Director, Enterprise Architecture at KinderCare in Portland, OR
Job Description:
The KinderCare Technology team is embarking on a transformation embracing Cloud technologies and re-architecting its applications to meet the growing business needs. To that end, we are looking for the right leader to build our future technology blueprint aligned to business goals. The individual should be passionate about technology, leading teams and 'patiently impatient' setting aggressive goals and building consensus across teams to drive adoption. Additionally, they should be able to balance current-state delivery architecture with transformational future-state architectures, promoting value-delivery in both the short and long term. As a member of the core IT leadership, the Director, Enterprise Architecture will build a team of architects to link the business mission, strategy, and processes of KinderCare Education to its IT strategy and service delivery model. This position will lead collaboration across both the technology and business organizations to drive common approaches, processes and expose information assets across KinderCare's key business units. This position will be instrumental in leading KinderCare from current state to a product centric organization. This will include leading the transformation of core systems to a cloud/aaS native environment that aligns the business value streams.
Essential Functions:
? Build the KCE IT Architecture function, establishing a vision and the methodologies to deliver ? Recruit and Develop a team of three domain architects under your Enterprise Architecture guidance ? Plan, manage, and drive the transition of KCE IT from current state to a cloud-enabled enterprise ? Develop business-centric technology strategies and business solution roadmaps that demonstrate IT capability to deliver solutions that align to business objectives with a pragmatic and iterative approach ? Lead the development of technology focused IT Component Solution Roadmaps, Reference Architectures, and High-level Designs ? Lead the creation of architecture and technical review processes to drive structure and education across teams ? Drive business innovation through technology ? Develop and manage policies, standards and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and use of Information Technology within the enterprise ? Manage and visualize KCE's technology portfolio, review IT assets to assess health, gaps, redundancy, and waste; make recommendations for optimization and rationalization of the portfolio ? Manage and oversee the development of a holistic, enterprise-wide application roadmap, including corporate, business, and customer-facing applications ? Define the technical architecture and control framework for managing the risk to data/information privacy and IT assets through appropriate standards and security policies Qualifications The successful candidate for this position will have the following experiences and expertise:
? 6
years of IT architecture leadership experience ? 8 years of hands-on engineering experience in at least two technology domains ? Experience working in a value-based release cycle, especially in a continuous delivery or digital portfolio environment that is forming or changing regularly. ? Broad understanding of how that technology supports Line of Business functions to deliver business value. ? Ability to translate short- and long-range business strategic plans and objectives into IT architectures and designs for current and future IT solutions ? Proven experience driving technology-enabled business innovation ? Proven experience with delivering and integrating cloud-based as-a-service solutions ? Proven experience evolving an organization to cloud native development and deployment processes ? Highly collaborative with an ability to influence decisions with credibility across business functions or influence technologies paths using analysis and facts ? Strong leadership, project, and team building skills - ability to lead teams and drive projects and initiatives by working effectively with others with a demonstrated ability to work cross-departmentally ? Demonstrated ability to collaborate with engineers, business and IT leaders, and to build and maintain excellent relations with key stakeholders ? Conceptual and analytical thinker - ability to extract, analyze and document complex business and technical requirements/strategies from customers and IT team members ? BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related technical field. MBA in Technology Management, or other related master's degree preferred IT Skills/Certifications Required:
? Technology and infrastructure planning and design experience ? Experience with Agile Development, DevOps (CI/CD/Automation), and integration technologies (messaging/ESB) Desired:
? At least one of FEAC CEA Black Belt, TOGAF 9.1 Level 1 & 2, The Open Group Certified Architect (CA) Program, or similar other industry-standard Enterprise Architect certification ? At least one cloud certification e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or similar other industry-standard cloud certification ? PMI PMP certification, SAFe certification, or other industry-standard project management certification
Salary Range:
$250K -- $500K+
Minimum Qualification
System & Network Administration, Systems Architecture & Engineering, Technology ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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