Solution Architect - HR & Payroll

Stansted Airport Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airport management group in Manchester is looking for a Solution Architect to drive technology transformation across its operations. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and technical skills, experience with SAP SuccessFactors, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. This permanent role offers flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits including a bonus scheme, company pension, and 25 days holiday.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

10% company contribution pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free parking

Subsidised public transport

Company discounts

2 volunteering days per year

Free Virtual GP service

Care Concierge service

Qualifications

• Ability to interact and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience in developing and maintaining technical architecture.
• Adaptability to business and technical change.

Responsibilities

• Define technology solutions to meet business requirements.
• Architectural design and oversight of SAP SuccessFactors products.
• Support business transformation through technology and automation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Networking

Presentation skills

Commercially astute

Technical knowledge of enterprise technologies

Cloud experience

DevOps toolsets

Architecture mapping

Education

Experience with HR & Payroll platforms (SAP SuccessFactors)

TOGAF methodology knowledge

Job description

Based at Manchester Airport

• Permanent role
• Flexible/Hybrid working for a better work/life balance
• We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We\'re committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities. Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. We’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• 10% company contribution pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service

The role

As a Solution Architect in our MAG Technology team, you’ll be charged with helping us to transform our business through technology, digital and automation. Working across our airports and group functions, you will define technology solutions to meet requirements, taking into account systems, data, process and people. This particular role includes the architectural design and oversight of SAP Successfactors products, including HR & Payroll.

What will make you successful in the role?

As well as the ability to interact, influence and build consensus with senior stakeholders, you’ll have excellent interpersonal, networking, presentation and communication skills and be commercially astute. You’ll also have a detailed technical knowledge spanning enterprise technologies, systems and infrastructure, private and public cloud, development and DevOps toolsets with experience building and executing a tech strategy, maintaining a technology roadmap and being able to adapt to business, market and technical change. You’ll have experience of developing, mapping and maintaining a technical architecture including enterprise, applications, service, infrastructure and data using a recognised methodology e.g. TOGAF. You’ll have experience of HR & Payroll Platforms (in particular SAP Success Factors). Desirable skills include an awareness of the Airport / Aviation tech landscape.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing [e-mail]

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity Group), Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities (including neurodiversity)