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Director of Enterprise Applications
1 year ago
Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has sold over 18 million games. Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and
The Oatmeal’s founder Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games seek to reshape traditional game night into an entertaining person-to-person experience. Today, there are nearly 30 games available for purchase as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both
iOS ,
Android , and the
Nintendo Switch console, as well as a free-to-play app, Kitty Letter.
We are looking to hire a Director of Enterprise Applications/Technology with proven experience in implementing modern data architectures including cloud based data warehouses and contemporary BI/reporting platforms, as well as implementing ERPs and related systems and integrations for start-up phase, retail businesses. Strengths in scaling and growing technical infrastructures and hiring and mentoring related teams to support sales and finance business units are critical aspects to the job. As the key technology leader at Exploding Kittens, you will be an integral part of our success, responsible for both building out our technical team and managing our systems and capabilities to ensure our business can continue to rapidly scale.
HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE:
- Direct the implementation of our Enterprise reporting and data warehouse, building from a foundation of Snowflake and Tableau to develop an enterprise dashboard and deliver prioritized business reports across all subject areas
- Oversee our in-progress migration from Google sheets to Tableau for enterprise reporting
- Oversee our new OMS implementation and key integrations with retailers and our 3PLs as well as supporting feature enhancements for the business and sales teams and ensuring widespread adoption
- Partner with the Executive team to create our 3 year technical roadmap to support Exploding Kittens’ rapid global growth needs
- Leading a team of highly skilled and specialized technical staff to deliver on multiple business needs across the enterprise
- Proactively identify technical and security risks and considerations for the business and implement systems and processes to mitigate
WHAT WE NEED:
- 12+ years technical experience in either private and public company settings (high growth startup is a plus)
- 3+ years of experience in a director level IT leadership position with people leadership experience, supporting a B2B and B2C retail business
- 3+ years of experience developing strategic and tactical plans for delivering technology services and solutions
- Hands on experience with managing, implementing and supporting ERP systems, middleware systems, Quickbooks, modern data warehouse and BI platforms, and ecommerce system
- Experience leading internal helpdesk, procurement and onboarding/offboarding of employees
- Strong project management skills with the ability to create RFP’s, project plans, roadmaps, prioritize work and drive projects to completion
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
WHAT WE OFFER:
- 100% Company paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Flexible spending account options (medical, dependent care, transit)
- 401k with company matching
- Employee Equity Incentive program
- Flexible paid vacation
- Learning & development allowance
- Monthly wellness benefit + complementary wellness subscriptions
As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer we are committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race (including protected hairstyles such as dreadlocks, braids and twists), religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression and/or the fact that an individual is transgender, transitioning or transitioned), color, ancestry, national origin, possession of a driver’s license, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/trait/condition, marital or familial status, family care or medical leave status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, membership in military reserves, political affiliation, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation We consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local, state and federal “ban the box” and “fair chance” laws.
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