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The Digital team focuses on delivering a superior customer experience on petsmart.com and our mobile app. The team also guides revenue and profit growth for the digital business. Digital team associates focus on delivering initiatives that help our pet parents find and discover products, bring enterprise priorities to life digitally, design new user experiences, build new features and capabilities, and manage key omni-channel programs. We work to showcase our brand digitally through the lens of expertise and love and to provide a personalized experience for our consumers. The team takes a data-driven approach and leverages quantitative and qualitative insights to optimize the experience and make business decisions.

At PetSmart, teamwork and connection are core to how we thrive. This role is based at our Phoenix Home Office, with an expectation of working a minimum of four days in the office each week. In a standard work week, associates may work up to one remote “flex day” (with leader approval). Our hybrid approach is designed to foster strong collaboration while also supporting flexibility and individual success.

The Director, Site Merchandising is responsible for defining and leading PetSmart's enterprise site merchandising strategy across all digital experiences, driving profitable growth through customer-centric merchandising, content, and discovery experiences.

This leader owns the strategic direction for category merchandising across web and mobile, ensuring customers can easily discover, evaluate, and purchase products while supporting enterprise commercial priorities. The role partners closely with Merchandising, Marketing, Product Management, Technology, UX, Analytics, and Operations to shape the future of PetSmart's digital shopping experience and influence the evolution of our omnichannel capabilities.

As a senior leader within Digital, this role is accountable for translating business objectives into scalable merchandising strategies, modernizing operating models, developing organizational capability, and delivering measurable improvements in customer experience and digital performance. The Director leads a high-performing organization of managers and individual contributors while serving as a strategic thought partner to executive leadership.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise leading digital merchandising organizations within large-scale omnichannel retailers and has a demonstrated ability to build strategy, influence enterprise decisions, and deliver transformational business results.

• Define and evolve PetSmart's long-term site merchandising strategy across web and mobile, balancing customer experience, commercial priorities, and digital P&L objectives.
• Own the strategic roadmap for digital product discovery, including browse, search, category experiences, promotional merchandising, and content optimization.
• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert on digital merchandising, influencing strategic initiatives that shape the future customer experience.

• Establish merchandising strategies that improve discoverability, conversion, engagement, and customer lifetime value across digital channels.
• Drive continuous optimization of browse paths, taxonomy, search experiences, product presentation, and merchandising content to improve shopping ease.
• Champion customer-first thinking by leveraging qualitative and quantitative insights to continuously improve the digital shopping journey.
• Balance innovation with operational excellence to deliver scalable experiences that support both digital-exclusive and omnichannel business objectives.

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing organization of merchandising leaders and individual contributors through clear vision, coaching, and accountability.
• Establish operating models, governance, and cross-functional processes that improve execution speed, organizational alignment, and scalability.
• Build effective partnerships across the enterprise, influencing without authority and aligning diverse stakeholders around common business outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, eliminate friction, and modernize merchandising operations through process improvements and technology enablement.

• Establish performance metrics and success frameworks that connect merchandising initiatives to customer outcomes and financial performance.
• Guide the organization in leveraging analytics to identify trends, opportunities, and customer behaviors that inform strategic decisions.
• Translate complex business insights into compelling executive-level recommendations that influence investment decisions and organizational priorities.
• Foster a culture of experimentation by championing testing, measurement, and continuous optimization across digital experiences.

• Build and sustain a high-performing, inclusive organization grounded in collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional talent while creating meaningful opportunities for career growth and leadership development.
• Foster a culture that encourages innovation, curiosity, ownership, and customer obsession.
• Lead organizational change effectively, helping teams navigate evolving business priorities while maintaining effective engagement and performance.

• 10+ years of progressive experience leading digital merchandising, ecommerce, or digital experience organizations within a large-scale omnichannel retailer.
• 7+ years of experience leading and developing leaders, including managing managers and building high-performing organizations.
• Demonstrated success developing enterprise strategies that deliver measurable growth across digital commerce businesses.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives across Merchandising, Marketing, Product, Technology, Analytics, and Operations.
• Proven understanding of digital merchandising disciplines, including search, taxonomy, browse optimization, content strategy, personalization, and customer journey optimization.
• Experience leveraging digital platforms, merchandising technologies, analytics, experimentation, and emerging capabilities to improve customer outcomes.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and executive storytelling skills with the ability to simplify complex information and influence decision-making.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• This role requires collaboration, teamwork, and face-to-face interaction with colleagues, leaders, and/or clients.
• Being in the office ensures access to leaders, cross-functional partners, and resources necessary to make timely decisions and drive results.
• On-site presence in accordance with our FlexSmart policy supports our culture of innovation, mentorship, and engagement, which is integral to our success in developing the best team.

This is not intended to be an all-inclusive, exhaustive list of all essential job functions for this position. PetSmart retains the right to change or assign other required job duties to this position.

Our associates are the heart of Team PetSmart. Together, we’re building the best team in retail through our values-based culture, connection, and teamwork. Our goal is to create a culture where associates learn and grow together, thrive as effective teams and challenge each other to be the best they can be.

Our home office offers outstanding amenities in a fun and rewarding workplace including:

• Pet-friendly environment, bring your pets to work and enjoy the on-site dog park!
• On-Site Events & Adoptions, enjoy community-building opportunities, including pet adoption days, seasonal celebrations, family events, art events, & holiday festivals
• “Top Dog” gym with equipment, fitness classes, massage therapists, personal trainers, and wellness spaces
• “Sit & Stay” Café serving fresh breakfast and lunch options, snacks, & more
• Lil Paws NAEYC-accredited onsite childcare facility providing high-quality early education
• Paid Volunteer Opportunities to spend time doing good for causes close to heart
• Print Center and Business Services, Dry Cleaning, Mother's Rooms, Sustainable Infrastructure & more

PetSmart provides an equal opportunity for all associates and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics.