Chief Enterprise Architect

As the Chief Enterprise Architect you will report to the Global Head of Engineering and will be leading the definition and maintenance of a holistic Enterprise Architecture roadmap and its alignment with the business strategy, enabling business innovation, high user satisfaction and operational excellence. In this newly introduced role you will be responsible for implementing and leading a firm-wide Enterprise Architecture function which will own the Enterprise Architecture (standards, strategy, roadmap). This includes setting architectural standards to be utilized with our clients, linking IT and services to business objectives, driving technical and architectural decisions, and planning the use of Enterprise Architectural resources across the firm. As the Chief Enterprise Architect you will represent Enterprise Architecture in executive and strategic business meetings, main external relations, and prepare important strategic tradeoff-decisions for senior leadership.  

As part of the global leadership team, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across product, architecture, design, and operations teams to drive a modern, state-of-the-art architectural process and discipline. You must have the EQ and business acumen to navigate a highly matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders. Furthermore, you must have experience in developing holistic, business-aligned Enterprise Architectures enabling the scaling of technology platforms, establishing effective technology standardization and governance in federated organizational structures, and creating and leading a highly technical, responsive, and solution-oriented team. 

In this role you will be responsible for the definition and maintenance of a holistic Enterprise Architecture roadmap and its alignment with the business strategy, enabling business innovation, high user satisfaction and operational excellence. You will define and implement best-in-class Enterprise Architecture capabilities and governance across the firm and plan the use of Enterprise Architectural resources. You will play a lead role in technology standardization, reducing technical debt and shaping and adopting the technology stacks and platforms while enabling high-velocity business innovation, economies of scale and compliance. 

Your specific areas of responsibility will also include: building an effective EA capability for the firm; advising stakeholders on technology implications (feasibility, costs) of business decisions; guiding investment decisions with business capability models and mapping; aligning technology/architecture roadmap with business outcomes; guiding execution of digital change initiatives.