Manager, Technical Lead - Blacksmith/CRM

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Manager, Technical Lead - Blacksmith/CRM! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since. 

Position Location: We're all about flexibility. This will be a remote role based out of our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, MA. We are open to remote candidates.

The Manager, Technical Lead is a critical member of the enterprise solution design and delivery team, partnering with business stakeholders and product teams to prioritize and deliver enhancements, projects, and programs that support business strategy and drive enterprise value. This role brings a strong product mindset to architecture and engineering, enabling a continuous flow of value through process and design improvements that support future growth.
This role is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of optimized, integrated, and automated technology solutions across enterprise platforms. Working closely with cross-functional business partners, IT leads, system integrators, and enabling teams—including application development, integrations, data, security, testing, and organizational change management—the role delivers best‑in‑class, end‑to‑end solutions.
Serve as a functional and solution expert for assigned enterprise applications and platforms (including ERP and related systems), leading all technical aspects of the system development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, solution design, build, testing, deployment, and ongoing support

A Day in the Life...

• Drive process optimization and solution standardization by leveraging platform best practices, architectural standards, and industry frameworks
• Own system integrations across enterprise platforms, including interfaces with ERP, third‑party applications, and external partners (e.g., APIs, EDI, and middleware solutions)
• Coordinate and execute use case testing, end‑user validation activities, and post‑implementation hyper care support
• Oversee production support activities and act as a point of escalation for critical incidents and high‑impact system issues
• Collaborate post‑implementation with business stakeholders, product owners, development teams, data governance, and subject matter experts to prioritize and deliver system enhancements
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to support end‑to‑end enterprise business processes and identify opportunities for productivity, efficiency, automation, and scalability enabled by technology
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key business stakeholders and end users through deep functional understanding and trusted partnership
• Identify cost‑saving opportunities and drive innovation through process improvement, automation, and modernization initiatives
• Define solution architecture requirements and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and standards
• Ensure solutions comply with security, risk, and regulatory requirements in alignment with Information Security and governance policies
• Participate in the planning and execution of digital transformation initiatives, with a focus on core enterprise platforms and integrated business processes
• Lead and support the resolution of critical system issues, ensuring timely and effective outcomes
• Contribute to cost‑benefit analysis and business case development for proposed initiatives and enhancements
• Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to Business System Analysts and technical team members to ensure effective collaboration and delivery

What We Are Looking For:

• Proven experience in technical delivery and IT leadership roles, with a strong focus on solution design, systems implementation, and release management
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and oversee Business System Analysts or similar roles
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to align technology solutions to business objectives
• Experience driving process improvements and implementing application or platform best practices within complex enterprise environments

Education:

No Minimum Education Specified

Work Experience:

At least 7 Years of Experience

Annual Salary:

$104,700 - $143,990

The base salary range information above serves as a guideline of the position’s typical hiring range.  We value and appreciate what makes you unique and will consider a variety of factors when determining an offer.  These factors include, but are not limited to, your skills and experience, external and internal benchmarks, as well as overall company considerations.  Certain positions may be eligible for short-term and long-term incentive rewards. We also offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being.

Benefits:

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs

• • Health, Dental and Vision insurance

  • Health savings account

  • Flexible spending account

  • Life and accident insurance

  • Employee assistance program

  • Telehealth services

  • 1:1 health coaching

  • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life

• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end

• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses

• Flexible scheduling options

• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)

• Holiday pay for 12 holidays

• Career development and growth opportunities

• Tuition/Education assistance programs

• Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Scholarship programs for children of employees

• Parental leave

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.

• Adoption assistance

• Bereavement leave

• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement

• Up to $300 massage reimbursement

• Employee appreciation events

• Employee discounts

• Charitable giving

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.