Enterprise Integration & Interoperability Senior Manager

Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL Solutions stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely! 

As our global footprint continues to grow, we are looking for an Enterprise Integration and Interoperability leader who will be responsible for the Enterprise Integration and Interoperability platforms. These platforms deliver services including the capture, transformation and delivery of transaction and aggregated data across key data domains at UL. They also integrate data in a secure, timely, reliable, and accurate way to support our enterprise business processes, application users, business managers and analysts. Finally, as UL migrates more of its data platforms to the Cloud, this leader will be responsible for the overall Hybrid Cloud micros services based Integration and Interoperability platform architecture to support UL into the future. This individual will work closely with IT and business leaders to determine how best to plan, implement and control activities for the management of our integration data platforms in support of enterprise data and information goals. The Senior Manager acts to assure integrity of corporate data, proprietary information, and related intellectual property and determines long-term corporate-wide information needs and develops overall strategy for systems development and/or hardware acquisition and integration.

What you’ll learn & achieve:

• Partners with the IT Delivery leaders, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Technology, and projects stakeholders to identify, support, and analyze the business’ need for integration and interoperability capabilities to determine how to best drive business value.
• Develops a company-wide vision, strategy, and roadmap for Integration and Interoperability Platforms. This will include:
  • Provide a strategy, roadmap and set of plans for hybrid cloud-based micro-services integration and interoperability platforms services and capabilities.
  • Capturing and refining the business drivers including the goals, policies and standards, enterprise integration principles and high-level requirements.
  • Collaborates closely with other IT leaders, enterprise architecture and business leaders to architect hybrid cloud-based micro-services integration and interoperability platforms to meet business needs and enable UL’s mission.
  • Establishes appropriate integration and interoperability best practices, processes, and requirements.
• Navigates the IT organization effectively - knows where, how, when and with whom to interact to drive results
• Keep IT Delivery, Architecture and Technology leaders aware of key data issues, identifying and resolving potential problems and conflicts.
• Focuses on developing talent and building a high performing team.
• Acts to assure the integrity and security of information technologies and/or systems. 
• Understands and follows the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follows all physical and digital security practices.
• Develops and reviews capital and expense budgets for assigned operations. 
• Leverages UL IT metrics to ensure quality, timely and consistent delivery.

• At least 8-10 years of experience with integration and interoperability technologies, capabilities, and solutions within diverse, heterogenous and hybrid-cloud environments. Oracle Integration Cloud, SOA and Microsoft Azure platform experience preferred.
• Experience with architecting and designing hybrid cloud-based micro services-based integration and interoperability platforms. Engineering or laboratory industry experience is preferred.
• Experience serving as an IT leader with budgetary responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Analytics, or a related discipline. Master’s degree in related area preferred.
• Advanced level knowledge and understanding in concepts related to hybrid cloud integration and interoperability platforms including principles, policies and standards, data modeling, data transformation, and API architectures.
• Experience leading and managing large IT teams
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments required.
• Experience as a global leader with the ability to communicate/influence culturally diverse people.
• Experience leading or participating in cross-functional digital and data transformation projects
• Subject matter expert knowledge of emerging integration and interoperability products and services.
• Ability to develop and integrate new ideas and initiatives that improve the performance of the organization
• Possess analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Experience balancing priorities and driving to execution
• Experience with setting and executing strategies
• Track record of building strong teams/people
• Demonstrates executive presence
• Drive results, ability to complete projects within timeframe and budget
• Making sound decisions based on a cost-benefit analysis
• Able to build and foster strong relationships with peers and senior business leaders
• Able to partner across global, matrixed, and cross-functional divisions/teams  
• Able to maintain confidentiality and objectivity
• Leads by example
• Effective written and verbal communication skills – able to craft messages based on audience
• UL has COVID-19 protocols and policies in place to ensure the safety of our employees, customers and clients. Effective November 1, 2021, the company mandates that employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment (except where prohibited by law), subject to reasonable accommodation as required by law.

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.   
• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.   

• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.   
• Grow & Achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.   
• Total Rewards: Total Rewards: All employees at UL are eligible for bonus compensation. UL offers a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Additionally, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. We provide Healthcare Reimbursement Accounts and Health Savings Accounts that UL contributes to twice per year! Depending on your role, you can work with your manager on flexible working arrangements. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer time off.