Integration Platform Product Manager

Ever since 1998, when our founder, Jonathan Milner, started selling antibodies from the back of his bike, Abcam has aimed to help scientific researchers make breakthroughs faster. We now have offices and labs in the UK, USA, China and Japan, and as we continue to grow, we remain ambitious, driven by our customers’ success and their research needs.

It’s our goal to provide a world-standard in protein research tools, technical support and delivery. When you join Abcam, you’ll join a global business with the passion and the vision to become the most influential company, and, best-loved brand in life sciences.

Our culture is our key differentiator. We believe in empowering individuals, with responsibility given at an early stage. The working environment is fun and fast-paced, collaborative and outcome driven, with a strong customer focus. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an attractive and flexible benefits package (which includes shares for eligible employees), a culture which emphasises wellbeing and opportunities for growth and development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Abcam’s IT Team to lead an Integration Practice; to continue the journey in its growth and maturity. In this role you will oversee the core activities undertaken by the Practice around project delivery, platform strategy and the Centre for Enablement. You will have deep experience of managing Mulesoft and/or Kafka integration platforms. You will have responsibility for overall management of the core integration team, vendor operations and will manage budgets, stakeholders, escalations.

You will have ultimate responsibility for the platform roadmap and the Integration platform adoption in Abcam and own the value and performance metrics. You will be a strategic thinker for driving business opportunities to leverage the platform, championing integration and innovation. You will evangelise about the platform with both the IT Team and the wider business, ensuring we get maximum value from our integration capability.

Key Roles & responsibilities:

• Technical ownership of the platform roadmap, consisting of the Confluent Kafka, Anypoint Platform & CloudHub instances, core reusable assets, API lifecycle automation and API portfolio
• Build internal intellectual property regarding platform features and roadmap, including acting as a point of reference for Platform APIs
• To own the Portfolio of Integration based projects and ensure their timely delivery and success
• To work directly with internal project and business stakeholders early in the project lifecycle to provide guidance and ensure that integration needs are considered.
• Work with the integration architect to provide architectural design and support.
• To have overall accountability for the operation and support of the MuleSoft and Kafka platforms, ensuring that required availability and support levels are achieved.
• To plan the strategy and capacity with the Integration Architect to ensure the integration platforms support all Abcam’s requirements now and in the future.
• Manage partner relationships to aid delivery or support and lead on RFP’s ahead of any contract agreements and renewals.
• To act as an interface between development and support teams, ensuring required change management processes and Abcam Integration Practice standards are understood and followed.
• Responsible for API Lifecycle automation. Responsible for the catalogue of platform services, including re-useable assets (e.g. Anypoint Exchange) and the promotion of these within Abcam.
• Supports resource planning, reporting performance metrics, onboards new resources.
• To ensure project reporting, risk and issue management are all conducted in-line with Abcam standards.
• To consider how to successfully plan and execute platform and API based upgrades and platform improvements.
• To manage all funding, risks and issues associated with the Integration Practice.

You will have proven experience of working as part of an Integration practice in a senior capacity. You will be technically competent with hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle. Product knowledge of MuleSoft or equivalent integration platform and Kafka is key, with deep understanding of how these operate within complex application landscapes. You will have good knowledge of Cloud platforms (iPaas, PaaS, IaaS and SaaS), features and capabilities.

You will have strong programme delivery and management skills and will be adept at dealing with multiple high-pressure projects simultaneously. You will be used to building cross functional teams between business, Digital and partner operations and managing these through the project lifecycle. Knowing about or having experience of running a MuleSoft Centre for Enablement or equivalent practice is preferred. You will be passionate about integrations and should be able to enthuse others on the subject and impart to both business and development teams, the benefits that the platform can offer and how to utilise it to its fullest.

Ideally, you will be well versed in supplier and vendor management and have experience of ensuring that proposals, statements of work and contracts are reviewed and ensure they hit project deliverables and milestones.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and will be able to explain complex technical concepts to a less technical audience as well as work with Architects and specialists. You will be a true team player, keen share your knowledge and skills.

We know that when it comes to benefits, no one size fits all. Flexibility and choice matter which is why we offer all kinds of ways to enable you and your loved ones to be well and live well. You can expect;

• A culture focused on well-being and opportunities for growth and development. We provide a wide range of training opportunities, for both professional and personal development.
• The freedom to work in a way that works for you, with a focus on maximising productivity and innovation at work whilst reducing environmental impact.
• A performance-based share plan, inspiring and rewarding our people as we deliver Abcam’s strategy.
• Attractive and flexible benefits package including 18 weeks full paid maternity leave and 6 weeks full paid paternity leave, increased paid time off accrual over time and much more.

We offer a truly inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. This is underpinned by our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and our partnerships with WORK180 (endorsed employer for women) and MyGwork (LGBT+ professional community). All our positions are open as a Job Share, where two talented professionals can share the responsibility of a full time position. You can declare your interest in a job share role within the application form.

Abcam is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you’re interested in this particular role then we’d love to read your application.

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