Executive Enterprise Architect

Job description

As an Executive Enterprise Architect, you are responsible for providing architecture and design leadership

for complex digital transformation programmes, handling complex multi-pillar large deals (~$500M), aligning IT services with enterprise goals to create a competitive advantage.

You bring best practices to bear in advising business and IT stakeholders on the overall

governance structure in oversight and execution of the transformation program. You have

experience in design, build and operations of large scale, complex systems and are familiar with

the opportunities and pitfalls to consider.

• Accountable for end-to-end Solution Architecture and Sizing for large deals

• Decide Technology stacks, balance between best technology and price.

• Review, Optimize & Sign-Off Technology Solution and Sizing for integrated solutions

comprising multiple service lines.

• Extract and Build Differentiators for large deals from existing services delivered to customers

and working across internal Verticals, Service Lines and Delivery Organization

• Articulate and Present the solution to the customer in discussions and bid defense.

• Critically review contract, delivery plans and application design in context of architecture and

design implications, and subsequent implementation considerations.

• Conduct system architecture evaluation and collaborates with project management and IT

development teams to improve the architecture.

• Deliver Enterprise Architecture blueprint and advise on setup associated artifact hierarchy and

ownership (such as functional, non-functional design, data models, product design, user

experience, process, security, network, deployment design) as relevant for the programme.

• Establish architecture and design governance including standards, best practices, guidelines,

and associated compliance processes.

• Strategic planning including balancing short and long-term objectives/priorities with

organizational goals and constraints.

• Analyse the business impact that certain technical choices may have on a clients business

processes.

• Evaluate project constraints to find alternatives, alleviate risks, and perform process re-

engineering if required Fixes technical issues as they arise.

• Collaborate across multiple functions and geographies with client facing roles interfacing with

both business and technical stakeholders.

Preferred candidate profile

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 24+ Years experience in IT Industry, of which at least 15 years are in leadership roles

involving enterprise architecture, solution design, engineering for large scale, complex

transformation programs.

• Demonstrated ability in leading E2E architecture for large scale multi-year, multi-vendor digital

transformation programs involving multiple pillars (for e.g., BPS, ADMS, System Integration,

Infra/Cloud management, Networks, Security). These can include:

o Greenfield rollout i.e., architecture, design, implementation, and rollout of large

complex systems from scratch, with new processes, technologies, systems integration involving

COTS and bespoke applications.

o Large scale transformation programmes involving systems development,

rationalization, migration, closures, and associated change management.

o Managed Services contract involving multiple pillars, multiple vendors, rebadged

teams, involving business and IT KPIs with year-on-year improvement glidepaths.

• Demonstrated ability in leading architecture and design teams, establishing governance

structure involving standards, best practices , guidelines, and associated compliance processes