Product Area Lead Engineer within Circular Business Models - H&M Group

Company Description


Product Area Lead Engineer within Circular Business Models - H&M Group
Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to take part in shaping the future retail for our customers? Are you a strong integrator who always challenges the status quo? If the answer is “Oh Yes!”, then this opportunity might be something for you. We are now looking for a Product Area Lead Engineer to co-lead the newly established product area Circular Business Model Incubation in our supporting function Innovation & Incubation at Business Tech.


Business Tech transformation


The H&M group is on an exciting journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today, tomorrow and in the future. Rapid technological development and new customer behaviors are transforming the fashion retail industry. To cater the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, Business Tech will deliver technological solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands.
In Business Tech, we will continuously surprise and delight our customers and accelerate our business - by releasing the power of people, data and technology. We explore new ways of working, have a customer focused mindset, embrace our strong values and release the power of our people to innovate and develop products that make a meaningful impact to customers all over the world. We are in the exciting process of building an Incubation area to realize our ambitious targets we as a group have set within Circular Business Models. We will test, iterate and learn how we can incubate new business models and leverage the effect driven and customer focused WoW within Business Tech to see how we can find maximum impact and customer value - exciting!


About the role


As a Product Area Lead Engineer within Circular Business Model incubation, you will co-lead the product area together with a Product Area Manager to build a portfolio of products and services that drive product lifecycle value towards the overall ambition of decoupling growth from resource use.
Working closely with collaboration partners, your teams will act on changes in customer behaviors, or even nudge behaviors, and build meaningful customer relationships by adding circular customer offerings within the H&M Group.
As a Product Area Lead Engineer you will be accountable for the Product Area’s technical architecture and engineering practices. Using your tech and engineering experience, you will be a catalyst for technical innovation, modernization of our technical landscape, and drive the engineering culture on Product Area level. A central part of the role is to guide and coach your team through our transformation. We are on a journey together, which means there is no clear path, and you will play an important role in setting the foundation for the organization. Together with the Product Area Manager, you will support the Product Owners and their teams to shape the end-to-end product strategy and determine associated value.


Main responsibilities


Enable fact-based technology discussions, to reach desired business effect/goals and architectural vision
Provide hands-on technical guidance to product teams including supporting system/design/code reviews
Be staff responsible for software engineers in the product area
Own the technology lifecycle management and API catalogue in the product area including the definition, creation and maintenance of technical interfaces / APIs in the product area that are exposed by the teams in the area
Work with enabling platform teams to secure efficient usage of common technology platforms
Be responsible for the overall work environment for your team
Support the product teams in product demos and lead regular product area demos to provide transparency and gain input across the organization





Requirements


To be successful in this position, we want you to…
Have the ability to effectively lead a core organisational unit of 20+ employees in a large collaborative network
Have at least 8 years of work experience; great experience from software engineering working with developing, running and scaling cutting-edge technology solutions and platforms
Have developed, shipped and maintained several successful digital products over the years
Have a deep understanding of Solution Architecture, API architecture and design and Data and Information Architecture
Have experience of Agile product development, preferably in large organisations
Experience within Circular Business models and/or Sustainability is beneficial but not crucial





Personality


Our journey will lead to something new and exciting - we will test, fail and learn. You are an important player in this transformation; therefore, we believe you are flexible, stress-resistant and able to work in an environment that is not yet formalized. We want you to be a great communicator with experience of bringing together multiple business partners, both internal and external, to execute on a common mission. Proven track record of strong salesmanship, communication, negotiation, and networking skills, both with internal and external partners


What we can offer


This is a fulltime position with placement in Stockholm. You will report to the Head of Innovation & Incubation. At H&M we have a strong, value-driven culture characterized by believing in people, teamwork and an entrepreneurial spirit. Here you can be yourself and develop. You’ll be part of an important transformation journey at H&M Group with significant opportunities to influence and make a difference. With the right mindset and ambition, you’ll find plenty of room to grow. We welcome your application regardless of gender, age, gender expressions, sexual orientation, disabilities, religious beliefs, origin or background.