Head of Enterprise Architecture - London, United Kingdom - Service Care

Service Care

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Service Care Solutions are looking for an Head of Enterprise Architecture to work on a remote basis in the UK.

Role:

Lead the creation and communication of Business Aligned Information Technology Strategy against which the organisation can align its strategic business and IT decision making.
Identify and champion well-formed business and IT opportunities by analysing industry and IT trends to drive additional/new value in industry and the organisations business models across a 5-year planning horizon.
Articulate strategic business and IT direction (through communication, influence and relationship building) across the organisation, suppliers and partners for opportunities and alignment.
Collaborate with centres of accountability and excellence for business process, data governance, operational technology and security across the organisation and into industry to truly align the Business Aligned IT Strategy (BAITS).
Maintain an enterprise view of the organisations 5-year horizon change initiatives, their strategic interdependencies and major architecture transition states to guide investment decisions, enable successful delivery of business outcomes from technology enabled change and effective change management.
Manage a team of cross domain and segment Enterprise Architects to deliver value to the organisation through development of the Business Aligned IT Strategy and Segment Architecture products, ongoing communication and education for the enterprise architecture and its standards and patterns.

Essential

Significant experience operating at senior levels in information technology with solid background in enterprise architecture, planning, design, and development
Substantial experience of IT Strategy and enterprise architectural development across all domains and multiple business sectors, including experience of 'system of systems' architecture development
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to explain technical concepts to nontechnical people including front line staff and senior business and technology leadership
Ability to take a strategic view and see the 'big picture' allied to the ability to adopt an analytical approach to complex change programmes with the awareness of operational implications
Substantial experience of the development of reference architectures including principles, policies, standards, patterns, reference models and other elements.
Experience of developing strategy and architecture based on emerging digital technologies (e.g. IOT, API, AI, Social, Mobile, Cloud, Apps Modernisation).

Desirable

Asset management, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate business architectures
Relevant experience and/or qualifications such as TOGAF, MODAF, SaFE, Zachman, Systems Engineering Certification.
Substantial experience of corporate process architecture development and deployment
Broad experience of the use of modelling, data management, simulation, workflow and enduser analysis tools
Leadership experience in other parts of the IT lifecycle including build, service, operations, supplier management.

If you have any friends or colleagues that might be interested we have a £250 referral available for anyone referred that is successful securing a role.