About this role
<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Lead a cross‑functional team delivering innovative, integrated processes and solutions across Data, Analytics and HR -enhancing efficiency, effectiveness and value while reducing complexity enterprise‑wide; drive process integration, process intelligence and automation as shared services for all Business Applications, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, regional scalability, agile continuous improvement, and user‑centric outcomes that keep dormakaba competitive, data‑driven, and future‑ready.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">In addition, the role ensures enterprise‑level data quality & governance, architecture alignment and cost‑efficient designs, and safe, predictable releases across applications and platforms.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">The Lead Cross‑Enterprise Solutions & Integration owns and orchestrates enterprise services across:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Data Architecture & Governance / MDM including enterprise standards, lifecycle rules, quality, migration.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Analytics & BI including global reporting architecture, consistency, enablement, and lifecycle delivery.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">HR Solutions including design, build and run of HR landscape with compliant enhancements and rollouts.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Solution Architecture (Business Applications) including full lifecycle - from early assessment and conceptual architecture to governance, compliance, and implementation guidance - across all relevant business applications.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Process Integration & Design and Automation.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Release & Change Management: synchronized enterprise release planning/execution, CAB governance, readiness, and post‑release validation. The IT Release Manager collaborates with application owners, development teams, infrastructure teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to manage the full release lifecycle—from release planning and dependency mapping to deployment, communication, readiness checks, and post‑release validation. This position plays a central role in ensuring cross‑application alignment, improving release stability, and strengthening governance across the enterprise.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>A job that matters: your tasks</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Strategy & Leadership</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Set the vision, roadmap and operating model for cross‑enterprise services covering Data, Analytics, HR solutions, Integration, Process Intelligence & Automation.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Establish shared service capabilities and agile, product‑oriented delivery across regions and business units.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Build and develop a high‑performing, customer‑centric team (internal & partners).</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Analytics & Reporting</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Own the global reporting architecture to minimize systems and maximize efficiency; ensure consistent, benchmarkable figures; enable adoption of global reporting standards.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Leverage strong SAP BI expertise to drive the development and optimization of global reporting solutions</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Stakeholder Engagement & Communication</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Facilitate workshops, communicate decisions and trade‑offs, and ensure clarity for business, IT, and security stakeholders globally.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Data Governance & Quality</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Define and maintain enterprise data standards, ownership, hierarchies and lifecycle rules (phase‑in/change/phase‑out).</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Implement data quality rules/KPIs, monitoring and remediation with Business Owners and data stewards; lead harmonization and migration for programs.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">AI</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Facilitate the definition of AI Use Cases to gain efficiencies in Business and IT</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Enterprise Architecture & Roadmaps</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Drive option analyses, fit‑gap, and TCO‑based evaluations; define NFRs and target/transition architectures; maintain Architecture Decision Records; prepare ARB submissions.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Align application, integration, data, cloud, security, and infrastructure views; capture assumptions and risks.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Process Integration & Interoperability</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Standardize integration patterns (APIs, ESB/middleware, BTP/CPI), secure data flows, and ownership models; ensure E2E consistency with process and data architectures.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Release & Change Management</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Manage an enterprise release calendar; align dependencies; run go/no‑go, readiness, rollback planning; ensure ITIL/CAB adherence and high‑quality documentation.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">HR Solutions (SuccessFactors)</span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Govern HR solution evolution and global rollouts within the template; ensure compliance and alignment with People & Culture strategy.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>An experience that matters: your skills</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">10+ years overall in enterprise IT with 5+ years leading two or more domains among Solution/Enterprise Architecture, Data/MDM, BI/Analytics, HR (SuccessFactors), Integration, Release/Change in complex, multi‑application environments.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Strong experience with SAP BI is mandatory, ideally including first experiences with SAP BDC</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Proven delivery across global programs and distributed teams.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Ability to coach and lead cross‑functional teams through influence and structured processes.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Strong communication and facilitation ability.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Experience coordinating external partners and vendors.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Experience running planning workshops and review meetings.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Skilled in conflict management and problem resolution.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Team oriented, structured, reliable, strong communication skills, service minded, capable of working under pressure, solution oriented, proactive, independent working style, strong ownership, open‑minded, flexible, culturally aware and strategic/innovative thinker.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">English - Business fluency.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Additional skills non-mandatory, but valuable for the position:</span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">SAP (S/4HANA/MDG/SF, Salesforce, ESB/API management, BTP/CPI; Azure data services/warehousing; test automation.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">German - Colloquial knowledge.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>A workplace that matters: our offering</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Best opportunities in a globally operating company with a family business culture.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Attractive salary package.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Development opportunities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Employee support program.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Monetary benefits (online discount system for shopping, travel, insurance etc).</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">dormakaba Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We take action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.</span></p>