Region NA IT Architecture Lead

Region NA IT Architecture Lead – Job Description With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The role is based in Southfield, Michigan, and supports the production materials and integrated service solutions provider for production materials, supply chain management, logistics and transportation. Key Accountabilities Responsible for planning, analysis and development of architecture methodologies, frameworks, models, and artifacts that represent business strategy, operations, services, processes, solutions, and technologies across multiple domains – 30%. Evaluate the technology portfolio and identify opportunities to reuse, replace, or modernize architectural components to drive strategic value. Assess the impact of business strategy on the architecture landscape, including organization, information, infrastructure, and applications. Identify and define leading enterprise architecture capabilities, roles, processes, and skills. Lead the creation of architecture blueprints and roadmaps for complex and large technology environments based on business models. Develop deep understanding of industry dynamics and the impact of technology trends to identify and formulate recommended changes to existing enterprise architectures. Lead large scale technology transformation to deliver business value through the evolution and management of enterprise architectures. Navigate through the Thyssenkrupp global network and leverage relevant expertise to develop enterprise architecture insights. Develop deep expertise and experience in Enterprise Architecture assets, frameworks, patterns, and governance. Lead aspects of the creation or evolution of the EA function, including the coordination of enterprise information systems, data, technical and solution architecture viewpoints across stakeholders, product owners and agile development teams through the Architecture Review Board – 25%. Establish an effective Architecture Review Board to assess, evaluate and approve architecture-related initiatives, setting, reviewing and enforcing architectural standards and policies across the organization. Ensure consistency across different architectural domains within the organization, such as data, application, and security architectures, and enforce compliance with the architectural standards, crucial for avoiding inefficiencies and security risks. Understanding, advocating and supporting the enterprise's business and IT strategies. Leading the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solution architecture requirements; analyzing industry, technology and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise. Analyzing the current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. Working within the Management Team to develop application strategies and project priorities. Acts as a single point of contact (SPOC) for Enterprise Architecture in North America – 15%. Cultivate tkMNA IT's role as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders defining and implementing enterprise architectures that drive business value, manage complexity, and accelerate harmonization of the IT assets. Responsible for solutions in both public (Azure, GCP, AWS) and on‑prem systems. Manage the day‑to‑day architecture design in our public & private cloud by monitoring solution configuration, maintenance, performance, and repair. Plan and manage solution lifecycle revisions to host solutions and software. Work with vendors to identify capability and quality improvements. Leading and facilitating the creation of governing principles to guide solution decision making for the enterprise. Ensuring that the optimal governance structure and compliance activities (such as handling waivers) are associated with EA compliance. Leading the development of an implementation plan for the EA, based on business requirements and IT strategies; overseeing EA implementation, ongoing EA refinement activities, and the documentation of all EA design and analysis work. Maintain operations policies & procedures; including security; disaster recovery; monitoring and customer communications. Partner with internal & external business owners on developing standards, application solution reviews, POCs and cloud migrations – 15%. Advise emerging technologies that should be integrated and/or introduced to ensure cloud computing capabilities respond to the needs of the business strategy. Understand business challenges to define and drive strategies to help businesses grow at scale. Ensure systems security and compliance with SOC2, ISO, GDPR, FedRAMP, etc. to maintain the proper security posture. Partner with risk and business continuity teams on Disaster Recovery plans and activities. Accountable for making certain that projects are completed according to project specifications and that the appropriate activities and documentation are fulfilled satisfactorily. Consulting with program/project teams to fit solutions to architecture across all viewpoints. Defining organizational requirements for the resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support the EA. Responsible for full life cycle planning, solution design, architectural guidance and operational transition across multiple business and IT domains. Acts as the lead designer on all projects, engages hands‑on on larger complex initiatives – 15%. Act as the lead architect on key projects for the definition and design of solutions. Lead evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value‑streams, business requirements and enterprise standards. Manage and develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects or products, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or product or initiative. Develop a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise solution portfolio from current to future state, as defined by the solutions architecture. Act as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes. Create architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects and systems, including applications, technologies, processes and information. Work closely with the program management office (PMO) or project management office to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised throughout the project or product life cycle. Provide consulting support to application architects within agile teams to ensure the project or product is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture. Design, develop, and oversee implementation of end‑to‑end IT integrated systems. Develop and execute test plans to check IT infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement. Manage activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation. Communicate the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborate and coordinate with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures. Champion a structured approach to business application solutions. Directly assist in the development of a solutions architecture program including departmental roadmaps and project portfolios for IT systems architecture. Assure solutions not only are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with the standards guidelines of technology solutions. Direct the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership. Develop and execute solutions which further reduce the percentage of times spent on reactive work. Provide analysis of security protection technologies as necessary. Qualifications Minimum Requirements Bachelor's degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS, or related field, or equivalent. A minimum of five years of experience in managing, developing and optimizing IT solutions and vendor/partners, including more than 3 years of proven hands‑on experience. Minimum 3 years of experience creating roadmaps and developing business cases. Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams, facilitating client workshops and developing architecture recommendations. Minimum 3 years, comprehensive and demonstrable experience at an intermediate/experts level in: Business Architecture, Data and Information Architecture and Governance, Enterprise Architecture Operating Model, Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Planning, Enterprise IT Governance, Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, Integration Architecture, Security Architecture, Solution and Application Architecture, Technology and Platforms. Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments. Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt. Experience working in a relevant industry is helpful, but not required. Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps. Experience delivering presentations to senior‑level executives and technical audiences. Preferred Experience MBA or equivalent graduate degree. Deep functional or industry experience in specific Enterprise Architecture components. Enterprise Architecture industry certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS, GCP, Azure). Experience in design and implementation of emerging technologies (e.g., IoT, AI, Blockchain, Robotics). Results‑oriented, self‑directed and enjoy shaping, and delivering strategic Enterprise Architecture. Understanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize and DevOps). Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and information technology infrastructure library (ITIL). Understanding of IT standards and controls. Industry experience in applying application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture. Proven analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work with developers in an outsourced environment. Role‑Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Knowledge of business practices and technology implementation. Skilled in organizing and prioritizing work of competing importance or deadlines. Ability to develop and maintain working relationships and communicate effectively with a wide variety of individuals. Accountable for analyzing information and developing ways to improve productivity and efficiency of current processes. Benefits Overview Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Life Insurance and Disability Voluntary Wellness Programs 401(k) and RRSP programs with Company Match Paid Vacation and Holidays Tuition Reimbursement And more! Equal opportunity employer, including people with disabilities and veterans. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. For those requiring assistance completing the application or the application process and request information relating to the need for accommodation, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr ThyssenKrupp Materials NA Inc