTech, etc.) covering custom application development, data design, and integration services
Partner closely with peer portfolio and platform engineering and shared infrastructure and operation teams at each stage of the project lifecycle starting with the upfront planning and design phases through the transition to support
Responsible for creating a high-performing workforce through recruiting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent; fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and accountability to accomplish business results
Possess the ability to design and lead fully automated CI/CD pipelines—integrating tools, orchestrating workflows, and enforcing engineering best practices—to ensure rapid, reliable, and scalable software delivery
Provide coaching and leadership development opportunities to strengthen future talent pipelines
Provide strategic leadership in defining, institutionalizing, and advancing Artificial Intelligence Engineering best practices, including the establishment of an AI Center of Enablement supported by rigorous technical governance and coordinated risk management in partnership with IT SecOps, Risk, and Legal
Develop KPIs and performance metrics to measure engineering efficiency, quality, and value delivery
Leverage AI methodologies and tools to modernize and optimize engineering operations and the software development lifecycle (SDLC), driving greater efficiency, increased capacity, enhanced delivery performance, and improved product quality
Define, lead, build and oversee the enterprise-wide Quality Engineering function to ensure consistent standards, practices, automation, and outcomes
Assume comprehensive responsibility for building, leading, and supporting all engineering teams and external partners required across the full product portfolio, including Retail Stores, Marketing Technology, Merchandising, Supply Chain and Corporate Support Systems
Collaborate closely with IT peers to shape and govern the technology roadmap, proactively manage technical debt, and ensure that platforms, processes, and infrastructure scale appropriately to anticipate organizational growth and capability requirements
Ensure strict compliance with cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory requirements while advocating for these practices to be incorporated into the upfront requirements and design
Maintain governance standards for architecture, development, and operations
Qualification
Required
Strategic and analytical leader with a proven ability to align technology initiatives to business goals and measurable outcomes within a multi-year planning horizon
Demonstrate a minimum of 20 years of engineering experience, including more than +5 years in senior engineering leadership roles
Proven history and firsthand experience leading enterprise-scale engineering initiatives in complex enterprise environments
Extensive expertise in cloud platforms (Azure), DevOps, automation, enterprise architecture, offshore and managed services
Strong understanding of agile methodologies, software development lifecycle (SDLC), and IT service management
Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments while maintaining focus on strategic priorities and delivery excellence
Strong logical reasoning, analytical thinking, and data-driven decision-making capabilities
Highly motivated, proactive initiative-taker with the ability to independently initiate, execute, and complete complex initiatives
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively engage and align diverse, cross-functional teams
Demonstrated sense of urgency, accountability, and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes
Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing leaders and teams, while constructively challenging and influencing stakeholders through clear direction and continuous feedback
Strong history of integrating and coordinating multiple internal teams and external partners, including technology vendors and consulting organizations
Exceptional communication, persuasion, and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into compelling narratives, visualizations, and actionable business insights
Innovative problem solver who applies critical thinking to proactively address complex challenges across data and technology domains
Consultative and collaborative approach to relationship building, with the ability to influence and drive results within large, complex organizations
Advanced business knowledge managing functional teams and concurrent initiatives, including complex portfolios of data, projects, budgets, and schedules, through successful
Company
Sprouts Farmers Market
Sprouts is the place where goodness grows.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$600MKey Investors
JP Morgan Chase
2025-07-25Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2013-08-01IPO
2011-02-16Acquired
Leadership Team
James Bahrenburg
Chief Technology Officer
Curtis Valentine
Chief Financial Officer
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