Informatica Platform Lead

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THE JOB?

The Informatica Platform Lead will operate at a global level working for the Head of Engineering and Platforms and will:

• Develop a Roadmap for the development of the Informatica Toolset based on our desired capabilities.
• Act as Technical Lead for Data projects leveraging Informatica product stack.
• Define overall Informatica data architecture leveraging CDI, Data Quality & Data Governance concepts.
• Lead the physical design of the MDM solutions that integrates and matches key data sources in a manner that aligns to Belron’s vision.
• Lead & mentor team of Informatica developers (internal and external) to meet committed project timelines.
• Ensure Informatica meets the non-functional requirements of Belron as a productionised platform.
• Support the Data Management Lead in development and deployment of our MDM solutions.
• Support the adoption of the MDM platforms by assisting in the creation of training and other educational material.
• Design, develop, modify, configure & debug Informatica workflows.
• Employ comprehensive unit testing process to ensure the delivery meets the business requirements without compromising performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. Debug, tune, and optimize code for optimal performance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Development and implementation of a Informatica platform strategy.
• Enabling, Informatica (CDGC), as our data governance tool, to drive data democratisation across Belron.
• Being able to deal with complex source and target system requirements, and accordingly designing both REST API based interactions and Message Queue based interactions.
• Development, maintenance, and enhancement of Informatica Mappings, Workflows, and processes
• Fostering the creation of a data-driven culture across Belron.
• Providing data advisory support to key stakeholders.
• Acting as the subject matter expert within the organisation and consult with stakeholders to ensure MDM and more widely Data Engineering goals and objectives are met.
• Implementing principles, policies, standards, and guidelines for good data culture
• Develops and gives presentations on the power and value of data.

iv) COMMUNICATION:

• Demonstrates the ability to create presentations and deliver them clearly.
• Influence and educate stakeholders, capturing technical requirements based on business needs.
• Coach and develop colleagues to make use of data and information and the path to becoming a data-driven organisation.

vi) KEY FACTS/STATISTICS:

100% FTE

CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND FUTURE POTENTIAL:

• Worked within a consultancy environment.
• Experienced with master data management, reference data management, data integration, data quality and data governance.
• Ability to analyse data and work directly with business stakeholders to understand the data they use.
• Familiar with various MDM domains like Customer, Product, Location, and their data models.
• Demonstrates ambition to grow alongside Belron as we progress our transformation journey.

PART B: THE PERSON

Essential

Desirable

Level of Education

• Degree level

Work Experience

(industry specific?)

• Experience of working for a global firm
• Must have led at least two end-to-end projects using Informatica technology stack with team size of more than three developers.
• At least 5 years of experience in a technical Informatica strategy or delivery role.
• Worked in an Agile environment.

• Motor industry

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of master data management.
• Implementation of data management projects.
• Experience in Dev Ops

• Good Knowledge on Data Warehousing and Mesh concepts

Competencies

• Good analytical, written, oral, and presentation skills with proven record of effectively communicating outputs from business analysis.
• Influencing skills and ability to engage both technical and business colleagues to achieve target outcomes.

• Coaching and people development.

Circumstances

(distance to office, required start date, ability to travel, work weekends etc.)

• 2 to 3 days per week in our UK Head Office (Egham).
• The days will need to be split between Egham and Bedford offices during UK Transformation Programme.
• International Travel may be needed to accommodate European country transformations.