Head of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture
Job Description:
Lead and Influence
- Lead the creation or evolution of the enterprise architecture program/function
- Lead the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business strategy and requirements.
Focus on Strategy and Execution
- Formulate, translate, advocate, support and execute business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes.
- Construct technology-enabled operating models and provide viable options and visibility into execution issues.
Determine and Help Orchestrate the Delivery of Business Outcomes
- Determine the relationship between people, processes, information, technology and things of the enterprise, and their relationships to one another and to the external environment.
- Work with business peers to develop and present business capability models and roadmaps to facilitate discussion and decision making with stakeholders across the enterprise.
- Lead analysis of the business' future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement and driving the business forward.
- Lead analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Provide perspective on the readiness of the organization to change and innovate.
- Present a gap analysis and/or IT investment roadmap that reflects the status of the existing IT estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms.
- Lead the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies.
- Lead and facilitate the creation of governance, assurance and standards to guide EA decision making.
- Ensure that the optimal governance structure and compliance activities are associated with EA compliance.
- Oversee the evaluation and selection of EA standards, as necessary.
- Oversee EA implementation and ongoing refinement activities.
- Oversee EA implementation, continuous improvement and ongoing refinement activities.
- Oversee the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
- Consult with infrastructure, project and product teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture.
- Identify organizational requirements for the resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support the enterprise architecture.
- Oversee the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
- Lead the development and execution of a communication and education plan for the enterprise architecture.
- Communicate the value of the enterprise architecture to the organization.
- Lead the development and execution of a communication and education plan for the enterprise architecture
CÁC YÊU CẦU VỀ NĂNG LỰC/ REQUIREMENTS
1. Trình độ Học vấn/ Educational Qualifications
Master's or Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
2. Các Kinh nghiệm liên quan/ Relevant Experience
- Seven or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment
- Five or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business
3. Kiến thức/ Chuyên môn có liên Quan/ Relevant Knowledge/ Expertise
- Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management
- Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks
- Capable and comfortable with balancing time between foundational EA (Mode 1: ensures efficiency and predictability) and vanguard EA efforts (Mode 2: concerned with speed, agility and flexibility to achieve a unified and flexible EA that meets the organization's needs)
- Exposure and understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments
- Vendor- and technology-neutral more interested in business outcomes than in personal, or those business and IT leaders with vested personal preferences
- Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories
- Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the organization's digital business strategies
- Understand and speak the language of the business
- Influential in the organization and a team player
- Effective at driving short-term actions that are consistent with long-term goals
- Practical in approach to decision making and problem solving that is principle-based
- Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions
- Ability to translate business needs into EA requirements
- Ability to estimate the financial impact of EA alternatives
- Ability to apply multiple solutions to business problems
- Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
- Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture
- Knowledge of business engineering principles and processes
4. Các Kỹ Năng/ Skills
- Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent analytical and technical skills
- Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
Required Skills:
Readiness Modeling BASIC Gap Analysis Facilitation Presentation Skills Options Balance ITIL Assurance Structures Microservices Electrical Engineering Business Strategy Consulting Business Requirements Problem Solving Components Continuous Improvement Architecture Interpersonal Skills Risk Management Analytics Infrastructure Budgeting Strategy Negotiation Information Technology Computer Science Education Teamwork Documentation Planning Design Engineering Leadership Business Communication Science Management