(Senior) Technical Architect / Developer (m/f) Job in Herzogenaurach
The adidas Group strives to be the global leader in the sporting goods industry.
Our brands - adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Rockport are built on a passion for sports and
a sporting lifestyle.
As part of the adidas-Group, Global IT has about 950 employees world wide. Global IT is a key
enabler for the adidas-Group strategy.
For our Global IT – Centre of Excellence Marketing we are currently looking for a
Purpose Overall Relevance for the Organisation:
The adidas group has embarked on an exciting journey towards “Route 2015” – our most ambitious
business plan in the group’s history. With cutting edge technologies in IT we will build a digital eco
system for empowered employees and enthusiastic consumers. Our IT Centre of Excellence
Marketing is building a highly effective and intuitive marketing platform – and for our consumers we
will provide a digital suite around topics like Interactive Coaching, Social Media, CRM, eCom
Integration, Mobile and Digital Marketing.
We are looking for candidates eager to play a key-role in driving the “Route 2015” vision and who are
passionate about building the solution architecture and roadmap. This is a dynamic role making you
the most important team member in various project teams. Are you passionate about technologies,
software development and software architecture? Do you enjoy working with highly motivated and
inspiring people in a complex environment and providing creative solutions to business needs?
Then this is your opportunity to join a dynamic team in the adidas group and to shape our future
system landscape for 2015. By designing state of the art technology solutions in the areas of CRM,
Virtual Product Design, Interactive Coaching, Mobile, Social Media, Marketing Planning, WEB
architecture Digital Marketing, and Digital Asset Management.
Multiple opportunities ! Don’t miss out, apply today!
Key Responsibilities:
- Solution Design Architecture
- Assess business requirements and design new solutions based on a deep
knowledge of standard technologies, concepts for software engineering,
architecture principles and standards - Develop data and integration architecture as well as the roadmap for Marketing
projects - Participate in Make or Buy decisions
- Deeply understand the Marketing related business processes and system
landscape
- Assess business requirements and design new solutions based on a deep
- Keep up to date with emerging technologies, market trends, and consider their potential
impacts on the Enterprise, its architecture and roadmaps - Governance Quality Control
- Ensure the solution quality, also provided by external agencies or vendors, within
the Centre of Excellence Marketing - Drive and organize review processes of Marketing solutions regarding their
architecture and compliance with development standards
- Ensure the solution quality, also provided by external agencies or vendors, within
- Standards Best Practices
- Define, implement and review standards for architecture and software
development and align with Enterprise Architecture - Contribute to implementation, optimization and evolution of the EA processes,
method, principles, standards and artefacts - Participate in architecture community across IT departments
- Maintain the Marketing IT landscape in the enterprise repository
- Define, implement and review standards for architecture and software
- Execute assigned tasks independently, with a high degree of self-organisation and goal
orientation
Key Relationships:
In this role you will interact in a highly international team and a matrix organisation with Business
Stakeholders, Project Managers, Architects, Enterprise Architecture and development teams at
external vendors and agencies.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent understanding of IT technologies and software architecture
- Excellent analytical skills with a goal and quality oriented mindset
- Excellent communication skills including ability to present complex information in a way that
is equally understood by both, business and technical experts. - Proven experience in software development and solution architecture of large scale projects
- Ability to work in virtual teams with cultural diversity
- High commitment to deliver best in class solutions meeting business expectations
- Fluent proficiency in English, written and verbal
For our specific areas of responsibility we expect that you are brilliant in at least one of the following
technologies: WEB, Java,.NET, mobile, SOA, REST, , Middleware/Integration, Identity Management,
Asset Management, CMS, Search, BPM, SharePoint, Social Media platforms
Requisite Education and Experience/Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent
education and experience in the area of business solutions - 5+ years experience in software development
- 5+ years experience in solution design and solution architecture for enterprise wide
business solutions in complex system landscapes - 2+ year working experience in consumer goods industry (ApparelFootwear preferred)
What we offer:
You will work in an international environment within a high performance team. We take care of your
personal career planning and provide regular Development and Training activities to keep you always
up to date.
Location:
Your home base will be adidas Group Headquarters in Herzogenaurach in the Nuremberg
Metropolitan Region – Germany
Interested?
Please send your online application in English version including your earliest possible starting date
and your salary expectations to www.adidas-group/careers at http://bit.ly/FR4n2M or
ITjobs@adidas-group.com
(Ref No. HQ- 10749NK)