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# Vice President - IT Applications

- **Company:** Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** Chesapeake, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $275,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Application Portfolio Management, Business Software, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, IT Management, Oracle (Applications), SAP (Applications), Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Warehouse Management Systems, Information Technology, Api Design
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gh4el1

## About the Role

+ 15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role focused on growth and development.

 + Experience leading enterprise and customer-facing applications in retail, consumer, or high-volume transaction environments.

 + Proven ownership of large budgets and complex vendor ecosystems.

 + Demonstrated success leading major platform implementations or transformations.

 + Retail, distribution, or high-transaction volume environment experience preferred.

Technical and Functional Expertise

 + ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar)

 + Retail systems (POS, merchandising, order management)

 + Supply chain systems (WMS, TMS, planning)

 + Cloud and SaaS application environments

 + Integration and API-driven architectures

Leadership Skills

 + Executive presence and strong business acumen

 + Ability to influence C-suite and cross-functional stakeholders

 + Experience leading large, distributed teams

 + Strong financial and vendor management capabilities

 + Strong leadership, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Education

 + Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.

 + MBA or advanced degree preferred.

## Description

The Vice President of IT Applications will lead the strategy, delivery, and operation of all enterprise and customer-facing applications across Family Dollar. This executive will lead the application portfolio supporting stores, merchandising, supply chain, and core corporate functions.

This high visibility role partners closely with executive business leaders and supports the majority of business applications to drive revenue growth, improve margins, and enhance customer experience through modern, scalable, and reliable technology platforms. The VP will lead large, distributed teams and manage a significant application budget, vendor ecosystem, and transformation roadmap. This role combines deep technical expertise and a strong track record of leading enterprise-wide application development in a fast-paced retail or consumer environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Application Strategy

 + Define and execute the enterprise application strategy aligned to business goals.

 + Lead modernization initiatives across merchandising, store, supply chain, and corporate systems.

 + Establish target architecture and platform roadmaps.

Retail Platforms

Stores

 + Customer-facing Point of Sale (POS).

Merchandising and Supply Chain Systems

 + Merchandising and assortment planning

 + Pricing and promotions

 + Inventory and replenishment, + Serve as a strategic partner to merchandising, supply chain, finance, and store operations leaders.


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