Overview
The Head of Enterprise Architecture is a newly established leadership role integral to shaping the organization's future architecture. This position will spearhead the Enterprise Architecture team, driving capability establishment and scaling across the entire organization. It demands strong managerial skills and extensive stakeholder engagement across senior levels within the organization.
Responsibilities
* Enterprise Architecture Leadership: Directing and overseeing Enterprise Architecture practices throughout the organization.
* Framework Establishment: Driving the development and maintenance of Architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks.
* Standardization Advocate: Ensuring technological standardization across the organizational landscape.
* Architecture Review Board Oversight: Setting up, operating, and optimizing the Architecture Review Board, aligning it with governance structures.
* Technology Communities Leadership: Leading organization-wide technology-focused communities of practice.
* Emerging Technology Enablement: Innovating new architecture patterns to support emerging technologies like Cloud, Data, and AI.
* Thought Leadership: Providing strategic thought leadership in technology, innovation, cost optimization, and efficiency improvements.
* Strategic Technology Strategy: Collaborating with business and technology leadership to craft a comprehensive technology strategy.
* Team Leadership: Leading, motivating, and aligning the team's performance with strategic objectives, employing talent management strategies.
* Budget Oversight: Contributing significantly to annual planning and budgeting, overseeing significant IT investments.
Education & Qualifications
* Educational Background: Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technology field, or equivalent work/education experience.
* Change Management Expertise: Proven experience as a Change Agent, leading organizations through strategic change and promoting the adoption of new technologies through effective change management.
* Enterprise Architecture Proficiency: Extensive experience in developing, leading, and implementing Enterprise Architecture practices across software development, application, and infrastructure technologies in large complex organizations.
* Technological Expertise: Expertise in modern software development practices, infrastructure, cloud, application, and enterprise architecture.
* Risk Management Knowledge: Deep understanding of IT governance, operational risk, product, and service life cycles.
* Stakeholder Influence: Ability to influence key senior stakeholders, aligning IT strategy with business value.
* Leadership Skills: Proven track record in leadership, talent acquisition, team motivation, effective delegation, and performance enhancement.
* Business and Technology Collaboration: Ability to partner with senior business and technology leaders, connecting technology and business goals for successful outcomes.
* Process Management Knowledge: Understanding of business process management, workflow, and integration methods/tools.
Info: Permanent
Dublin City Centre
Full time in the office 5 days a week. Office is based off St Stephens Green - Dublin 2
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
* Information Services
* Software Development
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