IT Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Ensure on-time, on-budget, and on-quality delivery of integrations.
• Manage project finances, resources, and timelines effectively.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Adapt to evolving project scopes, timelines, and requirements.
• Lead and motivate the integration team to achieve project goals.
• Proactively identify and resolve project-related issues.

Technical Expertise:

• Possess a deep understanding of API development, management, and security best practices.
• Be knowledgeable about integration patterns, middleware, and integration platforms.
• Have experience with business applications management, including selection, deployment, maintenance, and optimization.
• Understand enterprise IT architecture principles, including systems integration and scalable architecture design.

Integration Lifecycle Management: 

• Lead all phases of integration projects, from initial assessment and design through build, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Formalize and analyze the existing integration landscape ("as-is" state).
• Collaborate with application teams to define and validate the target integration landscape ("to-be" state).
• Design and document integration solutions in line with Company's integration standards.
• Oversee the development, testing, and deployment of integrations.
• Provide support during system integration testing and hypercare periods.
• Ensure seamless handover of integrations to the application support team.

Communication and Stakeholder Management:

• Facilitate clear and consistent communication among project team members, stakeholders, and internal clients.
• Effectively convey technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate closely with enterprise architecture, application remediation, and development teams.
• Provide regular project updates to program governance bodies and stakeholders.

Other Key Responsibilities:

• Define and manage the integration project budget.
• Manage contractual processes related to integration activities (if applicable).
• Participate actively in project meetings and governance committees.
• Proactively track, manage, and escalate risks and open issues.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of overall experience in IT, including: 
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing integration solutions.
• 5+ years of experience managing offshore partners.
• A proven track record of driving complex integration programs from planning to deployment.
• Experience integrating with SAP S4 is a strong advantage.
• Experience with API management platforms and tools.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Proven experience in managing project budgets and resources.
• Desirable Certifications: PMP or equivalent, TOGAF, ITIL