Head of Enterprise Architecture

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Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland E-Frontiers Full time

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Head of Enterprise Architecture
Permanent
Dublin City Centre

Full time in the office 5 days a week. Office is based off St Stephens Green - Dublin 2

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. As a pivotal leadership role, 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.
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.

Seniority level

Seniority levelNot Applicable

Employment type

Employment typeFull-time

Job function

Job functionInformation Technology
IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting, Information Services, and Software Development

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