Business Process Architect

Eaton Corporation•Raleigh, NC

About The Position

The Business Process Architect reports to the Enterprise Business Architect and serves as a global technology thought leader with deep expertise in ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing domains. This role combines a strong understanding of contemporary and transformative technologies with a solid grasp of Eaton’s business model and the industries it serves. In this global role, the Business Process Architect partners closely with business and technology leaders to define and govern ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing technology strategies, standards, architecture blueprints, and patterns. The role has enterprise wide responsibility for establishing and leading a Business Process Management (BPM) Center of Excellence, as well as providing architecture governance for initiatives across ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing process excellence domains. The Business Process Architect may lead and influence teams of digital, enterprise, solution, and process excellence architects through both direct and matrixed reporting relationships. This individual advises and influences IT senior leadership, delivery teams, and value stream partners to ensure effective technology acquisition, usage, process standardization, rationalization, and adoption of best practices aligned to Eaton’s business outcomes. This role also evaluates emerging technology and market trends, assesses their potential enterprise impact, and architects scalable, enterprise wide solutions that span automation, integration, orchestration, process modeling, execution, and metrics. Throughout project execution, the Business Process Architect provides architectural oversight and guidance while educating teams on ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing process mapping and performance measurement best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
10 years of experience in technology architecture and/or ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing domains
Must be authorized to work in the U.S without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Experience with enterprise and technology architecture functions and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
Demonstrated experience developing ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing enterprise architectures, reference architectures, patterns, and blueprints
Hands on experience with platforms such as SAP (ECC/S/4HANA), Oracle EBS, QAD, Infor, Ignition, Apriso, or similar
Strong experience with business process management tools and techniques (e.g., Signavio, Celonis, SAP Process Mining)
Proven ability to develop and leverage business process models for capability based planning, standardization, and rationalization
Experience with cloud based platforms and AI/ML technologies (preferred)
Broad understanding of IoT, automation, process modeling, orchestration, and execution technologies
Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders and resolving architectural disputes
Experience architecting enterprise wide solutions as a solution, infrastructure, or information architect

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical subject matter expert in ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing architecture, enterprise architecture, technology standards, and architecture governance
Act as a thought leader in business process management, process excellence, and process metrics
Analyze emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities to improve business outcomes
Design, build, and lead an enterprise wide Business Process Management Center of Excellence (CoE)
Establish BPM frameworks, standards, tools, and best practices, and deploy them across value chains
Lead teams of process architects and practitioners, with matrixed ERP, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and solution architects
Partner with business leaders and IT Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to understand business strategy and define ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing technology strategy
Develop, govern, and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, blueprints, and patterns
Lead Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and ensure consistent adoption of architecture standards
Govern technology lifecycles and evaluate vendor technical capabilities within the ERP, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and BPM domains
Architect enterprise wide solutions in response to business and IT requests, defining foundational frameworks and patterns
Lead architecture and solution discussions involving ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing dependencies
Guide cross functional project teams throughout the delivery lifecycle, partnering with product and solution architects to ensure architectural integrity
Resolve architectural and technical disputes and drive consensus across stakeholders
Facilitate cross functional discussions across IT and business teams to support key initiatives
Represent Architecture and IT in discussions with vendors, partners, and third parties
Provide technical leadership as needed on complex, cross functional ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing initiatives
Support leadership with technical performance assessments and executive ready recommendations