**Job Title:** Strategic Architecture Lead
Dunnes Stores is initiating a major transformation program to modernize its business capabilities and technology landscape. The Strategic Architecture Lead plays a key role in shaping the organization's future architecture, driving innovation and aligning architecture with business goals for transformative outcomes.
The Strategic Architecture Lead will spearhead the Enterprise Architecture team, overseeing the establishment and scaling of enterprise architecture practices across the entire organization. This position demands strong managerial skills and extensive stakeholder engagement at senior levels within the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Direct and oversee enterprise architecture practices throughout the organization.
2. Develop and maintain architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks.
3. Ensure technological standardization across the organizational landscape.
4. Set up, operate, and optimize the Architecture Review Board, aligning it with governance structures.
5. Lead organization-wide technology-focused communities of practice.
6. Innovate new architecture patterns to support emerging technologies like Cloud, Data, and AI.
7. Provide strategic thought leadership in technology, innovation, cost optimization, and efficiency improvements.
8. Collaborate with business and technology leadership to craft a comprehensive technology strategy.
9. Lead, motivate, and align the team's performance with strategic objectives, employing talent management strategies.
10. Contribute significantly to annual planning and budgeting, overseeing significant IT investments.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Education: Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technology field, or equivalent work/education experience.
* Certifications: Architecture-related certificates (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.).
* 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.
Benefits and Others:
This role offers a strategic leadership opportunity to shape Dunnes Stores' technological future, driving innovation and aligning architecture with business goals for transformative outcomes. If you are interested in this challenging opportunity, please apply now.