What you’ll be doing
* Deliver a range of change initiatives, including strategic projects, small changes, KTLO (Keep the Lights On), and large-scale technology changes, with a focus on time, budget, and quality.
* Line manage engineers, developers, and architects responsible for project delivery.
* Serve as the first escalation point for the team, providing guidance, removing blockers, and prioritising tasks.
* Cascade objectives to the team and track achievement against agreed goals throughout the year.
* Provide accountability for solution design and architecture for SAP and non-SAP integrations.
* Act as a subject matter expert for building and deploying integrations across the organisation.
* Collaborate with Technology teams, Solution Architects, and Process Leads to develop interfaces aligned with business requirements and industry best practices.
* Review and approve technical integration solutions and associated changes.
* Lead POCs to evaluate middleware tools and technologies for potential business value.
* Ensure systems are scaled, optimized, and meet business requirements and SLAs.
* Oversee integration application uptime and support.
* Maintain and manage technical debt across integration platforms to ensure a lean, maintainable environment.
* Ensure development processes and procedures are followed consistently.
* Support successful implementation of ERP and e-commerce integrations, aligned with security standards and performance guidelines.
* Engage with global business partners to implement best practices.
* Coach and mentor junior developers.
* Manage relationships with third-party suppliers, overseeing agreements, planning, timelines, and quality of deliverables.
About you
The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise in Enterprise Integration and a proven track record of delivering software across the full SDLC using both Waterfall and Lean/Agile methodologies. You have experience leading technical teams throughout the delivery cycle and a solid understanding of environments and release management within the Enterprise Integration domain. You are confident guiding complex integration projects and ensuring solutions are delivered efficiently, reliably, and at scale.
What you’ll need
* Proven experience in developing and implementing integration strategy and architecture.
* Proficiency in enterprise-grade integration technologies (e.g., IBM, SAP CPI, MuleSoft, or equivalent).
* Hands-on experience developing SAP interfaces using middleware platforms, including Cloud Platform Integration.
* Experience building integrations between Salesforce, Ariba, Workday, SuccessFactors, e-commerce platforms, and SAP.
* Solid understanding of monitoring CPI and using logging frameworks.
* Strong knowledge of adapters and connectivity technologies (File, RFC, SFTP, SOAP/REST, BAPIs, JMS, B2B, etc.).
* Experience in end-to-end project delivery.
* Familiarity with EDI X.12 and building EDI maps is a plus.
* Experience supervising onsite and offsite teams.
* Significant experience in people management and leading technical delivery teams.
The extras you’ll get
At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare. We’ve introduced new Family Friendly Policies including:
* Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation
* Support for neurodiverse colleagues and families with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome
* Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause
* Support for LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery, and gender confirmation surgery
* Fertility coverage additions including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all
About RS
RS has been solving engineering problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’ and the impossible into the possible. Our purpose is making amazing happen for a better world. We offer service and product solutions and ship globally. We invest in development and wellbeing, and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and ESG action. Join us to think big, do more, and unleash your brilliance.
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