Principal Enterprise Architect

at  Motability Operations

ABOUT YOU

The Principal Enterprise Architect will define Business Systems strategies, to contribute to the annual strategy round and MO long term strategy, and define and evolve the IT Roadmap to align to strategic business objectives.
Minimum Criteria
As a minimum for this role, you will need to have experience in the full project development life cycle; a proven track record, with demonstrable experience in a role of similar responsibility and scale; strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; and a solid technology background.

Working closely with heads of function, programme managers, technical disciplines, and programme sponsors you will have responsibility for developing and maintaining the areas of the enterprise architecture within MO.

Support Formulation of Strategy and Guide Execution:

• Translate and guide execution of business strategy to achieve MO’s targeted business outcomes using a collaborative, supportive and consultative approach.
• Understand MO’s economic and financial levers to effectively guide investment decisions.
• 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.

Build and Maintain Relationships:

• Provide consultative advice, and actionable recommendations adapted to stakeholder context to guide investment decisions
• Lead and facilitate interaction with business leaders, product managers and product owners in a business-driven conversation over the risks and implications of decisions to the line of business, business unit and wider enterprise.
• Builds the EA value proposition, contributing to positioning the EA practice as an internal management consultancy, offering services and skills to support the development and execution of business strategy.
• Develops a portfolio of consulting services, designed to meet business and stakeholder needs, and delivers in an agile and time-boxed way.
• Leads a collaborative community of architects and work with the Enterprise Design Authority to guide transformation and resolve any conflicts

Orchestrates the Delivery of Business Outcomes

• Position the EA practice at the intersection of business and IT. Ensure that the EA practice is designed and enabled to formulate, translate and execute business strategy.
• Work with other architects and business leaders to identify key drivers and targeted business outcomes to derive useful business context.
• Develop diagnostic and action-oriented deliverables that help guide investment decisions in support of executing business strategy.
• Lead analysis of the business’ future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical gaps and opportunities and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the business towards its targeted outcomes.
• Works with the Technology SLT to drive business-outcomes. This may include fusion teams and supporting federated initiatives.
• Ensure that the EA design process leads to a more efficient and effective business and IT operating model, significantly improved results and EA resources empowered and committed to the integration of business and IT.

Plan and Manage the Application Portfolio

• Maintain the alignment, integration and coordination of architecture activities across different programs, projects, products and domains as they evolve over time.
• Own the EA governance model and ensure it offers appropriate minimal viable architectures across the different delivery domains.
• Collaborates with delivery teams to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, as well as to leverage shared technologies, tools and processes that impact speed to value and time to market.

Lead, Mentor and Develop Other Architects

• Lead, mentor, and inspire the Architecture team, ensuring team members have the necessary resources and support to excel in their roles.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability and collaboration within the team and across departments.
• Define ways of working and standards for Architecture in Technology.
• Work with key partners in the business to define ways of working and build up consistent approaches where appropriate.
• Build new capabilities where there are gaps in the existing organisation.
• Ensure that the team continue to develop appropriate technical and soft skills to effectively support the business as it changes