Chief Architect - Pune, India - ASM WEB TECH PVT LTD

Description

The CA's focus is to:
Engage business and IT stakeholders, creating and building relationships through the delivery of a business architecture capability and thus facilitate alignment between business and IT, across the democratized IT landscape

Work to engage the full range of architects across Client Technology in a joint agreed approach to the formal development of architectures in all of the domains (Development teams dedicated to specific products or services).

This is expected to be viaDefinition of an architecture framework with associated mandatory processes and artifactsEstablishment of an Architecture Community for cross domain communication, knowledge sharing and authorizationDelivery of training and advice to lead architects in their respective domains to enhance the quality of architecture deliverables

Definition of an architecture framework with associated mandatory processes and artifacts

Establishment of an Architecture Community for cross domain communication, knowledge sharing and authorization

Delivery of training and advice to lead architects in their respective domains to enhance the quality of architecture deliverables

Manage a small core EA team oriented around an internal management consulting and including regular rotated co-opting of architects from the architecture community

Act as the ultimate escalation and decision point for all architectural issues and challenges

Drive the evolution of the EA teams services and operating model

The CA will require a background and experience that will allow them to easily traverse the various technical disciplines across Client Technology.

This will mean experience in digital product development lifecycles, experience in the areas of bespoke production systems, and also experience in the various areas of business systems e.g.

finance, marketing, supply chain as well as enabling technologies to build a foundation for all of this (e.g. IT Operations, Engineering Enablement, Cloud services).

Being able to communicate in the vernacular of each of the differing architecture domains while bringing them together to enhance the delivery across the full landscape is essential to the success of this role.

Delivering quality assured governance across all these groups will be an initial central focal point for the CA.

The CA will additionally be central to fostering innovation at Client using continuous foresight to identify and assess probable disruption and develop strategic responses to successfully bring the organization into the future.

Scope of Activities

The CA will demonstrate competencies across five key dimensions.

Manage the EA Practice and facilitate the wider architecture communityDevelop the Architecture Practice through promotion of architecture practicesDevelop the wider Architecture Community through cross domain communicationRecruits and develops the critical skills, competencies and career paths for the EA teamCoaching and mentoring members of the architecture community

Develop the Architecture Practice through promotion of architecture practices

Develop the wider Architecture Community through cross domain communication

Recruits and develops the critical skills, competencies and career paths for the EA team

Coaching and mentoring members of the architecture community

Formulate strategy and guiding executionWork with business and leadership stakeholders to develop strategyConnect the work with portfolio management practicesConnect company strategy to help delivery teams to connect strategy to execution

work with business and leadership stakeholders to develop strategy

Connect the work with portfolio management practices

Connect company strategy to help delivery teams to connect strategy to execution

Orchestrate the delivery of business outcomesEvolve the Business Architecture practice Guide the cultural and organizational transformation to move the as-is-capability landscape into the future-desired state and drive business outcomesEnsures the architecture practices and community processes lead to a more efficient and effective business and IT operating model, significantly improving results

Evolve the Business Architecture practice

Guide the cultural and organizational transformation to move the as-is-capability landscape into the future-desired state and drive business outcomes

Ensures the architecture practices and community processes lead to a more efficient and effective business and IT operating model, significantly improving results

Facilitate InnovationCollect, analyze, review and refine Innovations, trends, disruptions, opportunities or ideasWorking with business leaders, develop, track and manage execution of innovation activities

Collect, analyze, review and refine Innovations, trends, disruptions, opportunities or ideas

Working with business leaders, develop, track and manage execution of innovation activities

Leads analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solut