H&M Group is on a journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today and tomorrow. Through collaboration, innovation, and technology we challenge ourselves and the industry. To cater to the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, our tech organisation delivers solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands.   

We are accelerating digitalisation and to stay relevant, we need to ensure we have strong leaders in place to bring our best capabilities, innovation ideas and talented technologists to support the transformation of H&M Group. 

We are looking for Unit Lead Engineers for our transforming tech organisation. Our units are big functional domains and the work of leading the unit will be critical for us to meet the ever-evolving customer demands. You will be a decision maker and shape the future together with us from an engineering standpoint. This involves you leading, developing, and implementing our technology strategy but also be essential in the development of the solutions. We are looking for you who has experience within Customer, Supply chain, Corporate Solutions or Digital & Mobile. Furthermore, you will work closely with our Chief Enterprise Architect and be the functional lead for 8-10 senior architects ensuring best practices and development of competence across the unit. 

Responsibilities 
As a Unit Lead Engineer, you will lead a team of senior architects and engineers to define and execute a thorough roadmap and product portfolio priorities based on a strong understanding of customer and business needs, insights, and in-depth data analysis. In your organisation you will be responsible for modern in-store technologies, toolsets, and standards to be used in the Unit. Furthermore, you will be:  

• Accountable for translating and maintaining technology strategy into unit specific strategy and roadmap 

• Working closely with stakeholders to ensure consistent architecture roadmap with product architecture 

• Responsible to play an active role in the tech design forum to drive governance and decide on technical guardrails and principals  

• Staff responsible and hire new people for the unit when in need of new talent 

Qualifications 
We believe you have 10 + years' experience as a leading engineering manager, preferably within retail or e-commerce, using and implementing modern technologies in complex organisations at scale. You have strong leadership skills with experience as staff responsible and you excel at stakeholder management collaboration across business units. We also believe you have the ability to practice creative and critical thinking by adding ideas and solutions to ongoing challenges with outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving thinking. In addition to this you have deep understanding and knowledge within:   

• Architect/design/implementation experience of large-scale, highly available transactional systems with loosely coupled architecture patterns  

• Designing, implementing, and deploying cloud native solutions on public cloud such as AWS, GCP and Azure  

• Cybersecurity and privacy concepts, principles & solutions  

• Process improvement, optimization, and software quality assurance 

Working with tech at H&M Group 
Shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech. The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 74-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision. 

What we offer     
You are joining a unique value-driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits and a flexible work life, there are a lot of opportunities to experiment and grow in the direction you want. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future. 
 
H&M Group is a value-driven company that wants to lead the way to a more inclusive environment. We are committed to create an inclusive & diverse workplace with a culture that is dynamic and innovative. 

We welcome your application regardless of who you are, where you’re from and what you like. 

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

We welcome all applicants to strengthen our innovative and diverse culture. 

Learn more about our I&D work https://youtu.be/veRbl9Cijts  

 
Additional information 

This is a full-time position with flexible placement, preferably in Atlanta, Stockholm or Bangalore. Please apply as soon as possible but no later than the 30th of November. We will review and interview applicants on-going. If you have questions, please contact Talent Acquisition Mona Farshchian ([email protected]) or Avan Shali ([email protected]).