Solution Architect - HR & Payroll

MAG Manchester Airports Group; Wythenshawe; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Care Concierge service

Job summary

MAG Manchester Airports Group in Manchester Airport is seeking a Solution Architect within MAG Technology to define technology solutions across the business, taking into account systems, data, process and people, including the architectural design and oversight of SAP SuccessFactors HCM & Payroll platform.

You will interact with senior stakeholders, build consensus, and apply a technical architecture spanning enterprise technologies, cloud and DevOps, contributing to a tech strategy, roadmap

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, networking, presentation and communication skills.
• Technical knowledge spanning enterprise technologies, systems and infrastructure, private and public cloud, DevOps toolsets.
• Experience of HR & Payroll Platforms, including SuccessFactors Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance and Goals.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Enterprise architecture

Tools

TOGAF

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

Summary

• 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. You'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 HCM & Payroll platform.

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 SuccessFactors modules including Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance and Goals). 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.

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