Description

Job Description:

  • Responsible for all aspects of delivering the corporate technology architecture strategy to improve the company's advantage in the market place.
  • Has accountability for the tactical solutions and strategic architecture for the firm and works with the enterprise business architects, application architects, database architects and technology architects in deploying technology solutions.
  • Responsible for the delivery of the enterprise architect team.
  • Managerial responsibilities include leading recruitment efforts and managing and developing teams to maximize their collective contributions and allocating resources to projects.
  • Motivates managers to maximize their contributions and encourage professional growth.
  • Manage, forecast, and approve the enterprise operating budget for architecture.
  • Leads and guides the defining of all architecture for all enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
  • Ensures high quality delivery of the company's architecture and design services.
  • Ensures that all dimensions of architecture are aligned across the enterprise.
  • Ensures appropriate funding and resource allocation for research, definition and implementation of architecture governance and design disciplines for business solutions.
  • Partners with technology leaders to promotes common architecture designs, methodology, standards and practices across the enterprise.
  • Leads recruitment efforts and manages and develops teams with an eye toward delivering leading edge architectural solutions.
  • Promotes and develops a strong management team who can motivates lower level managers to maximize their contributions and encourage professional growth at all levels.
  • Ensures that the architect teams stays abreast of leading edge innovations and trends and acquires new tools as appropriate.
  • Works with external technology architects and internal business stakeholders to develop strategic solutions.
  • Manages, forecasts, and approves department operating budget and ensure the next budget supports the approved business plan.
  • Direct resource allocation for the department.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum 6-8 years experience managing architectural teams.
  • Contributes to the achievement of the enterprise architect team objectives.
  • Advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
  • 15 + years of experience in systems analysis and program development with related supervisory, management and administrative experience required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus

Education

Any Graduate