AVP Enterprise Architecture (Onsite)

TM Floyd & Company•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

TM Floyd & Company is seeking an AVP Enterprise Architecture for an onsite role in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Portland, Maine; or Columbia, South Carolina. The role is ultimately responsible for architectural standards definition, compliance, and governance across the enterprise. It works with business and technical stakeholders to develop and implement sustainable technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy and capabilities, and ensures that architecture remains operational, agile, measurable, and compatible with Continuous Build and Deploy practices. The AVP mentors and may manage architects within the domain, collaborates across the enterprise, and oversees the quality and soundness of architectural designs and implemented solutions. The role also assesses emerging technologies, coordinates technology and service selection and risk assessments, and communicates opportunities and findings to leadership, management, and staff. A bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience is required; a master's degree is preferred. Familiarity with ArchiMate is highly preferred, and familiarity with BizzDesign is desired. The employer is an equal opportunity employer and offers benefits depending on assignment length, as well as a referral bonus of up to $1,000.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Understanding of strategic issues and authority in the systems development lifecycle, including common information-systems implementation challenges from concept through operation and support.
Proven experience leading value stream mapping and business capability definition.
Detailed practical knowledge of organizational IT infrastructure and software development and maintenance methods, tools, and techniques.
Familiarity with organizational IT strategy, policies, and standards.
Knowledge of risk assessment, change management, configuration management, reliability and safety methods, and metrics.
Skill in project risk management.
Ability to articulate architecture and communicate persuasively to business and technical audiences.
Knowledge of organizational areas that could benefit from technology.
Ability to identify business potential in emerging technologies and products, and current understanding of developer trends and emerging technologies.
Knowledge of Agile/Lean development methodologies and Continuous Deployment tools and techniques.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Familiarity with ArchiMate as an enterprise architecture modeling language is highly preferred.
Familiarity with BizzDesign for enterprise architecture modeling is desired.

Responsibilities

Oversee enterprise-wide implementation of architectural standards, compliance, and governance.
Mentor principal and senior employees within the domain to strengthen architecture practice and develop their skills; manage domain architects when required.
Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to create, maintain, and iteratively implement sustainable technology roadmaps.
Align business and technology strategies with Chief Product Owners and Business Strategy Consultants, and ensure Enterprise Architecture supports realization of business capabilities.
Resolve architectural uncertainties through prioritization, planning, and execution of architectural sprints; reprioritize technology roadmap and portfolio backlogs based on outcomes.
Work with enterprise architects to support standardized, efficient, high-quality, architecturally sound tactical implementations of technology roadmaps.
Be responsible for design-time and runtime quality of architectural designs and implemented applications and solutions across the enterprise.
Evaluate emerging technologies in support of business goals, potentially including prototypes, proof-of-concept work, and vendor engagement.
Coordinate or participate in selection, risk assessment, and sunsetting of tools, technologies, and services with technical and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business needs and architectural sustainability.
Ensure Enterprise Architecture is operational, agile, measurable, and operable in Continuous Build and Deploy contexts for internal and external implementers.
Coordinate identification and assessment of emerging hardware, software, communication technologies, products, methods, and techniques, and evaluate their relevance to the organization.
Provide regular briefings and communications to leadership, management, and staff.
Monitor IT capabilities, products, external trends, and third-party or cloud solution releases; identify and communicate opportunities and formally report their benefits.
Recognize strategic applications of IT and initiate investigation and development of innovative ways to exploit IT assets.