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# Head of HR & Corporate IT Platforms - ED

- **Company:** Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Process Model and Notation, Data Integration, Middleware, Identity and Access Management, SAP (Applications), SAP Human Resource Management Software, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, IT Architecture, HR Software, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Coupa Procurement, Oracle Erp, Servicenow, Databricks
- **Published:** May 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1a3999dac8547920

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Unity?, * 15 + years of experience in similar engineering and technology management role within HR & Corporate IT domains within Global Banking & Financial Services

 * Extensive knowledge of HR & Corporate Domains within Commercial and Investment Banking across EMEA
 * Experience in HR & Corporate domain specific technology, process, data, and reporting architectures in particular SAP HR platform, Process Unity and Coupa platforms
 * Experience in Process Orchestration Platforms, in particular Camunda and Service Now
 * Knowledge of BPMN and DMN standards, Customer Focus
Driving Change
Driving Results
Embraces Diversity
Enterprise Leadership
Judgement and Decision Making
Risk Management
Strategic and Visionary
Trust and Integrity

## Description

Reporting to the Head of Cross-Product Platforms Technology, this position is for an experienced Senior Technology Services Delivery Manager to lead SMBC EMEA HR & Corporate IT domains. The role holder is required to successfully drive IT strategy, architecture and solutions design, roadmaps, delivery and enablement of IT solutions in a collaborative way together with other SMBC IT and end-users areas, and third-party vendors, and play an active leadership role within EMEA Cross-Product Platforms Technology leadership team. Goals of this role include:

 * IT Solution Delivery and Service Ownership of HR & Corporate Shared IT Systems
 * Leadership of Full System delivery life cycle of IT solutions design, build, test, implement
 * Delivery of IT architecture and solutions in partnership with other SMBC and vendor teams
 * Stakeholder engagement of HR & Corporate Functions and associated EMEA & Global IT & Operations
 * Line management of IT permanent and temporary staff and management of vendor relationships and vendor resources involved in delivery and support of associated IT systems, EMEA Cross-Product Platforms Technology area is the largest part of EMEA Information Technology & Security Department (ITSD). We partner with SMBC EMEA group functions and other regional and global IT Teams to deliver integrated technology solutions that transcend individual business product lines, fostering interoperability, scalability, and efficiency across enterprise domains. HR & Corporate Platforms team are a key sub-area within EMEA Cross-Product Platforms organisation covering multiple IT solutions used across EMEA region by HR and Corporate Functions.
Position Description
Facts & Figurres relevant to this role:

 * HR & Corporate Functions of all EMEA legal entities e.g., UK, EU and rest of EMEA region
 * Systems include various internal and 3rd party platforms and applications
 * Annual investment budget ~ USD 6+ MM CAPEX and USD 2+ MM OPEX
 * Direct team ~ 20+ and indirect teams ~ 20+
 * Systems - SAP SF, TPM Process Unity, Coupa Procurement, Camunda Process Orchestration, Databricks Data Lake

Responsibilities of this role:

 * Lead Design and Delivery of IT Service Ownership of HR & Corporate platforms & their integration interfaces
 * Lead IT Domain Architecture, Solution Design, Development and Implementation of HR & Corporate Systems
 * SAP HR Success Factors platform and its downstream integrations
 + Delivery of the IT and data integrations of SAP HR SF to EMEA downstream systems
 + Coordination with other regional IT and data teams to deliver integrations to their regional downstream systems outside EMEA
o The integration technology architecture will include Databricks data lake platform, API/CPI connections and other technology components (to be confirmed as part of the detailed architecture design)
o Downstream systems include, but not limited to global and regional HR systems, Identity and Access Management systems, Finance Systems, Compliance Systems and other domains based on regional architectures

 * Process Unity & Coupa platforms and its downstream integrations
 + Delivery of Third-Party Risk Management (Process Unity) & Procurement (Coupa) systems to EMEA including upstream and downstream system integrations
o The integration technology architecture will include IBM and other middleware, and API based connections and other technology components (to be confirmed as part of the detailed architecture design)
o Integrations include, but not limited to Oracle ERP, Identity and Access Management systems, Finance Systems, etc

 * Lead Technical Specification, Design, Software Engineering, Integration and Testing of Process Orchestration Share platform (Camunda)
 * Lead Full System delivery life cycle of IT solutions design, build, test, implement, deploy and cutover
 * Lead Delivery of IT architecture and solutions in partnership with other SMBC and vendor teams
 * Lead stakeholder engagement, technical delivery management, budget and line management
 * Managing multiple competing demands from different stakeholders, projects and BAU activities
 * Maintaining the quality of IT solutions based on legacy and strategic technologies, effective IT and Change risk management
 * Direct and indirect management of resources aligning approaches with colleagues in other regions and other teams


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