Head of Business Architect – HR

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The Vice President, Systems Design/Architecture is a senior leadership role, responsible for providing strategic leadership and setting direction in the design and architecture of complex systems within the organization.

This senior leadership role oversees a team of managers and/or technical professionals in ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, reliable and secure architectures that meet business goals whilst fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on operational excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversees the definition and communication of the architecture vision and ensures the execution on the alignment of the architecture to business priorities.
• Oversees the representation of the organization in industry forums and conferences, showcasing expertise in system design and architecture.
• Works across multiple areas to oversee the design and architecture of large-scale, mission-critical systems.
• Sets direction for the alignment of systems to business goals, performance requirements, and industry best practices.
• Oversees the identification of design goals and creates system architecture plans.
• Works across multiple areas to ensure that architectural solutions meet technical and functional requirements.
• Oversees the management of the investigation and scoping of change requests to determine the scale of work to be done and estimate the timeframe and input required.
• Sets direction for the determination of system loads and volumes as input into infrastructure requirements.
• Sets direction for the design and development of new systems and solutions.
• Ensures that new systems and solutions conform to current system architecture and/or align to strategic system architectural direction.
• Sets direction for the identification of potential risks and challenges in the system design and architecture.
• Ensures system architecture is delivered in the form of robust and scalable solutions to business problems and needs.
• Sets direction for the specification of solutions functional and technical requirements, and implementation phases required in order to deliver on and solve complex business problems.
• Collaborate with executive management and other stakeholders to align system design and architecture with business objectives and long-term strategies.
• Collaborate with vendors and external partners to evaluate and integrate third-party technologies and solutions into the system architecture.
• Works across multiple areas, to define system requirements, resolve technical issues, and ensure successful project execution.
• Leads and manages the activities of a team of managers, architects and engineers, providing guidance, mentoring, and performance evaluations.
• Sets direction for a collaborative environment that promotes knowledge sharing and innovation.
  
  

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Excellent ability to think strategically and to align system design and architecture with business goals and objectives.
• Substantial knowledge of required programming languages.
• Substantial proficiency in various architectural patterns, cloud-based architectures, microservices, and integration technologies and frameworks.
• Substantial understanding of databases, networking, and infrastructure components.
• Excellent people management skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire team members, foster innovation, and get results.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify root causes, evaluate trade-offs, and make sound decisions.
• Substantial proficiency in designing and architecting complex systems.
• Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills.
• Substantial knowledge of relevant standards and regulations, such as cybersecurity and data privacy.
• Substantial proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
  
  

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Recommended certifications such as Cloud (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect); TOGAF preferred.
  
  

Required experience:

• Substantial demonstrated experience in leading and managing technical teams.
• Substantial demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with various stakeholders.
• Substantial demonstrated experience in designing and architecting large-scale, distributed systems.
• Substantial demonstrated previous experience in a similar role within a large-scale organization.
• Substantial demonstrated project management experience.
• Substantial demonstrated experience in mentoring and developing talent.
  
  

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

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