Director Integration Platform

The Director Integration Platform is responsible for planning and executing strategies that define how systems, data, and processes are integrated across the organization. The role serves as an organizational authority on integration patterns, technologies, governance, and lifecycle management. You will be partnering closely with Digital Technology Platform sub-departments, Enterprise Architecture, IT GRC (IT Compliance, IT Quality), QA, and key business stakeholders, the Director ensures continuous alignment on security, quality, and regulatory requirements. The goal of this role is to design and operate a modern, scalable Integration Platform (e.g. API Management, iPaaS, ESB, event streaming) that supports complex, enterprise-wide integration needs, while enabling partially to predominantly independent service performance by the teams and maximizing reuse of integration assets.

Your Contribution:

• Define and execute integration & API strategy with MuleSoft

• Set integration principles, standards, and guidelines

• Establish integration governance and change management

• Ensure compliance (GxP, data protection, information security)

• Define and monitor KPIs (usage, performance, reliability, quality)

• Own platform architecture, reference designs and roadmap

• Provide architectural guidance for complex, regulated integrations

• Ensure secure, stable, compliant platform operations

• Manage onboarding of new services (testing, validation, documentation)

• Drive reuse of APIs, connectors, mappings, templates

• Lead and develop the team, enable partial self-service delivery Plan resources and priorities in line with IT and business goals Provide targeted training on integration best practices, It's our priority to support you:

• Your flexibility: flexible hours | vacation account

• Your growth: Digital Learning | Performance & talent development | leadership development | Apprenticeships | LinkedIn Learning

• Your value: Your voice at the table | Culture on an equal footing | Opportunities to shape & impact | Support for your full potential

• Your health and lifestyle: Company bike

• Your mobility: Job ticket | Deutschlandticket

• Your life phases: Employer-funded pension | Childcare

Do you have experience in Laboratory information management systems?, * Degree in computer science, IT or related field

• 7+ years in enterprise integration / digital platforms, ideally GxP/pharma
• Strong hands-on MuleSoft experience (Anypoint, API-led connectivity)
• Solid AWS knowledge for integration workloads
• Experience integrating MES, LIMS, ERP, shop-floor, IoT/device data
• Strong integration architecture and troubleshooting skills (APIs, events, orchestration)
• Experience with integration governance and lifecycle management
• Proven ownership of integration roadmaps incl. budget and capacity
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and developing talent
• Excellent stakeholder and communication skills
• Fluent in English; German a plus

At BioNTech, we are more than just a biotechnology company - we are a community of innovators, scientists, and leaders dedicated to revolutionizing medicine by translating cutting-edge science into survival. Your contributions here have the potential to improve the health of people worldwide, especially by addressing diseases with high medical needs like cancer and various infectious diseases. Experience a dynamic workplace that embraces diversity in all its forms. We foster innovation, encourage creativity, and develop business strategies driven by our shared passion for advancing medicine. Working at BioNTech means striving to achieve medical breakthroughs while growing your career in a meaningful way. Apply today and become part of a mission that has the potential to change lives around the world. BioNTech does not tolerate discrimination, favoritism or harassment based on gender, political views, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or social origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, physical appearance, health status or any other physical or personal characteristics. BioNTech is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The main thing is that you suit us, and we suit you!