Teamleader IT Business Integration

Shimano is looking forward to strengthening our IT Business Integration capability to accelerate digital outcomes across Shimano. As the Team Leader IT Business Integration you’ll guide a team of six to deliver reliable, scalable SAP BTP integrations, new business‑driven integration solutions, and AI capabilities that act as a true business enabler from within IT.

• Lead and develop the team: coach, hire, grow a high‑performing group of integration engineers; set goals, define ways of working, and foster a learning culture.
• Own the integration roadmap: prioritize with business stakeholders; plan and deliver features across SAP BTP Integration Suite (e.g., Cloud Integration, API Management, Event Mesh) and adjacent platforms.
• Deliver new business‑driven development: shape solution designs, ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and observability; manage lifecycle from idea to run.
• Act as AI business enabler: identify high‑value use cases, coordinate data & platform prerequisites, and lead pilots into production (governed, secure, and supportable).
• Ensure reliability & security: enforce integration SLAs, incident/problem management, cost control, and security/compliance standards.
• Manage stakeholder & vendor relationships: align with Product Owners, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and external partners; manage contracts, SOWs, and budgets.
• Drive ways of working: agile delivery, documentation standards, and reusable integration assets (patterns, templates, reference APIs).

• 6–8 years of experience in a similar field.
• Leadership: 3+ years leading engineers/consultants in integration or platform teams; proven coaching and performance‑management skills.
• Integration expertise: 6–8+ years designing/delivering integrations; strong hands‑on understanding of SAP BTP Integration Suite, API‑led design, event‑driven patterns, and secure connectivity to SAP S/4HANA and satellite systems.
• Engineering excellence: experience with Agile, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring/alerting, versioning, and change control for integrations.
• AI enablement: practical exposure to shipping AI/ML use cases (e.g., classification, predictions, assistants) and orchestrating data, platform, and ML Ops with IT controls.
• Collaboration: comfortable prioritizing trade‑offs with business stakeholders; clear communication in English (Dutch a plus).
• Education: Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• Experience with SAP API Management, Event Mesh, Integration Advisor.
• Familiarity with complementary cloud services (e.g., Azure for identity, data, or AI workloads).
• Background in retail/consumer goods or supply‑chain integrations.

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Shimano offers a pleasant, informal working environment and a challenging position within a dynamic, international, ambitious environment. Our focus is on team achievement and open collaboration.