Enterprise Architect

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Job Description

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The key focus for the enterprise architect is to perform enterprise architecture strategy and planning aligned to business objectives, build and participate in architecture capability building, perform enterprise and solution architecture and design management as well as investigate and adopt technology architecture trends.

The successful incumbent will also manage architecture risk and compliance, provide design and build governance and support and communicate and share knowledge around the architecture practices, guardrails, blueprints and standards.

Key responsibilities will include amongst others the following:

IT Strategy and Planning

• Developing and aligning IT Strategies and Programmes to business objectives
• Defining Strategic Runway Themes
• Develop required architecture roadmaps containing target and transition landscapes
• Provide input into investment planning for the relevant landscape
• Aligning architecture roadmaps and runways to business planning and investments
• Define key architecture runway initiatives to be delivered for the intentional architecture
• Participate into business planning, costing and business case definition related to architecture initiatives

Architecture Capability and Design Management

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture views and viewpoints
• Maintain the artifacts in the set enterprise repository aligned to the rest of the architecture
• Manage the architecture processes based on the requirements for each architype
• Manage change impact of the architecture with stakeholders
• Build the architecture practice with embedded architects and engineers including the relevant methods, repository and tools
• Manage the architecture across business, application, information and data as well as technology
• Participate in the architecture practice development

Technology Research and Assessments

• Review trends with regards to the technology domain and technologies related to business capabilities
• Determine feasibility of these technologies in the organisational landscape
• Innovate with teams to determine more optimal approaches
• Conduct proof-of-concepts where options have been evaluated and considered feasible to explore
• Product and technology selection options, business case definition and sourcing evaluations

Risk, Governance and Compliance

• Identify and mitigate risks with stakeholders associated with a technology decision, design and implementation
• Ensure that architectures comply with the relevant policies, standards and regulations
• Conduct and participate in architecture reviews
• Integrate with other governance and compliance functions to ensure continuity in managing the investment and risk for the organisation
• Driving principles, practices, guardrails and standards within Centres of Enablement
• Maintain a decision register aligned to the enterprise governance on architecture decisions taken

Implementation Guidance and Collaboration

• Provide standards, guidance, guardrails, frameworks and tools to deliver effectively
• Collaborate with the delivery teams to share knowledge and to ensure the architecture objectives are achieved.
• Manage deviations with teams to reduce the risk to the organisation
• Drive or assist in the determine of the architecture options and selections
• Provide technical specialisation knowledge and experience into the solution design and build implementation
• Update architecture after programme increments (Pis)

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Communicate the up-to-date views for the architecture
• Communicate and collaborate the relevant standards, practices, guardrails and tools to stakeholders
• Ensure that IT teams are well informed or trained in the respective architecture requirements
• Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders' relevant views on planning, technology assessments, risk, compliance, governance and project assessments
• Drive or participate in the relevant Centres of Excellence (CoEs)
• Communicating technology vision and roadmap aligned to the business strategy
• Participate in the architecture collaboration forums

Line Management Responsibility

• Performance Management: Setting and managing performance standards, providing ongoing coaching and support, and addressing performance gaps for architects reporting into the Enterprise Architect.
• Talent Stewardship: Talent management, supporting the development of architects aligned to the practice development standards.
• Feedback and Development: Providing performance and development feedback to reporting architects. This includes conducting feedback meetings, sharing observations, and addressing both outstanding behavior and areas for improvement
• Recruitment and Selection: Recruitment process, setting standards, and ensuring that new hires align with the organization's goals and values. Onboarding and management of new architects joining the team.
• Compensation and Benefits: Annual remuneration review process, ensuring that employees' pay is aligned with market movements, inflation, and affordability. Feedback to architects regarding their total remuneration position and the link between performance and pay.

Qualifications and Experience required:

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• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering OR relevant diploma / degree
• Experience: Requires a minimum of 5 years in a senior technology role with a proven track record in architecture/design and a minimum of 10-15 years relevant IT experience
• Preferable experience: 10 years architecture experience
• TOGAF (Preferred)
• Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure) (Preferred)
• Financial Industry Experience (Preferred)

Skills

Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Current State Assessment, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Executing Plans, Gap Analysis, IT Architecture, IT Implementation, Market Analysis, Policies & Procedures, Product Development, Readiness Assessments, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Business Insight

Collaborates

Cultivates Innovation

Decision Quality

Ensures Accountability

Manages Complexity

Nimble Learning

Optimizes Work Processes

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

02 June 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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