Enterprise Architect Digital Capabilities

Division: Enterprise Architecture (EA)

You will be joining the Enterprise Architecture (EA) division at our Client, a leading post-trade financial market infrastructure.

The EA division is an experienced and multi-disciplinary group of architects responsible for:

• Defining the enterprise architecture directions & standards, aligned to the company strategies & goals;


• Defining the investment themes to develop or transform the IT capabilities supporting the business units’ strategies;


• Maintaining a multi-year strategic investment plan & technology roadmap and advising on IT investment decisions;


• Steering the definition & realisation of capabilities and solutions to support business objectives (process, applications, data and technology) in alignment with the enterprise architecture directions.

Role

You will be joining our Digital Engagement squad, in charge of managing the architecture for digital engagement capabilities (i.e. digital channels, customer management, …).

As an Enterprise Architect, you will guide the implementation of our Corporate & IT strategy and IT transformation by defining and managing the enterprise architecture for this area.

You will deliver and contribute to the following architectural services:

• Strategy Enablement
  
  
  
  • Assembling and analysing strategic Business and IT objectives and leveraging understanding of external industry and market trends, to determine the potential impact on the enterprise’s strategy, direction, and architecture
  
  
  • Lead analysis of current and future-state capabilities and IT environment to detect gaps and opportunities, assess new technologies, and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the enterprise towards its targeted outcomes.
    
    
  
  
  • Facilitating Business and IT alignment and supporting the translation into an executable change roadmap that will realise the strategic objectives and deliver the targeted value outcomes, requiring close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
  
  
  • Delivering target and/or transition architectures and standards and ensuring they are properly maintained and governed, providing viable options and visibility of strategic direction and implications for the enterprise and for steering of delivery.
  
  
  
  

• Strategy Implementation Oversight
  
  
  
  • Providing transparency on the progress of the capability implementation and  alignment with established targets and intended roadmaps.
  
  
  • Providing transparency on the evolution of Technology Debt and the planning and implementation of mitigation and remediation actions.
  
  
  
  

• Delivery Planning and Solutions 
  
  
  
  • Developing clear standards, reference architecture patterns, principles and guardrails, through the EA governance model, to support effective and efficient decision-making and provide clarity for delivery initiatives.
  
  
  • Collaborating with security, delivery and infrastructure teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, to leverage shared technologies, tools and processes where appropriate, and provide continuous feedback towards the further evolution of the enterprise architecture.
  
  
  
  

• Architecture Advisory 
  
  
  
  • Providing consultative advice and support, adapted to stakeholder context, to business leaders and organisational stakeholders who seek actionable recommendations to support decision-making on strategy, delivery, M&A and/or other relevant topics.
  
  
  
  

• Architecture Practice
  
  
  
  
  • Collaborating with other architects and supporting delivery of transversal architectural topics and contributing to a positive working environment.
  
  
  • Contributing to continuous improvement of architectural practice and effective delivery of architectural services.
  
  
  
  

Profile

• Expert analytical, planning and organisational skills, and you are able to connect the dots and navigate in a constantly evolving environment.


• Result-oriented and you collaborate to deliver business outcomes.


• Able to balance out the longer term and short term views and implications of different options and paths of action.


• Self-motivated, eager to learn and you have a proactive working approach.


• Effective leadership skills.
  
  A strong team player, able to work effectively at various levels of the organization, with a strong sense of ownership and ability to influence others to move toward consent.


• Good communicator and you can adapt your messages and style to different audiences and seniority.
  
  Fluency in English is required.


• Active listener.


• Active contributor to the different communities and governance bodies as applicable.


• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.


• Good understanding and knowledge of business and technology operating models, strategic planning and cost-benefit analysis, security and risk management, information and data management, systems development methodologies and agile principles and frameworks, and/or IT service delivery, infrastructure and operations.


• You have at least 5 years of experience in two or more of the following disciplines: 
  
  
  
  • Application Development
  
  
  • Business Architecture
  
  
  • Business Analysis
  
  
  • Enterprise Architecture
  
  
  • Information and Data Architecture
  
  
  • Solution and Technical Architecture
  
  
  • Strategy Development and Consulting
  
  
  • Product Development
  
  
  
  


• Proficiency in cloud computing, even driven systems, data management and application integration.


• Proven experience with digital transformation initiatives, technology platform integration and aligning IT with business strategies.


• You have experience within the Financial Services industry and you have an understanding of the complexity of the regulatory environment – considered as a plus.


• You are certified in an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g. TOGAF) and are familiar with Enterprise Architecture tools – considered as an advantage.

Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at our Client, and work at the heart of the global capital markets.

We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe.

As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets.

We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions.

At Our Client, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.