Unilever Looking for Senior IT Manager – Integration at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Job Title: Senior IT Manager – Integration

Location: Bangalore

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Background

Unilever – Enterprise Business Integration (EBI) has embraced IPAAS adoption to modernize, simplify and consolidate the 11 legacy into 5 strategic technologies viz., B2B + MFT (Boomi), API Led (Mulesoft), SAP and factory integration (SAP PI and BODS) and Event Driven (Solace) making it a “Future Fit Integration” Platform and frictionless integration to unlock huge potential among the Unilever Edge-to-Edge experience programmes (iOps, Employee experience, Ecommerce & Beyond). This will help deliver competitive, volume driven growth, while supporting an increasing demand for agility and will have to be underpinned by sustainable cost reduction. EBI Transformation is expected to enable –

Improved Business agility and customer centricity across end-to-end experiences enabling seamless and future fit integrations. Future fit Integration with a competitive edge through 99.99%+ resilience – thereby requiring connected, reconfigurable and composable Integration ecosystems and assets. Speed and productivity through increased levels of automation and workforce augmentation coupled with upskilling and reskilling effort Being cost-efficient and resource-efficient, to boost growth and support investment

Purpose of the Role:
Much progress has happened through the Integration initiatives, however there is a need to accelerate the change and to take it to next level. In addition, the above mentioned diverse and evolving needs of Integration, coupled with the rapidly evolving technology landscape requires elevated attention from Enterprise Platforms.

The IT Lead Manager (Integration) will be responsible for the following key focus areas:

Define and create the “Integration of the future” strategy that is fit for purpose for the digital transformation agenda of Unilever Enterprise platform. Business Partnering the various experience led initiatives in co-creating a digital strategy, that delivers on the in-flight transformation initiatives while creating a pathway for the “Integration of the future”

Relationship Management and Governance with senior stakeholders across various experience workstreams

Managing demand and executive service level management. Anticipate and plan for internal customers’ current and future technology needs across various experience workstreams

Accountability for delivery & run of all planned and approved global IT initiatives, for Integration Providing guidance and support on all market demand for Integration, through engagement with Market Operations IT teams (Geo IT teams) Ensuring (along with Information Security) – a secure Integration infrastructure and practices Creating a future fit organization – with the right skillsets to meet the current and future technology needs

In addition, the role will also enable UniOps Technology Transformation journey (within Integration) focusing on vendor consolidation, application rationalization and expediting journey to cloud.

Scope of the Role

The role covers the following areas –

Partnering with the platforms, business and Engineering teams –

Conceptualization of Integration assets for the digitization and cloud journey initiatives.

Ensuring easier access to technology & data, for the frontline to innovate

Enable agility, cost-competitiveness, and productivity initiatives

Defining agile & future-ready delivery models, SI and Product partnerships, Architecture, Solutions, and Processes to help unlock the innovation needed for the transformation Manage innovation programs with an end-to-end accountability of the product technology stack, while delivering resilient IT operations Strengthen product and platform strategy – through globally consistent solutions on core platforms to deliver scalable and integrated technologies

Collaborating with various platform leaders and UniOps leadership to build enhanced partnerships between IT Product partners, SI Partners, Engineering partners and specialized niche partners creating a stronger technology ecosystem and governed investing in future fit initiatives, enabled by technology.

Prevent proliferation of avoidable local solutions while at the same time enabling responsiveness to local market needs

Identify opportunities on app rationalization and along with business stakeholders initiate a joint futuristic vision towards the blueprint for “Integration of the future”

Talent Management – Creating a High Performing team, enabling digital culture and mindset within teams, building talent, and ensuring retention of domain knowledge in UniOps

Key Deliverables:
Short Term

Support Integration & UniOps Leadership in establishing a governance framework Ensure that in-flight initiatives are landed “on-time & in-full” and within budget Create a “NorthStar” reference blueprint/roadmap and standards, best practices for the “Future Fit Integration” as per Integration Guidelines and Info security compliance. Build an organization structure – with a review of internal vs external capabilities and relevant for the “NorthStar” reference blueprint/roadmap Strengthen partnership with product partners (Mulesoft, Boomi, SAP, etc) with continuous engagement to drive co-innovation & product roadmap & help build a solid foundation to enable accelerated innovation, evaluate emerging technology and inform & drive the Unilever Digital Strategy. Identify opportunities on app rationalization and along with business stakeholders initiate a joint vision towards the “future of Integration” state Support cyber security standards in Unilever and cybersecurity architectural advisory

Long Term (24 months)

Enable “Future of Integration” strategy based on “NorthStar” reference blueprint Asset based Integration platform with high reuse. Micro service architecture and operate Integration platform as a product mindset

Key dimensions

Global footprint of Integration seamlessly integrating over 70% of Unilever CMDB applications (~1500 Apps) and connecting over 2800+ external trading partners across Customer, Consumer, Commercial and Employee experiences. 5 Strategic Integration technologies which are future and cloud ready based on Design patterns, Resilient Architecture supporting Micro Services Built to process over 35 million messages per month volume with a peak volume of ~3 million messages per day. Approx. €3M of Project spend annually and €9.1M of BAU Run budget annually

Essential Skills

In-depth knowledge in Integration Technology and emerging trends

External Certifications in key Integration technologies and process certifications

Experience in managing and scaling large & complex transformation programs

Experience in developing and scaling digital innovations

Strong Budget Management to deliver financial hygiene for the allocated budget across run and projects.

Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build strong & trustworthy relationships with people from across different functions

Excellent team leadership and people skills: direction with empowerment, agility, and a non-hierarchical approach

Ability to build and inspire high-performing teams

Proactiveness, strong growth mindset, continuously looking for opportunities

Desirable Skills

End to end knowledge of IT cost components

Experience in supplier management and product partner engagement to drive efficiencies and saving opportunities

Agile & DevOps frameworks

Experience of working with teams spread across multiple locations