FASTer Way to Fat Loss®

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Vice President of Technology

lindsey murray

POSITION TITLE: Vice President of Technology

DEPARTMENT: Digital

POSITION REPORTS TO: CEO

STATUS: Employee, Full Time, exempt

LOCATION: Clearwater, Florida

BENEFITS: Eligible for standard company benefits   

 

Who We Are: 

The FASTer Way to Fat Loss is the premier virtual intermittent fasting fitness and nutrition program on the market today, we are focused on the whole health and well-being of our clients. We are known for an exceptional member experience with the highest quality programming using cutting-edge strategies aimed at helping our clients become well, prevent disease and fulfill their purpose with energy.

 

The FASTer Way’s science-backed strategies help fuel our mission to help women and men get well, prevent disease, and live their lives with energy and purpose. Since its creation in 2016, the FASTer Way has served nearly 200,000 clients and was recently named the #1 fastest-growing digital fitness plus nutrition company in the country by Inc. Magazine.

 

What You Will Do: 

If you love wellness and want to work for one of the fastest growing online fitness and nutrition brands in the country, this could be your dream job. In this role you will have an opportunity to provide focused technology solutions throughout all facets of our business including, but not limited to, supply chain tech, application security, merchandising systems, and mobile app. Our ideal candidate as the Vice President of Technology will have a proven track record of leading a team of tech at a rapidly scaling organization to deliver on aggressive company business goals. Partner closely with leads across Marketing, Sales, Operations and Finance to develop and implement digital technology strategies across the enterprise suite of CRM and digital platforms and help grow a cutting-edge analytics service that delivers actional insight from data. The Vice President of Technology is responsible for developing and maintaining interactive, mobile-responsive websites and internal apps, and building cutting-edge, user-friendly tools and features for front-facing websites and internal/team marketing systems. 

 

      

Essential Functions

The VP of Technology will provide vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives across the organization. As a member of the executive leadership team, the VP of Technology is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s information technology and systems. This role is responsible for being the technical visionary and requires the individual to be both strategic and a successful implementor. This role enables the entire IT organization by providing the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure that the organization has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively manage the organization and ensure financial strength and operational efficiency. This role has a strong working knowledge of relevant sources of data, including digital paid media campaigns, social media, websites, CRM and quantitative and qualitative research. It is essential for the individual to have strong client relationships and business development skills. The individual has experience with various online code languages and libraries but will not be responsible for daily engineering or code development. The VP of Technology must be a strong project manager, goal and deadline-oriented and able to work effectively with a variety of team members and partners. 

  • Set technical direction for the company, across all platforms, integrations, systems, and security

  • Responsible for the delivery of platform modifications and enhancements for strategic projects.

  • Manage team through delivery, closely managing progress against objectives, removing roadblocks, and driving full-team problem solving as required.

  • Full stack architecture and development experience

  • Meet all SLA to internal and external teams

  • Responsible for the delivery of operational tasks related to platform management such as training and user support, user administration, modifications and enhancements, maintaining security policies, day-to-day operation & backups, etc.

  • Identify new opportunities for digital innovation (technologies, markets, partners, trends).

  • Lead discovery, RFP, project management and execution of all digital initiatives and improvements, including bespoke mobile app, network of websites and more.

  • Develop strategic briefs, presentations and analyses.

  • Provide thought leadership on digital priorities based on business, industry and market knowledge and insights, working closely with business teams.

  • Provide prioritization and strategic management of technology initiatives and strategies.

  • Actively and effectively communicate across teams.

  • Engage with the Leadership team in key strategic decisions and visioning related to enterprise CRM and Digital platforms.

  • Provide administrative support for various technologies in the stack.

  • Build and maintain automation campaigns with a series of touchpoints that drive client conversion and retention.

  • Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 7+ years of demonstrated leadership, organizational, and operational skills with a proven ability to handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

  • Proven work experience as a with app development, web integration, ecommerce systems, payment processors (Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.net, EasyPayDirect, PayPal), CRM integration, Data Structure/ Data Lake, Business Intelligence Tools (Tableau, MS BI), Marketing Data Platform integration (Clearbit, Post Affiliate Pro, etc.) 

  • Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to engage and collaborate with clients and team members

  • Demonstrated ability to think and work independently with limited supervision

  • Effective interpersonal skills to be capable of working with all levels of office personnel

  • Goal and deadline oriented

  • BS Degree in Computer Science or relevant experiences accepted

 

SKILLS/TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have experience with:

  • CMS management

  • CRM management

  • Data management

  • Zapier

  • Google Suite

  • Slack

  • Squarespace/Wordpress (or similar development/website software)

  • Ideal candidates will have experience with:

  • Post Affiliate Pro or similar software

  • SamCart or similar e-commerce system

  • ActiveCampaign or similar ESP

  • Kajabi or similar software

 

FASTer Way Mission Statement 

As the premier virtual intermittent fasting fitness and nutrition program on the market today, we are focused on the whole health and well-being of our clients. We are known for an exceptional member experience with the highest quality programming using cutting-edge strategies aimed at helping our clients become well, prevent disease and fulfill their purpose with energy. 

 

FASTer Way Core Values: 

  • Bold Action 

  • Excellence

  • Integrity 

  • Adaptability 

  • Generosity 

Culturally, we seek team members who are interested in: 

  • Exercise 

  • Nutrition 

  • Personal Growth 

  • Relationships and people 

  • Humor 

  • Fun 

  • Self-Reflection 

 

Benefits

We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, competitive compensation, health insurance reimbursement, and once in a lifetime opportunity to board the rocket ship.

 

FASTer Way Commitment

FASTer Way to Fat Loss (a subsidiary of Tress Marketing Solutions, LLC) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, gender, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or medical condition.


The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, abilities and physical demands. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate. By signing below, I acknowledge and affirm that I have read, understand and discussed any problems that I may have fulfilling the duties outlined in the above job description with Human Resources.


 

INTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD SUBMIT A COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO:

hr@fasterwaytofatloss.com