Global Head for Developer Experience and CI/CD Development

Job Description


Do you want to be a part of H&M Business Tech and lead the development and required transformation of the Developer Experience Tech Service Area? We are now looking for a Global Head for Developer Experience and CI/CD Development to the Core Engineering product area.
About the product area
Core Engineering Domain is responsible for leading the design, architecture, engineering, and delivery for complex core platforms. This includes creation of re-engineering roadmaps and aligning them with the technology strategy. The Domain secures, modernizes, and strengthens the technology backbone. In addition, that includes the responsibility to lead and execute our Technology Transformation areas (called Tech Moves) and ensure capabilities are aligned with common best practices and standards.
About the role
In the role as Global Head for Developer Experience and CI/CD Development , or as we call it Area Lead Engineer, you will lead the development and required transformation of the Developer Experience Tech Service Area (TSA) and delivering services to Business Tech.
You will be accountable for providing speed to market and quality of Business Tech products, while reducing cost of deployment. You are responsible for establishing holistic architecture, development platforms, design principles and for defining governance and security policies in build pipelines. A central part of this role will be regularly monitoring suppliers and markets for the latest products, best practices, and emerging technologies. This position owns engineering software quality and is responsible for the technical standards, safeguards and systems in Developer Experience that create a "Good Definition" for software quality.
This role will define and implement the strategy and roadmap for the Developer Experience. By doing this you and your team will be providing a core high-quality technology service to the H&M Group business.
Here are some of the other exciting aspects of this position:
Responsible to manage stakeholders across Business Tech to align on KPIs, development priorities and feature requests
Accountable to ensure that the area strategy and roadmap are aligned with Business Tech technology strategy and roadmap
Responsible to provide input to QBR on critical technology priorities that will enable continued product development and scaling
Accountable along with BT commercial to ensure healthy partner relationships with vendors
Ensure assigned teams understand the overall direction, vision, delivery process and responsibilities for any given initiative
Drive consistency in practice, process, toolset, and architecture within area management
Lead, coach and develop members of the area, promoting best practice in technical architecture and continually benchmarking against industry standards

Your mindset and skills
As the Global Head for Developer Experience and CI/CD Development (ALE), you have strong leadership skills and believe in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration and transparency. You work with a focus on value creation, growth, and serving customers with ownership and accountability. You understand the complexities of a global business and the role of underlying technology as an integral part of the business.


We believe you have:
5+ years in a leadership role building and leading high-functioning software engineering teams using best practice engineering (e.g. DevOps, CI/CD, TDD etc).
7-10 years of experience as software developer or technology architect.
You have deep knowledge in modern architecture principles (e.g. API first, microservices, test automation) and distributed systems and interest in the latest technology trends.

We also believe you have
3-5 years end-to-end experience with CI/CD pipelines and associated toolchains
3-5 years’ experience in building, improving, and maintaining a CI/CD Platform preferred (including Github)
Experience in automated application and code testing tools (dynamic and static testing) and code review software
Demonstrates a combination of a highly technical engineering leader and effective relationship skills
Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
Deep understanding and knowledge in Tech software development frameworks and delivery/ Technology Platform Management, CI/CD technology in multi-cloud set-up and CI/CD process and governance.
Strong communication skills in English and understanding of DevSecOps and the agile way of working and Enterprise Architecture.

About us
H&M Group is a family of brands and businesses, driven by our desire to democratize fashion and sustainability. Together, we offer fashion, design and services that enable people to be inspired and to express their own personal style, making it easier to live in a more circular way. We want to make a difference by doing good things for people, the planet, and our industry – both now and for the future.
We are growing– and the more we grow, the bigger difference we can make – so we are thrilled to announce an exciting new role at Business Tech.
Do you think we are a match? We hope so!
This is a fulltime role, with placement in Stockholm. Apply as soon as possible, no later than April 16th. We will continuously review applicants. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner Avan Shali avan.shali@hm.com or Sara Lindström sara.lindstrom@hm.com

Additional Information


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