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The IT Commercial Application Lead will drive delivery of projects/major programs with the delivery teams through Agile approach to deliver the right Business value.

This role will manage and monitor the Commercial Platform related project in APAC (Salesforce clouds, E-commerce etc.), taking an end to end view of the overall system, making recommendations, and developing a systems and process evolution roadmap including all the systems in the commercial ecosystem.

The IT Commercial Application Lead will also ensure effective operations for their Platforms working closely with the Regional IT Teams, as well as Service and Architecture Teams, and ensure proactive service management by eliminating common problems or issues.

Accountabilities

• Provide leadership by establishing a process to develop and deliver IT Commercial projects.
• Contribute to Salesforce.com and allied products’ technology strategy and planning; conduct research on emerging development methodology; continuously improve software development guidelines, increasing cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Promote synergies and reuse within and across Delivery Teams in order to maximize rapid yet responsible delivery of business value and providing stable platforms
• Work with Technical and Business Architects to develop roadmaps towards a DevOps architecture.
• Provide technical development and support for IT Delivery Team initiatives
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the group and other business/technical entities.

Dimensions

Business Impact:  This role is also key in a transformation of ways of working across IT and within Syngenta – moving to more agile methods and continuous improvement, which will simplify ways of working and allow for the allocation of resources to strategic business initiatives. 

People:  3-4 third party staff to begin with. Over due course of time direct reports.

Budget:  Indirect influence over other significant spend areas, including IT infrastructure and change budgets.

Geographic Scope: Primarily Regional (APAC)

Complexity:  Complex.   Requires high degree of functional capability in the Commercial Platform. Also strong stakeholder collaboration both inside and outside Syngenta, especially with Suppliers/Vendors to drive effective development and operations.

Experience:

• 8+ years IT experience.
• 3+ years’ experience delivering solutions in an Agile way in Salesforce plus other commercial applications
• Experience in Team management.
• Salesforce Certification Required.
• Cross Functional Role.
• Expert in programming tools and knowledge of application technologies for Commercial Platforms
• Familiarity with SDLC methodologies
• Technical expertise in Development and operations and system engineering tools
• Strong knowledge of release and test management processes
• Understanding of Orchestration and automation Technical abilities to apply change, monitor, real time application, dashboard displays
• Awareness of developments in the IT and IS marketplace and understands their relevance to Syngenta
• Record of platform innovation and challenging the norm

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.
• Master Degree preferred.
• Certification or experience with methodologies and frameworks, such as TOGAF, ITIL, PMI, Six Sigma
• Salesforce.com Certified (Application, System, Technical) a plus Expert in SDLC methodologies such as Scrum, DAD, SAFe, waterfall

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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