Solution Architect

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

The Engineering and Architecture at Haleon are looking for a Solution Architect to join our team. We are organized around the personas of Customers, Consumers, and Experts – this role is critical in developing end-to-end solutions for one or more of our personas considering the holistic need of our users and how they interact with product experiences to meet their needs. The opportunity we have is to digitally enable Haleon is truly career defining. You should be excited about driving technology transformation at scale within a FTSE 20 company and willing to contribute significant thought leadership to help our team meet the challenge.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Develop End-to-End Solutions: Focus on Personas: Develop solutions tailored to specific personas (Customers, Consumers, and Experts) ensuring a holistic view of user needs and product interactions.
• Cloud Expertise: Leverage deep understanding of Azure Cloud Services to architect scalable and secure solutions.
• Microservices Architecture: Design and build a composable architecture using containerized microservices (leveraging Kubernetes) to ensure reusable capabilities and agile solution delivery.
• API-First Approach: Promote and apply API-first design principles to ensure extensibility and easy integration.
• Modern Integration Approaches: Event-Driven Architecture: Implement and manage event-driven integration patterns to support real-time data flow and integration between systems.
• Enable Data and AI: Architect solutions that enable data-driven insights and AI, contributing to the company’s business intelligence.
• Infrastructure Modernization: PaaS Services: Leverage Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to simplify and modernize the technology landscape.
• Protect Core Business Applications: Ensure stability and scalability of critical business applications, particularly during transformation initiatives like SAP S4 Hana migration.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Technology Transformation at Scale: Drive large-scale technology transformation efforts across the organization, promoting innovative practices.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to the strategic direction of the company’s technology architecture and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Salesforce CRM: Integrate and optimize Salesforce CRM to support customer relationship management and field operations across multiple markets.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with various teams (engineering, operations, and business) to ensure alignment of architecture and technology strategies. Utilize the shared infrastructure Kubernetes platform to enhance scalability, performance, and modernization of the company’s tech stack.

Who are we looking for

• Substantial experience of working with enterprise solutions in these areas: Azure Cloud services, Kubernetes platform.
• Experience in modernizing enterprise systems using Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions to streamline and simplify complex technology landscapes.
• Expertise in SAP and S4HANA migrations.
• Expertise in Salesforce CRM.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of working within complex landscapes and finding innovative solutions for modernization and integration challenges.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to design end-to-end solutions aligned with the needs of various personas (Customers, Consumers, Experts).
• Experience of working on global deployments (Global / Localization concept).

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Accommodation Requests

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