Aztec Group-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Senior
VA
1,001-5,000 employees

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Head of Enterprise Applications Integration to lead the design, delivery, and governance of our enterprise integration strategy. This senior leadership role will play a critical part in ensuring our application landscape is connected, scalable, secure, and compliant—enabling the business to operate seamlessly across platforms. The successful candidate will combine technical depth in integration platforms—particularly MuleSoft—with exceptional communication and leadership skills to influence senior stakeholders, run a high-performing team, and deliver mission-critical programmes. Looking forward, this role will also shape the next generation of integration, harnessing AI, automation + orchestration, and event-driven architectures to future-proof the business.

  • Define and own the enterprise applications integration strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and technology roadmaps.
  • Champion integration best practices and ensure scalability, security, and resilience across all solutions.
  • Provide expert guidance on integration design patterns (e.g., API-led connectivity, event-driven architecture, microservices).
  • Explore and implement emerging technologies, such as AI-driven integration monitoring.
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of integration projects across SaaS (Salesforce, Workday, FenX, etc), and legacy, self-hosted applications.
  • Establish governance frameworks for integration design, configuration, and operations, ensuring adherence to ITIL, TOGAF, and COBIT principles.
  • Oversee compliance with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOX, ISO 27001.
  • Lead the setup, configuration, and ongoing optimization of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
  • Implement monitoring, observability, and logging using platforms to ensure service reliability and lead incident management.
  • Monitor project performance, manage risks, and ensure timely delivery within budget.
  • Develop and control the annual Integration budget to ensure consistency with overall strategic objectives.
  • Act as the trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, clearly articulating how integration initiatives deliver business value.
  • Partner with C-level executives and senior business leaders to prioritise integration roadmaps.
  • Influence and negotiate at steering group level.
  • Lead and develop a specialist team of integration architects, engineers, and analysts.
  • Drive adoption of AI and machine learning to improve integration observability.
  • Shape and govern the API economy, ensuring APIs are treated as business assets.
  • Build an integration strategy that supports scalability for IoT, data platforms, and AI-enabled applications.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex enterprise integration programmes in large-scale organisations.
  • Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
  • Deep understanding of integration design patterns (synchronous/asynchronous messaging, pub-sub, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, microservices).
  • Practical experience integrating Salesforce, Workday, ERP (SAP/Oracle), ServiceNow, and custom applications.
  • Demonstrated success in establishing integration governance using frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their integration services.
  • Strong awareness of AI, event-driven, and API-first strategies in enterprise IT.
  • Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
  • MuleSoft certifications (e.g., MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect).
  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
  • Additional certifications in TOGAF, ITIL v4, Prince2, or SAFe Agile.
  • Experience in regulated industries.
  • Training in-house for relevant technical knowledge and professional qualifications.
© 2024 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service