(Worldpay) Senior Director, Data Architect

Dev • Cincinnati, OH

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About The Position

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At Worldpay, you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun. About the role: Directs and controls technology architecture/development activities in area of responsibility, perhaps through subordinate managers/supervisors to ensure achievement of annual objectives. Responsible for policies and procedures and a full range of patterns and best practices within architecture programs such as developing strategies and objectives. Resolves issues and contributes to development of area or responsibility. Establishes operational objectives and work plans and delegates assignments to subordinates. Involved in developing, modifying and executing policies that affect immediate operations and may have a broader impact to the area or responsibility. Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives of the enterprise and/or the client’s business. Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results. Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements. Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels within the enterprise and/or client organizations. Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers. Expected to be primary mentor for others on staff and is a role model for rest of team. Ability to provide communication on issues or complex information to a wide audience based on knowledge. Participates as a senior member in strategic planning and direction. What you will be doing: Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the architecture used across multiple products or systems. Works with senior stakeholders in the Business, Product, Technology, and Operations functions to design end-to-end solutions for strategic business initiatives. Identifies and allocates architecture resources to drive architectural decisions at an initiative/epic level to advance the IT roadmap, including the assessment of new technologies and technical debt that best fit business / project needs Adheres to the solution architecture delivery process and standards. Ensures solution architecture meets appropriate FIS policies and standards. Defines required business capabilities and aligns them with business operating models, technical platforms, technical integrations and underlying infrastructure. Identifies solution design options (e.g., Build / Buy / Partner) and analyses their strengths and weaknesses in order to present a recommendation with rationale. Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise. Collaborates closely with multiple parties from across FIS, its partners and clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in computer engineering, computer science or other related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Expert experience with:
• Data transformation
• Data distribution
• Data consumption
• Systems of record
• Data flows
• Data distribution
• Experience operating in an agile environment, using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Facilitation of workshops involving cross-functional stakeholders
• Financial modelling and understanding of IT Finance
• Team Management skills
• Ability to visualize complex issues
• Ability to speak and present to large groups of people
• Fluency in most IT business architecture areas including business process design and governance.
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)
• Deep expertise across technology domains (Applications, Data, Infrastructure, Operations and Security)
• Skill in organization, communications, coordination, analytical and people skills
• Skill in leading, supervising and managing effectively under pressure
• Ability to be comfortable interacting with executive level FIS stakeholder and/or clients
• Ability to maintain positive working relationship with FIS stakeholder and/or client
• Experience managing multiple initiatives, activities and problem areas
• Experience delegating projects to qualified subordinates as appropriate
• Experience lead, direct and manage effectively
• Experience to operate independently
• Experience to exhibit solid decision-making and analytic/creative problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the architecture used across multiple products or systems.
• Works with senior stakeholders in the Business, Product, Technology, and Operations functions to design end-to-end solutions for strategic business initiatives.
• Identifies and allocates architecture resources to drive architectural decisions at an initiative/epic level to advance the IT roadmap, including the assessment of new technologies and technical debt that best fit business / project needs
• Adheres to the solution architecture delivery process and standards.
• Ensures solution architecture meets appropriate FIS policies and standards.
• Defines required business capabilities and aligns them with business operating models, technical platforms, technical integrations and underlying infrastructure.
• Identifies solution design options (e.g., Build / Buy / Partner) and analyses their strengths and weaknesses in order to present a recommendation with rationale.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise.
• Collaborates closely with multiple parties from across FIS, its partners and clients.

Benefits

• A career at Worldpay is more than just a job. It’s the change to shape the future of Fintech.
• A voice in the future of Fintech
• Always-on learning and development
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to give back
• Competitive salary and benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees