Responsibilities
- Set and own the applications, automation and AI-solutions strategy and roadmap, aligned to demand shaped by Business Technology and gated through Delivery Governance.
- Lead ERP development on IFS while incorporating and winding down legacy ERP platforms.
- Lead custom and legacy application development and own the development and lifecycle direction of the existing application portfolio.
- Own automation across RES — low-code and citizen development on the Power Platform, workflow and robotic automation, and agentic solutions — setting the platforms, standards and governance under which business functions build their own automations.
- Own real-time application integration on Boomi, ensuring reliable, secure and well-documented interfaces between applications, including any interface that writes into a system of record.
- Own the AI application platform — model gateway, agent runtime and registry, evaluation practice and consumption cost control — operated as a shared service, with a defined service commitment to Data and AI Analytics for the model and machine-learning workloads it takes on as that capability is matured.
- Set group-wide standards for AI-assisted software development, covering agentic development tooling, code provenance, review and security expectations, applying to every engineering team across IT.
- Govern the development and use of AI-enabled applications and automations, setting responsible-AI, quality, security and lifecycle standards, and contribute to the cross-functional AI governance forum without owning it.
- Ensure every solution is designed for the Demand to Build to Run model and handed cleanly to Platform Operations against defined run-readiness criteria.
- Deliver effective solutions that drive efficiency and a focus on value for RES.
- Uphold architecture conformance with Enterprise and Solution Architecture, and security-by-design with Cyber Security.
- Build, develop and lead a high-performing, globally distributed team across the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and offshore.
- Manage vendors, licences and budgets across the application, integration and AI platform estate, within the group commercial framework owned by the Office of the CIO.
Nice to Have
- Relevant professional certifications — for example in enterprise architecture, application or integration platforms, portfolio delivery, or responsible AI — are advantageous.
- Fluency in Spanish is preferred.
Benefits
- competitive package offers a wide range of benefits and rewards
Additional Information
- Fluency in Spanish is preferred.
- Can be based in the United Kingdom or Spain.
