IT Domain Leader Integration & Architecture

The L’OCCITANE Group is a leading international manufacturer and retailer of premium and sustainable beauty and wellness products. The Group operates in 90 countries worldwide and has 3,000 retail outlets, including over 1,300 of its own stores. Within its portfolio of premium beauty brands that champion organic and natural ingredients are: L’OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L’OCCITANE au Brésil, LimeLife by Alcone, ELEMIS, Sol de Janeiro and Dr. Vranjes Firenze.
With its nature-positive vision and entrepreneurial ethos, L’OCCITANE Group is committed to investing in communities, biodiversity, reducing waste and to finding sustainable solutions to create a better and healthier planet. The mission statement of the Group is: With empowerment we positively impact people and regenerate nature.
L’OCCITANE is also committed to sustainability for business, people & the planet, as well as respect of human rights, ethics principles and labour protection. All employees at L’OCCITANE must therefore implement the company’s mission and integrate the social, environmental, economic and legal effects of their actions in their day-to-day job. In practice, this means that any employee at L’OCCITANE shall contribute to growing sales, regenerating nature, caring for our consumers & partners and supporting our employees. The L'OCCITANE Group is a certified B CorporationTM.

CONTEXT & MISSION:
The Architecture and Integration teams play a central role in transforming the L’OCCITANE en Provence brand IT and simplifying our information system to support the brand's growth. In this context, we are looking for a highly motivated IT Domain Leader Integration & Architecture!
In this role, you will be responsible for defining the target architecture that must meet the challenges of the various business areas of L’OCCITANE en Provence: from R&D of our products to sales through different sales channels, including production and logistics, and adapting to the specificities of our different markets: Europe, US, Brazil, China, Japan, APAC. You will lead the Integration team, experts in interfaces based on our ESB Webmethods, and the Technical Advisors team for the architecture aspect.
The position reports to the VP of Engineering IT Data & Integration and is based in the Group WHQ Plan-les-Ouates (near Geneva).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop the company's IT architecture, ensuring system coherence and integration;
• Collaborate with various IT teams to ensure the implementation of best practices in technology;
• Evaluate and recommend innovative technologies and solutions to improve system efficiency and performance;
• Ensure that technological solutions comply with security and regulatory standards;
• Participate in defining technology strategies and IT project planning;
• Provide technical support and advice to project teams and stakeholders;
• Lead the architecture and integration domain: develop and follow the roadmap, prioritize tasks, and ensure budget compliance;
• Support and develop the domain: lead and develop the team to achieve set objectives;
• Coordinate regional teams: collaborate with Integration teams in Asia, America, and Brazil to ensure global coherence;
• Define and apply integration standards: establish and ensure compliance with integration standards;
• Continuous improvement: apply Lean Management principles to optimize team and L’OCCITANE en Provence processes efficiency;
• Incident management: manage incident resolution, communication, and post-mortem analyses.

HOW YOU CAN FIT:

• Education: Engineering degree or Master degree in IT;
• Experience: Proven experience in IT architecture, with in-depth knowledge of information systems and emerging technologies. Successful experience in team management and integration, ideally on ESB Webmethods;
• Technical skills: Mastery of integration frameworks and associated technical stacks (DevOps, Docker, microservices architecture, cloud architecture including Azure);
• Knowledge of information systems: Good knowledge of the different components of an IS (SAP, POS, CRM, E-Commerce, WMS);
• Languages: Fluent in English; French conversational;
• Communication: Excellent ability to communicate and simplify technical subjects;
• Collaboration: Ability to work in a team and collaborate with diverse stakeholders;
• Technological watch: Interest in innovation and technological watch;
• Adaptability: Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment with evolving priorities and on multiple projects simultaneously.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Working for a unique company, strongly committed towards the planet and the people (B Corp certification);
• Working with passionate colleagues coming from all over the world;
• A unique culture centered around entrepreneurship, where everyone is expected to collaborate, experiment & move fast;
• Internal mobility opportunities;
• Monthly allocation & discount for store products;
• Attractive Social Insurances coverage;
• 5 weeks annual leaves & 3 extra-days offered as public holidays;
• Flexible and Hybrid Work arrangement;
• Attractive Parental Leave Policy;
• Public Transport allowance.

PERMANENT CONTRACT
STARTING DATE: September 2025

L’OCCITANE is an equal opportunities employer. This means that, when making decisions about our employees’ careers with us, our main considerations are their ability to do their jobs and develop in their roles. One way we cultivate change is by creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and organizational culture. As part of this, we are committed to building an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment where everyone feels respected and valued. We recruit positive-minded people who share our core values - entrepreneurship, team spirit, leading by example and authenticity – and our commitment to sustainability.