VP Enterprise Architecture-Commercial Systems
US-TX-Dallas
Advantage Sales & Marketing
Req #: 435591
Type: Full Time
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Overview: Vice President Enterprise Architecture At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! We are seeking a highly dynamic and talented Vice President of Enterprise Architecture to be accountable for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the execution of change toward the desired business vision and targeted outcomes. The enterprise architect is responsible for taking a practical approach to supporting the business. This starts and ends with a focus on delivering signature-ready, actionable recommendations to business leaders, so they can adjust policies and projects to achieve target business outcomes. Take this opportunity to join North America's leading business solutions provider and build your career working with amazing people in a growing industry! Apply today! What we offer: * Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life) * 401(k) with company match * Training and Career Development * Generous Paid Time-Off Responsibilities: * Lead the creation or evolution of the enterprise architecture program/function (if managing and appointed as chief enterprise architect). * Design and construct future- and current-state business models so as to practically apply new and emerging technologies to drive them. * Formulate, translate, advocate, support and execute a business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes. * Scan the world for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect business. Provide practical advice and best practices to overcome these challenges and successfully deliver the expected business outcomes. * Guide and advise stakeholders about disruptive technologies and trends. * Provide perspective on the readiness of the organization to change and innovate. Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience is required * 7+ years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multi-tier environment * 5+ years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis * Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management * Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks * Exposure and understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments Job Will Remain Open Until Filled Responsibilities: The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today. Position Summary The VP Enterprise Architect is accountable for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the execution of change toward the desired business vision and targeted outcomes. The enterprise architect is responsible for taking a practical approach to supporting the business. This starts and ends with a focus on delivering signature-ready, actionable recommendations to business leaders, so they can adjust policies and projects to achieve target business outcomes. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities Lead and Influence * Lead the creation or evolution of the enterprise architecture program/function (if managing and appointed as chief enterprise architect). * Promote the business value of the EA program/function and its process, and the results of the EA program to business and IT leaders/executives. * Seek opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact enterprises' economic architecture and metrics. Identify Ecosystems and Develop Business Models * Understand the business's economic and financial levers that are susceptible to digital transformation, so as to effectively support and guide technology investment decisions. * Design and construct future- and current-state business models so as to practically apply new and emerging technologies to drive them. * Detail potential competitive threats from digital enterprises that are generally considered outside of your traditional realm of competition. Focus on Strategy and Execution * Demonstrate the business value of EA as an enabler of strategy formulation, and as support for technology innovation, which drives the organization's top and bottom lines. * Formulate, translate, advocate, support and execute business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes. * Construct technology-enabled operating models, and provide viable options and visibility into execution issues. Research and Understand Technology and Nontechnology Trends * Scan the world for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect business. Provide practical advice and best practices to overcome these challenges and successfully deliver the expected business outcomes. * Contextualize the technology trends based on social, economic, political and other nontechnology trends. * Lead the analysis of business and operating models, market trends and the technology industry to determine their potential impact on the enterprise's business strategy, direction and architecture. Enable Enterprise Ideation and Innovation * Track and apply innovative and existing technologies, anchoring them in the business model to assess their potential, and use rapid prototyping approaches to evolve innovations. * Run technology experiments, helping to create new products and services and integrating the best of theses into steady-state operations for the organization. Determine and Help Orchestrate the Delivery of Business Outcomes * Guide and advise stakeholders about disruptive technologies and trends. * Determine the relationship between people, processes, information, technology and things of the enterprise, and their relationships to one another and to the external environment. * Work with business peers to develop and present business capability models and roadmaps to facilitate discussion and decision making with stakeholders across the enterprise. * Lead analysis of the business' future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement and driving the business forward. * Work with business peers and lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business outcomes and drivers to derive useful business context, and in response to disruptive forces. * Develop diagnostic and actionable deliverables that help business guide investment decisions in support of executing business strategy. * Lead analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. * Provide perspective on the readiness of the organization to change and innovate. * Present a gap analysis and/or IT investment roadmap that reflects the status of the existing IT estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms. * Lead the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business requirements
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