Kinaxis IT Lead
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Job description
Program Leadership: Lead the overall Kinaxis implementation program, ensuring alignment with the organization´s strategic goals and objectives.
Platform Accountability: Serve as the global IT manager for the Kinaxis platform, overseeing the strategic project roadmap, maintenance, and evolution.
Project Governance: Establish and maintain robust project governance structures, including steering committees, project boards, and regular status reporting.
Resource Management: Supervise and coordinate a team of both internal and external resources, ensuring optimal allocation and utilization. Design and implement a sustainable support and evolutive maintenance framework, leveraging third parties and/or offshore IT capabilities.
Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact for all program-related discussions, providing regular updates and managing expectations of key stakeholders.
Integration Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive integration strategy that aligns with the overall project objectives and timelines.
Technical Coordination: Coordinate technical activities between internal teams and external vendors, ensuring alignment on integration requirements and deliverables.
System Architecture: Collaborate with solution architects to define the integration architecture and design, ensuring compatibility across all systems.
Data Management: Oversee data migration processes, including data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities, ensuring data integrity and quality.
Issue Resolution: Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve program-related issues during implementation and post-go-live support.
Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of program processes, workflows, and configurations for future reference and audits.
Risk Management: Identify potential risks and issues related to program activities and prepare and implement necessary mitigation actions and/or alternative scenarios.
- Kinaxis Implementation, Stakeholder Management, Integration Strategy
- Pioneering Company, IBEX 35
Requirements
- Master´s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of experience with the Kinaxis platform, covering both technical roles and end-to-end management.
- Strong understanding of the Kinaxis processes in the context of a global IT landscape formed by other global applications, such as-for instance- SAP S/4 (ERP), Salesforce (CRM), Snowflake (DWH), and integration technologies (e.g., middleware).
- Proven experience in managing technical teams and coordinating cross-functional IT activities.
- Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to navigate complex technical challenges.
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Global leader committed to excellence, innovation, and sustainability, with operations across multiple regions.
- Managing a global, multicultural team across different time zones.
- Balancing conflicting priorities driven by diverse business needs.
- Navigating a complex IT landscape with an aggressive transformation roadmap.
- Ensuring business continuity while implementing significant changes.
- Handling ambiguity and evolving procedures during the implementation phase.
