Job Details

Position Purpose:

The Enterprise Architecture (EA) Principal for Strategy & Planning is responsible for implementing modern, lightweight EA practices to improve planning, coordination, and delivery of technology work across the organization. The Principal plays an important role in fostering a common understanding of the business and technology environment and improving communication and decision making across teams.

This position partners closely with business, product, and technology leaders to develop and maintain a comprehensive framework of business capabilities and system landscapes. The Principal develops best practices to embed these artifacts into everyday processes and improve strategic planning for technology. The Principal provides guidance to architecture leaders across the company and builds alignment on best practices and opportunities for improvement.

This position is focused on deploying and enhancing other strategic EA capabilities over time, including system and capability heat maps, application roadmaps, and target architecture blueprints, among others. These capabilities will play an important role in bridging the gap between business and technology objectives, improving speed of delivery, and enhancing the value that technology drives for the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Planning (40%)

• Lead EA strategy and transformation roadmap to implement modern, lightweight EA practices; develop and execute effective change management plan

• Lead EA enablement of annual and quarterly planning; prioritize and deploy potential EA inputs to planning processes

• Design and implement changes to planning processes to improve speed, agility and quality of outcomes

• Partner with Product and Finance to lead governance over EA-related planning Delivery & Execution (40%)

• Develop and maintain enterprise framework of business capabilities and technology landscapes, and other strategic EA artifacts (e.g. heat maps, application roadmaps, and target architecture blueprints)

• Design and deploy best practices to embed EA artifacts into everyday ways of working

• Lead collaborative working sessions with business, product, and technology leaders to continuously develop and refine EA capabilities Support & Enablement (20%)

• Provide guidance and coordinate with architecture leaders across the company to foster best practices and continuous improvement

• Evangelize successful usage of EA practices, including tools and technologies; field questions from teams and encourage cross-team collaboration

• Drive EA thought leadership and innovation within the organization; perform research and benchmarking, meet with vendors, build relationships at other companies, and maintain knowledge of industry innovations

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Typically reports to the Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related discipline.

• 5-7 years of related experience in strategic planning, technology architecture, technology strategy or engineering, product management, or consulting.

• Strong business acumen and understanding of technology environments

• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders at various levels of the organization.

• Demonstrated project management skills; ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.

• Ability to understand and apply different stakeholder perspectives to find mutually beneficial and positive outcomes.

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint).

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 6

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm

• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals

• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful

• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances

• Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens

• Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

• Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear

• Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder

• Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement

• Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels

• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. - $150,000.00 - $180,000.00