API Transformation Manager (503282)

As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology. This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team. Are you in?
Come, and be where it begins.

Our Exciting Opportunity
We are Solution Area Enterprise Systems (SA ES) within Ericsson Group IT. Within SA ES, we run IT like a business which means focusing on the value we deliver, on top of costs we generate. Our unit is now establishing an API (Application Programming Interface) Transformation and Execution unit for Ericsson Group. In Ericsson context, this unit will spearhead easy, secure, digitized connection to enterprise data to enable Digital Ericsson.
We are looking for an API Transformation Manager to join our new team! In this strategic role and global capacity, you will drive business requirements for API with business and IT partners and out IT partners/ suppliers through the development lifecycle. You play a key role like a business consultant in the API ecosystem to support our partners to assess, prioritize and manage their demands within fast-moving environments

You will
Engage and co-ordinate with partners from both business & IT to:
Assess a business requirement if it is fit for API driven integration.
Engage with business or other partners to articulate business value of an API requirement, and accordingly prioritize it
Involve technical teams of application, API Enablement Center, Integration, API Development Factory to review, and agree on API pattern, development ownership, development plan
Steer business or other API Demand Owner to create API publishing documents, artifacts
Trigger API Enablement Center, Integration team and other teams (as required) to drive the process to publish an API on portal, including catalog, after development
Conduct workshops to help define problem statements and value propositions
Participate in Functional Requirements Gathering from demand governance perspective
Manage Architectures and solution frameworks as well as usage of modelling techniques
Report to the Head of SSA Deploy Test & AO


To be successful in the role you must have
Bachelor’s or Equivalent university degree
7-10 years of work experience within IT
Experience with API development from business impact, publisher and consumer application perspective.
Design Thinking, API first mindset and agile ways of working.
Hands on experience in Business Analyst or Business Consultant role or ERP Functional Consultant role.
IT Project Management experience
Basic understanding of SAP modules, Metadata, Master Data and Transactional data
Understanding of enterprise business processes e.g. PLM, CRM, ERP, SRM, FI, HR, SCM
Experience in working with nearshore/offshore delivery team and with IT suppliers


What´s in it for you?
Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of courageous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it. You won’t develop for the status quo, but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls. You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority. Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your opportunity to make an impact is endless.

What happens once you apply?
To prepare yourself for next steps, please explore here: https://www.ericsson.com/en/careers/job-opportunities/hiring-process
If you have any specific questions about this role, please contact recruiter Christian Sperling at Christian.Sperling@Ericsson.com
This position reports to Head of SSA Deploy Test & AO
Kindly note that we cannot process applications sent via email.
Location for this role: Stockholm, Sweden or India
Please send in your application in English as soon as possible since the process is ongoing.
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Do you believe that an organization fostering an environment of cooperation and collaboration to execute with speed creates better business value? Do you value a culture of humanness, where fact based decisions are important and our people are encouraged to speak up? Do you believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation? At Ericsson, we do.
We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background, social origin, social status, indigenous status, disability, age, union membership or employee representation and any other characteristic protected by local law or Ericsson’s Code of Business Ethics.
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