Teamhead IT Integrations

PUMA•Boston, MA

1d•$109,200 - $148,250

About The Position

PUMA is seeking a Head of Integrations to lead its North American IT integration function, based in Somerville, Massachusetts. The role leads internal and offshore developers and is responsible for designing, delivering, and operating enterprise integration, automation, API, and data solutions that support the company’s strategic initiatives. It establishes development and governance standards, promotes design reviews and thorough documentation, and continually improves lifecycle, release, and production support processes. The Head of Integrations partners with business stakeholders, project managers, solution architects, support teams, and global technology groups to assess requests, define requirements, estimate effort, deliver scalable solutions, and align practices across regions. The position also guides modernization toward APIs, event-driven and cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled services, and reusable frameworks; supports SAP S/4HANA transformation using SAP BTP and SAP Integration Suite; and improves existing integrations, ETL processes, and applications. As the team’s technical leader and escalation point, this role oversees platform operations and production support and develops team capabilities in contemporary engineering practices. The hiring range base pay is $109,200–$148,250, plus bonus and benefits. Pay may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. PUMA describes itself as a global sports brand operating in more than 120 countries with around 22,000 employees worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience leading technical teams responsible for software development, integration, or enterprise application delivery.
Experience managing and mentoring development teams in a fast-paced, evolving technology environment.
Strong experience leading enterprise integration programs using APIs, messaging technologies, event-driven architecture, ETL, and cloud integration platforms.
Experience delivering large-scale ERP integration projects.
Strong understanding of solution architecture, systems integration design, and software engineering best practices.
Experience establishing and enforcing development lifecycle processes, including technical design reviews, documentation standards, testing strategies, release management, and change control.
Experience building and maintaining technical documentation and knowledge repositories using platforms such as Confluence.
Strong knowledge of REST APIs, web services, message queues, event streaming, SFTP, and modern integration protocols.
Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated deployments, and software delivery governance.
Knowledge of systems, security, networking, and cloud architecture as they relate to enterprise application development and integrations.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering large-scale ERP integration projects involving SAP S/4HANA is preferred.
Hands-on experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Integration Suite (CPI), and SAP integration patterns is strongly preferred.
Experience with Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, SAP CPI, or similar enterprise integration platforms.

Responsibilities

Manage internal and offshore developers, including performance reviews, goal setting, and career development planning.
Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise integration, automation, API, and data solutions for PUMA North America.
Establish and enforce standards for solution design, development, documentation, testing, security, and release management.
Facilitate architecture reviews and technical design sessions, and promote a design-before-development culture.
Own and improve development lifecycle processes, documentation in Confluence, governance, change management, and production release procedures.
Partner with business stakeholders, project managers, and solution architects to evaluate requests, define requirements, estimate effort, and develop scalable technical solutions.
Guide adoption of APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native solutions, AI-enabled services, and reusable integration frameworks.
Support SAP S/4HANA transformation by helping define and implement integration strategies using SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite (CPI), APIs, events, and master data services.
Collaborate with global technology teams to align integration frameworks, tools, standards, and best practices.
Modernize, simplify, and refactor existing integrations, ETL processes, and custom applications to improve stability, scalability, supportability, and performance.
Partner with support teams to troubleshoot critical production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
Oversee integration platform operations, monitoring, release readiness, and production support to meet service levels.
Act as the primary technical leader and escalation point for developers and external consultants.
Coach, mentor, and train technical talent, promoting DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code where appropriate.
Identify opportunities to automate business processes, improve data quality, accelerate delivery, and reduce technical debt.