Job Title AVP, Integration Architecture

Division: L’Oréal Americas IT - Strategy & Governance:   Architecture & Platforms – Integration Services

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ

Reports To: VP, Enterprise Architecture & Integration Services

Who We Are: 

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal, our IT teams design and build solutions to ensure high performance for all our business sectors by imagining new ways of doing things, from designing websites to building algorithms and predicting new trends. They can be found leading teams towards a more connected and digitalized future in IT retail, e-commerce, CRM, data, AI, cybersecurity, Cloud and E-Marketing. You never stop learning at L'Oréal IT because things change at the speed of light! Come join our dynamic team!

The Head, Integration Architecture is a fulltime position within Integration Services team in the ‘Architecture’ organization (comprising of Enterprise Architecture, Integration Services, and Tech Factory) of AMER IT.

This function will lead Integration Services’ Architecture function in the Zone, while ensuring full partnership with the global Architecture organization and design guidelines.

• The ideal candidate will be motivated and a detail-oriented professional who can lead architecture and design governance contributing to the solution design, deployment, run and change processes for Integration capabilities.
• The ideal candidate must have a passion for the next generation architecture, application, and platform performance, as well as governance.

What You Will Do:

• Lead architecture and design activities to align with rapidly evolving business needs, while remaining highly performant, reliable, and resilient. Understand business drivers and work closely with other IT verticals and business platforms to deliver a cohesive and fully interoperable set of solutions.
• Support the rapid intake of new projects and initiatives in alignment with L’Oréal’s acquisitions.
• Engage with Enterprise Architecture governance body by participating in project architecture and align project teams on improvements/solutions based on best practices, IT Strategic directions and current state of the art.
• Contribute in development of the technical specification documents and/or position papers
  1. Contribute to definition of architecture principles, patterns and best practices
  2. Contribute to services KPI monitoring and reporting
  3. Maintain product roadmap and standards that assure product development projects optimally align with business objectives.
• Build strong relationship with platform vendors and ensure continuous learning and knowledge sharing through internal and external expert network
• Grow junior architects to ensure a talent pipeline that is both beneficial for our teams, as well as for the Integration function.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Information Technology or other technical discipline or equivalent work experience
• Ability to evaluate the project position from business / technical architecture aspects addressing business capabilities, macro processes, application, integration, data, privacy, security, DevOps, and Infrastructure elements.
• Minimum 10 years’ technical experience in IT
• Minimum 5 years in an engineering capacity coordinating complex, multi-group projects with team members in geographically dispersed location.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle including waterfall, scrum, and Agile would be plus. 
• Tech platform expertise: Cloud platforms – Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, Amazon AWS, cloud consumption models (e.g. IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), on-prem Infrastructure platforms VMWare, SAN, High Density infrastructure, Cloud migration tools for optimization and allocation, Terraform orchestration, automation technologies for delivery of ready-to-consume infrastructure.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders by leveraging strong leadership, negotiation, and technical skills
• Ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements
• Ability to “think big” and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hype
• IT strategic development skills
• Understanding business models while applying the systems thinking
• Understanding and performing operational tasks
• Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets on new technology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

As an integral part of our culture at L’Oréal, wellness is at our core. We not only offer a generous Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K), we also offer flexible time off, work from home days, and a pension plan! Additionally, you will have access to company perks such as Makeup, Skincare, and Fragrance! Employees receive a stipend for L'Oréal products as well as VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, and other perks such as Monthly Mobile Allowance, discounted gym memberships, and ERGs.

Additional Benefits Information As Follows:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)  
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home) 
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)  
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)  
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)  
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)  
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs   

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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