Enterprise Architect, Corporate Functions (Hybrid)

As the Enterprise Architect, Corporate Functions you will provide technical leadership as you establish the direction of end-to-end architecture across the organization supporting corporate functions. You will be accountable for IT architecture, application standards, design & governance in alignment with Enterprise Architecture principles along with business and IT objectives.   

Who we want

Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.

Business-oriented evaluators. People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulation and industry trends for sales, management and leadership teams.

Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvements across the business.

What you will do

• Drive Enterprise Architecture (EA) strategy and planning guidance within IT project/solution activity to ensure understanding and adherence to EA principles and business / IT objectives; provide strategic guidance and cross-functional alignment within EA assessment and governance activity accordingly.
• Perform EA assessment activity to ensure EA principles are properly represented and enforced within IT solutions; manage and mitigate any risk associated with architectural conflicts vs. principles or strategies.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end (E2E) architectural design documentation that accurately and comprehensively represents current and target-state landscape information while informing upstream/downstream integration points within and across the ecosystem.
• Identify cross-functional architectural collision points and synergy opportunities across IT demand and active projects to ensure technology investments adhere to global strategies while risk is proactively mitigated; work with demand owners & project teams as needed to mitigate & resolve.
• Represent any technology or architectural landscape input that may inform or influence the advancement of strategic opportunities or risk.
• Drive the coordination, alignment and communication of architectural design strategies and decisions across EA, Portfolio Project Management (PPM), Delivery, and Business Partner (BP) teams to ensure proper understanding of impact, risk, and benefit with proper business context.
• Partner with EA strategy and planning stakeholders to perform analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and risk while recommending solutions for improvement.
• Represent Enterprise Architecture design & governance input within M&A activity to ensure inherited platforms are properly assessed, disposed, and executed with respect for EA strategic objectives and standards; track the execution of target M&A objectives to ensure realization of outcomes.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Business, or equivalent required.
• 8+ years of professional experience in Information Technology, Application/Technology Management, Portfolio Management, IT Governance, and/or Enterprise Architecture focus required.
• Experience supporting corporate functions (finance, HR, legal, compliance, M&A, etc.) business domains required.
• Experience in all phases of an established SDLC methodology required.
• Experience with analyzing the factors required to rationalize or consolidate application systems required.
• Experience presenting complex concepts, risks and strategies to senior management in business terms required.
• Experience of building an Information Security system and control framework within a complex, global, federated organization including staffing, controls and financial / budgetary aspects required.
• Experience with systems such as Workday, BPC, Concur, and ServiceNow preferred.
• Knowledge of EA methodologies, e.g. TOGAF, FEAF, or Zachman framework preferred.