Integration & Architecture Director

Location ParisÎle-de-FranceFrance
Type Other
Seniority Director
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Chanel in Paris seeks an Integration & Architecture Director to lead enterprise integration, API and cloud strategy for global IT.

Overview

Chanel is a privately held French luxury house celebrated for haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrance and beauty. As an employer, Chanel places high value on creativity, artisan craftsmanship, technical excellence and discretion, offering an environment where design-driven product innovation intersects with rigorous operational standards.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the global integration and enterprise architecture strategy, including API strategy, cloud architecture and integration patterns.
  • Design scalable, secure integration solutions and enforce architectural standards, governance and roadmaps across domains.
  • Lead, mentor and scale a multi-disciplinary architecture and integration team; recruit and represent the function to senior stakeholders.
  • Own vendor selection and management for integration platforms, middleware and API management; negotiate SLAs and commercial terms.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, security and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
  • Oversee cloud migration and hybrid architectures, ensuring operational resilience, cost optimisation and compliance.
  • Establish observability, testing and CI/CD practices for integration flows and platform components.
  • Drive technical due diligence for acquisitions, partnerships and third-party integrations when required.

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership in enterprise architecture and integration at scale; demonstrable track record of delivering cross-domain technical programmes.
  • Strong executive stakeholder management and ability to translate business strategy into technical direction.
  • Experience with vendor evaluation and commercial governance for integration platforms and middleware.
  • Thought leadership in API-first design, microservices and cloud-native architectures.
  • TOGAF, ArchiMate or equivalent architecture qualification preferred.

Skills

Enterprise architecture Solution architecture API strategy and design (API-first, RESTful APIs) Integration platforms: MuleSoft, Dell Boomi (experience with iPaaS) Message brokers and streaming: Kafka, RabbitMQ Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP Microservices architecture Kubernetes, Docker CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible Security, identity and access management for integrations

Experience

Typically 10+ years in IT with at least 5 years in senior roles leading enterprise architecture, integration or platform engineering teams; experience in retail, luxury goods or global consumer-facing organisations is highly desirable.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent; Master's degree or relevant professional certifications preferred.

Culture

Chanel fosters a high-expectation, craftsmanship-driven culture where creativity and technical excellence coexist. Teams operate with discretion, a premium on quality and close collaboration between business, design and technology functions.