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# API Delivery & Governance Lead - IT Specialized Business Manager 2

- **Company:** Allfunds, Human Capital
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Management of Software Versions, Openapi, Delivery Pipeline, Apigee, Gitlab-ci, Api Design, Api Management
- **Published:** September 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

+ At least 4 years´ experience in agile software environments focused on API or platform delivery.
 + Solid understanding of modern API architecture and specifications (REST, OpenAPI, lifecycle).
 + Experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong).
 + Solid background in CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD preferred), and release coordination.
 + Comfortable engaging with architecture teams to interpret documentation and evaluate design trade-offs.
 + Proven ability in vendor management, including coordination and negotiation.
 + Experience collaborating in distributed, multicultural environments.
 + Advanced English proficiency and excellent communication skills.
 + Strategic mindset with global vision.

Ideal profile

 + Inspiring leader with a delivery-first mindset and strong organizational skills.
 + Effective communicator and stakeholder influencer across business and tech domains.
 + Structured yet adaptable, with the ability to shape clarity in ambiguous settings.
 + Strong coordination, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities and the drive to remove delivery blockers and build momentum.

## Description

We're seeking a strategic and delivery-oriented API Delivery & Governance Lead to oversee the execution of API initiatives as reusable, governed digital products. While this role won't manage architects directly, it will work hand-in-hand with enterprise architecture, API engineering, and cross-functional business teams to ensure timely and quality delivery. You'll own the end-to-end delivery pipeline, drive governance adoption, and manage external vendors in a complex, global tech ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities

 + Lead an international API development team, fostering delivery excellence and global coordination.
 + Partner closely with the architecture team to ensure design alignment and scalable solutions.
 + Own the full API delivery lifecycle-from planning and backlog management to go-live and monitoring.
 + Drive an API-first mindset, ensuring specifications (OpenAPI, versioning, dependencies) are established before build.
 + Define and embed governance standards across the API ecosystem, including lifecycle, documentation, and security.
 + Coordinate testing, readiness, and release processes with QA, DevOps, and SecOps teams.
 + Manage relationships with external vendors to align performance and delivery outcomes.
 + Facilitate agile ceremonies (Scrum/Kanban) and foster consistent team velocity and transparency.
 + Track delivery KPIs (release stability, scope adherence, velocity) and actively mitigate risks and blockers.
 + Serve as a conduit between business and technology, ensuring shared understanding and visibility.