INTRODUCTION

At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.   

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities. 

JOB PURPOSE

We are looking for a Lead Integration Architect to help us define, and execute against, a vision for integration across our organisation. The role is responsible for elaborating an integration strategy that puts the best possible foundation into place for Burberry in the future with a focus on simplifying and rationalising our existing integration capabilities. This will also be framed within the context of a transformation agenda that is driving a need to increase velocity of change. The purpose of the role is to ensure that the integration solution architecture within Burberry:

Supports the organisation, enabling business outcomes, in a quick and adaptive manner Can support a future-state view unconstrained by proprietary solutions or technologies and protects our Brand and organisation through a focus on security and taking account of relevant privacy and regulatory requirements.

The role is focal point for delivery activity and will need to inform, consult, steer and support the activities and requirements of business analysts, developers, client business stakeholders and steering groups.

RESPONSIBILITIES Producing, evolving and refining the integration architecture for Burberry. Driving the overall technical and product strategy for the current and any future states of the integration roadmap, helping to prioritise what matters most to the organisation. Helping to define and agree architectural principles and design guidelines as they relate to the integration capabilities, with a focus on simplification and rationalisation. Confirm rationale for application and technical architecture decisions, presenting options and solutions that pragmatically support the goals of the organisation. Produce an integration catalogue, acting as a central resource for integration across all of IT solution delivery. Establishing a target architecture and roadmap, developing this as business requirements evolve, underpinned by good practice experience and technology thought-leadership. Raise and resolve any architectural issues/risks that could have implications against the security model. Providing guidance for the implementation of data-centric services and solutions Ensuring that delivery projects plan for all required integration development are aligned to defined principles and are reasonable. Engaging and directing any ‘Proof of Concept’ or prototyping of applications and solutions. Engaging and working with suppliers and partners to define the best possible solution and the most appropriate deployment of their technology and products Identifying and exploiting the re-use of any components, patterns or techniques for re-use by delivery projects, ensuring that projects do not duplicate functionality or diverge from each other and business and IT strategies. Ensure that operational and supportability guidelines are factored into the construction of any solution - this will include liaison with the relevant live service and service management teams to ensure that they understand the implications of any proposed design. PERSONAL PROFILE A minimum five years of experience in IT, with at least two years in information solution and system design. In-depth experience of designing and implementing integration-centric solutions, including hands-on experience in delivering integration tooling. Critical to success in this position is an ability to grasp complex technical processes/challenges and using entrepreneurial thinking to create solutions that are pragmatic. This is a role that will require an individual to be able to communicate with comfort with both senior business-leaders and IT Leadership.  All-round experience of a range of technology solutions and a good understanding of the full-lifecycle of enterprise delivery projects.

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

 

Posting Notes: United Kingdom || Not Applicable || London || IT || CORE BUSINESS SERVICE PLATFORMS || n/a ||