Enterprise Business Architect (Director level)

Enterprise Business Architect (Director level)
(Big 4 Consulting or large Hitech technology services experience preferred

This role is responsible for managing the development of the enterprise business architecture (EBA), which represents the requirements, principles and models for the enterprise's people, financials, processes and organizational structure. The enterprise business architect works with a range of people in business and IT to lead and facilitate the development of artifacts. These artifacts are used to guide the business toward a defined future state.

Responsibilities

Manage the development and evolution of EBA in iterative phases (based on time and objectives). Activities in these phases include developing timelines, organizing working sessions and creating deliverables.
Assess near-term needs, using structured interview processes, to establish business priorities. Consult with business and technical subject matter experts (SMEs), and develop alternative solutions. Advise on options, risks, cost-benefits, impacts on other business processes and system priorities.
Work with business-facing projects, and stay informed on their progress. Also, liaise and collaborate with functions associated with business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture. This is to ensure enterprisewide consensus regarding business change requirements and the future-state or current-state design of business processes.
Lead efforts to communicate with business and IT leaders to inform them on EBA activities and how they will benefit the business. Lead other communication efforts such as interviewing and educating key stakeholders, facilitating organizational change management, and working with business customers and constituencies.
Collaborate with business and IT leaders to ensure that EBA requirements, principles, models and recommendations are adhered to when migrating to the desired future state.
Define and articulate common agreement and understanding of what EBA is, its potential value (based on business goals and objectives), and the value of leveraging its outcomes within the scope of the overall enterprise architecture (EA) effort. Work with other architects to ensure that the EBA supports, reflects, advances and integrates with the overall EA efforts and with other EA viewpoints.
Lead core and extended EBA teams through the process of defining EBA requirements, principles and models. This includes developing a charter that is based on goals and objectives, and defining roles and responsibilities.
Collaborate with business and IT functional areas to understand how the business context applies to specific EBA iterations. Monitor business and technology trends that will impact the business and its extended ecosystem, and analyze its reactions to these trends at the strategy level. Identify and monitor critical constraints that may impact EBA progress, including resource, regulatory, market, geographic, cultural and business constraints.
Work with domain leaders or SMEs to scope the level of detail of current-state documentation, and identify gaps between the current and desired future states. Participate in the development of high-level projects or initiatives to close the gaps between the current- and future-state architectures, including road maps, proposed change projects and target metrics.
Leverage EBA efforts and artifacts to consult with line of business (LOB) customers on defining or designing business processes, functions and organizational structures, and on identifying and promoting enabling technologies based on business requirements.
This role will report directly to the chief enterprise architect and will also direct staff as described above.
This role will collaborate with LOB customers, other EA team members, project teams, and staff in other business and IT functional areas, as described above.

Qualifications

Minimum 15 years experience in Business Architecture and working in or closely with IT on process design or architecture.
Strategic planning, leadership and relationship management.
Program management efforts involving the coordination of resources and goals across multiple, related projects.
Leading multidisciplined, high-performance work teams.
Developing and monitoring the delivery of efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems.
Knowledgeable in designing and constructing business processes, functions and organizational structures.
In-depth experience with process redesign methods (such as business process re-engineering, Six Sigma or total quality management) and modeling tools (such as IDS Scheer, Troux, IBM Telelogic or Mega). Understanding of BPM, workflow and integration methods and tools.
Knowledge of EA processes, methods and frameworks.
industry-standard architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, FEAF, Gartner/Meta, etc. is required
Comprehensive knowledge of facilitation and organizational change management.
Knowledge of finance, accounting, valuation and metrics development; statistical analysis skills a plus.
Ability to reach out across the organization and communicate with people at different levels, with diverse needs and agendas; related capabilities include facilitation and teaming skills.
Understanding of, and interest in, innovative business models, visions and processes.
Skill at perceiving patterns and relationships between technologies, processes, business models and people.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects, and to think creatively and beyond normal constraints.
Ability to identify emerging technology that can add business value, and to modify business practices to take full advantage of technology innovation.
Familiarity with application delivery methods. Experience with e-commerce, Web architecture, and Internet/intranet development and implementation a plus.
Bachelor's or equivalent degree in business, information systems or related disciplines, and extensive related project experience.
M.B.A. or other advanced degree in business or social sciences a plusKeywords: Business Architect, Enterprise Business Architecture specialist, Business Processing Modeling Expert, Principal Architect, Principal Enterprise Architect, Chief Enterprise Architect, Director of enterprise architecture