Head of Application Integration - International

At Benify, we help companies around the world become better employers by attracting, rewarding and strengthening the relationship with their employees. Since 2004, as a fast-growing HR-tech company, we have revolutionized the industry and the way to work with benefits and improve communication with employees. Our vision is a world where every employee knows their true value. Our mission is to deliver technology that helps great employers become exceptional ones.

Through our tailor-made portal, employers around the world can, among other things enhance better communication with their employees, better benefits offerings, and onboard new employees in a more efficient and digital way. With us, you get the chance to influence not only an organisation's internal work but also the well-being of its employees and the relationship with their employer.

Are you a strong leader with a background in system integrations that wants to be apart of an exciting growth journey? Then the position as a Head of Application Integration - International might be your perfect match!

Main responsibilities

Your mission will be to set the strategic direction for our international application integration function, consisting of 20 integrations specialists who you will have line management responsibility for. They work in agile cross-functional squads in their daily deliveries, both to implement new clients as well as developing existing ones. Integrations are responsible for building interface and reports, file transfer/SFTP and API integrations, SSO and Bank ID authentication as well as building client solutions/functionality using Java.

You will develop the competence, ways of working and create a foundation where employees can thrive, grow and have the support needed to succeed with efficient delivery in the squads and a mindset to continuously improve, develop and implement standards, processes and routines within the area.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Hire the right people and coordinate onboarding according to business/delivery needs
• Ensuring your function have the right knowledge and competence to perform in their squads, and that it is shared between function members
• Ensuring individuals in the function understands the expectations on their role, have individual objectives and development goals
• Continuous performance management, wage-setting and annual salary review
• Manage client escalations and attend client calls and meetings as needed
• Internal and external stakeholders contact to build and maintain outstanding relationships and promote advocacy

You will report to Director of Professional Services International and be part of the management team to collaborate with other function to develop the Professional Service organization and ensure alignment between squads and successful client deliveries. You will also collaborate with peers in R&D and give input to the product development roadmap.

Do we have you on the hook yet? Great, this is what we’re looking for!

We are looking for a leader with a great skill set in leading specialists in matrix organization and efficiently turn strategy into actions and deliveries. Planning and prioritizing the right things to focus on when the workload and tempo increases comes naturally to you. As a leader you are a great cultural role model and can create an environment that is positive and inspiring, and you have a great interest in developing and coaching people. Also, you have strong communication skills and can clearly get a message across both with employees and stakeholders.

We also see that you have:

• Several years of leading experience, preferably as a line manager for a larger groups of specialists
• Experience from system integrations, as an application consultant or other technical/software work in projects with client facing responsibility
• Interest and knowledge in software development and programming
• Degree in computer science, system sciences or similar technical education
• Fluent in English (Swedish is a merit but not a requirement)

Sound interesting? This is what we can offer you!

At Benify, you get the opportunity to work at an organisation where everyone contributes to our success, where everyone helps each other and has fun while doing it. We know that it is our employees who make Benify successful. We not only welcome your ideas, but we also encourage them. Your development is up to you - your initiative, drive, and curiosity are all key factors to your development at Benify, where the opportunities are limitless.

Being experts in benefits, we offer great perks, including access to our benefits platform, a generous health and wellness contribution, flexible working, company innovation days, and conferences. Not only that, you'll also quickly become part of our incredible and collaborative culture!

Practical information
Start: As soon as we find our perfect match!
Location: Stockholm or Gothenburg (travel will be required)
Extent: Full time

Sounds like a good match? Ready to make an impact? Great!

Apply by sending your CV and/or your LinkedIn profile using the application form below. We screen applications continuously and may hire someone before the last application date, so make sure you apply today. Personality and logical tests are applied in this recruitment process.

If you have any questions about the role, or want to find out more what it’s like to work at Benify, please contact josefin.bjorkman@benify.com (Talent Acquisition).