Sr. Director, Global Connectivity- PVH Corp.

About Us:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.   

 

One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.

About the Role:

The Senior Director of Global Connectivity is responsible for defining and executing a unified, global connectivity strategy across a large-scale retail landscape, including stores, distribution centers, offices, data centers and digital platforms.

 

This role is critical to ensuring always-on, secure, and high-performance connectivity for thousands of retail locations, where network availability directly impacts revenue, customer experience, and store operations.

 

The successful candidate will lead the standardization and globalization of connectivity services, transforming fragmented regional networks into a cohesive, scalable, and resilient global platform. This role requires close collaboration with Security, Retail Infrastructure, and Digital Workplace teams, while continuously driving innovation to support modern retail technologies. This role will provide leadership and guidance to the PVH Global Connectivity Engineering team, focused on ensuring that investments and initiatives are aligned with the IT PVH+ Plan, strategy and priorities. This role will lead, manage, coach, and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.

 

What You'll Do:

Global Connectivity Strategy 

• Define and lead a global connectivity strategy tailored to retail environments

• Standardize network architecture across:

o Stores (POS, self-checkout, IoT devices)

 o Distribution and logistics centers (WMS, WCS, and automation systems)

 o Corporate offices

 o Cloud environments (public & private)

• Drive a “one-network” global model, reducing regional variation while allowing necessary local flexibility

Design resilient solutions including:

• Dual WAN / ISP redundancy by leveraging SDWAN capabilities

• 4G/5G/LEO failover capabilities for stores

• Partner closely with Retail Infrastructure to ensure seamless integration of POS, payment systems, and in-store technologies

Security & Compliance Partnership

• Definition and Implementation of secure-by-design network architecture

• Leverage SASE integration together with SDWAN

• Lead strategy and lifecycle of firewalls (Checkpoint, Cisco), IPS, URL filtering, NAC and ADC

• Oversee public cloud integration with enterprise focusing on AWS and hybrid cloud environments

• Drive Zero Trust strategy

Innovation in Retail Connectivity

• Enable next-generation retail capabilities through connectivity, including:

o IoT and smart store technologies

 o Immersive experience, AI-driven analytics

 o Mobile POS and frictionless checkout

• Drive adoption of:

o SD-WAN / SASE

o Full stack Network automation and observability

• Continuously improve store experience, speed, and reliability

Connectivity Platform & Automation

• DNS/DHCP/IPAM (Infoblox), Public DNS & Domains, Akamai GTM/Geo,

• Lead automation strategy using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Git

• Implement observability and SRE frameworks

• Manage ADC, certificate lifecycle

• Manage & implement ITIL framework improvements

• Leads a team composed of engineers and architects and supervises large/complex project teams

Budgetary Responsibilities

• Own and manage budgets assigned to specific projects as well as team’s annual operating budget

• Work with Global Corporate & Consumer portfolio leader & owner to develop annual budgets and support the portfolio owner in managing to assigned budget

• The Sr. Director will prepare, manage & track budgets & estimates for their respective area throughout the year

• Prepare all supporting financial documentation & respective processes on new projects to be undertaken (e.g., proformas, business case/ROIs, CER’s, CapEx schedule/forecast)

Decision Making

• Sets objective for self and others and delivers results that impact the organization

• Modernize our executive/campus technology experience, benchmarked against who is doing this best in class

Resourcefulness/Creativity

• Responsible for determining improvements or changes that impact a department

• The right candidate is a transformation minded, cost savings, fast paced, and agile leader that is looking to scale and go global if not done so already

What You'll Bring:

Experience:

• 12+ years of proven experience driving a customer centric engineering practice across a variety of technologies

• Proven track record of value adding change, transforming environments and a style that drives great and trusting relationships between the business and technology

• Understand how to talk tech and help their team while setting the minds of the business at ease

• A polished and empathetic support leader who wants to change technology for their constituents for the better

Preferred:

• Leads engineering teams today, with prior experience in team optimization and modernization

• Strong technical background with a bridge to the business and proven success in both arenas

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) required

Skills

• Enterprise networking (SDWAN, LAN, Wi-Fi)

• SSE / SASE, cloud networking

• Expertise in firewalls, Zero Trust, DNS/DHCP/IPAMDDI, ADC, NAC, and automation

• Deep knowledge in Cisco technology

• Network security principles and architectures

• Strong understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity

• Strong project management skills:  Plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of resources to achieve project objectives and deadlines

• Strong interpersonal relationship building skills: able to work with a variety of people and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner

• Strategic thinking: Applies organizational acumen to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization

• Executive presence & support: Interfaces with key stakeholders on a regular cadence and understands the importance of change management and adoption

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Demands Category: Corporate Office

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Travel

•Domestic: Minimal (1–10%) – Occasional travel, a few times a year.

• International: Minimal (1–10%) – Occasional travel, a few times a year.

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Pay Range:$164,100 - $210,900

PVH currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. These ranges are based on what PVH reasonably believes that it will pay an associate for their base salary for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. PVH is committed to providing a market-competitive total rewards package to eligible associates, which includes diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our associates and an above-market 401(k) contribution to help our associates save for retirement. We also offer career growth opportunities, empowering our associates to design their future at PVH.

Additional Compensation: This role is bonus eligible. This role is equity eligible.

Your Wellbeing is Our Priority

At PVH, we offer competitive, cost-effective, and comprehensive benefit packages. We strive to provide options when it comes to your health, finances, and work-life balance. This includes:

• Pay & Insurance: Competitive pay, bonus programs, best in class medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.

• 401(k): An above-market 401(k) contribution to help our eligible associates save for retirement.

• Flexible Workplace: Generous company-paid holidays, paid time off, hybrid working arrangements, volunteer opportunities, seasonal hours, and flexible work schedules.

• Wellbeing Support: A variety of wellbeing tools and programs such as, Headspace membership, reimbursement for fitness memberships and/or digital meditation subscriptions, and the opportunity to earn up to $200 a year in rewards for exercising and participating in healthy activities.

• Care.com Services: Access to services for childcare, elder care, adoption preparation, pet care, plus reimbursement for backup care when your regular plans fall through.

• Education Assistance: Receive support for continued education including tuition reimbursement.

• Associate Discount: Shop at our company outlets and e-commerce sites at a discount.

Please note, eligibility depends on employment status, location and length of time employed with PVH and our benefits may be subject to change. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.

To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH.