Senior Enterprise Architect Jobs

Client: Manufacturing Job Type: Contract until January 31,2024 Salary: Open *depending on experience Location: Montreal, Quebec Environment: Hybrid

Your New Company Our client, in the manufacturing industry, is looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect to join their team in on a contract basis until January 31, 2024 (possibility of extension). As an Enterprise Architect - Business and Applications, you will play a pivotal role in crafting and implementing the technological blueprint that supports our business strategy. Collaborating closely with various stakeholders (business and IT), you will define and execute strategies to enhance efficiency, scalability, and innovation across our systems and applications. In big programs, the Enterprise Architect will translate business objectives into the right high-level architecture (Business Capabilities, Applications, integrations, and technologies) that is adapted for the context of the client in a pragmatic approach. He will work with the stakeholder to build the business case. The Enterprise Architect will collaborate with key business stakeholders, Internal Audit, Business leaders, Solution Architects, Vendors, etc. to ensure and guide adherence to the client’s architecture standards and targets. Duties & Responsibilities: • Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, emphasizing business capabilities and application ecosystems. • Define and document architecture standards, principles, and guidelines that optimize business and application alignment. • Partner with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into architectural requirements. • Design and communicate major project roadmaps, ensuring seamless integration between business objectives and application solutions. • Evaluate emerging technologies, particularly within the realm of AI, business process optimization, and application modernization. • Lead the implementation of architecture changes, minimizing disruption and ensuring successful • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding the organization, the projects and development teams in the realization of architectural visions. • Identify and mitigate risks associated with architectural decisions, balancing short-term goals with sustainability. • Stay abreast of industry trends in order to educate the organization • Develop and operate a governance process for the business capabilities • Develops and maintains enterprise architecture processes that enable the enterprise to develop and implement solutions and business capabilities that are aligned with best practices, business goals, applications ecosystem, and technology. • Actively participates in the evolution of the EA function, and the development of its service offerings and frameworks. • Develops and maintains EA frameworks including orientations, positioning, architecture principles, and non-functional requirements. • Have a strong participation in initiating big programs. Scoping, positioning, cost estimation, dependencies What You’ll Need to Succeed: QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related study, or equivalent experience. • Bilingualism (French & English) • Ideally, formal qualification in Enterprise Architecture (e.g. TOGAF with Archimate) or formal in technology. EXPERIENCE • Minimum of fifteen years of experience in IT, with at least 7 years in Architecture • Ideally, experience and knowledge of Manufacturing processes in the automotive industry or related. • Ideally, experience and knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA, TeamCenter, Adobe, and Salesforce. • Experience in using architecture methodologies such as Zachman and/or TOGAF. • Experience designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services. • Strong working knowledge of IT service management (e.g., ITIL-related disciplines) CRITICAL COMPETENCIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS • Ability to reach out across the organization and communicate with people at different levels, with diverse needs and agendas; related capabilities include facilitation and teaming skills. • Strong communication skills, both orally and through presentations • Skill at perceiving patterns and relationships between technologies, processes, business models, and people. • Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects, and to think creatively and beyond normal constraints. • Ability to identify emerging technology that can add business value, and to modify business practices to take full advantage of technology innovation. • Familiarity with application delivery methods. • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology, processes, business models, and user behaviors and apply them to business needs. • Ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence, work well with others, and be respected as a leader. • Reputation for being charismatic and possessed of intellectual integrity What You’ll get in Return Work for a company that cares about its employees and the community, that recognizes and rewards exceptional skills and contributions, and a workplace where everyone works hard but has fun.