Enterprise Architect

SKF Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF Group in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to drive architectural design and documentation at landscape level. You will manage risks, benefits, and costs of choices while guiding domain architects and solution architects on strategic initiatives.

You will shape the SKF Architecture framework and deliver architecture views for decision makers, supporting enterprise transformation and governance.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise architecture leadership and design.
• Experience in frameworks, methods, and tools for actionable architectures.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain SKF Architecture Concept model and Framework.
• Create baseline/target architectures and roadmaps.
• Perform enterprise-level architecture design and documentation.
• Produce architecture views for strategy/portfolio decisions.
• Conduct architecture assessments and governance tasks.
• Support business areas and strategic initiatives.
• Interpret requirements from stakeholders and model them.
• Educate organization to raise architecture maturity.

Skills

Architectural governance

Stakeholder comms

Cross-functional

English fluency

Education

BA/MSc in Engineering or related

Tools

TOGAF

Archimate

Architecture frameworks

Job description

SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence.

SKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms.

To know more, please visit: www.skf.com /in

SKF Purpose Statement

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.

By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports To: Head of Enterprise Architecture

Purpose of the role

The Enterprise Architect drive the architectural design and documentation at a landscape and reference level. The Enterprise Architect has the responsibility for ensuring the completeness (fit-for-purpose) of SKF Enterprise Architecture to help SKF meet objectives and will be required to manage risks, benefits, costs of various choices in a communicative way.

The Enterprise Architect & Digital Innovation team have a Business focus and functionally lead group of the Domain and Business Area Architects as well as support Solution Architects related to strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the SKF Architecture “Concept model” and Framework
• Developing and maintaining various architecture artifacts, including baseline and target architectures and architecture roadmaps.
• Perform Architectural design and documentation at Enterprise Level
• Produce enterprise architecture and related views to support the needs of decisions makers at strategy and portfolio level
• Perform Architecture assessments, analysis and reviews of strategic initiatives.
• Performing architecture governance tasks.
• Support Business Areas, Domains and strategic initiatives
• Understand and interpret requirements from various stakeholders
• Create useful models based on requirements that adhere to architectural guidelines and principles
• Educate and drive the organization towards higher Architecture maturity and capability-based planning
• Assure correctness and completeness of produced architecture
• Actively contribute and develop the SKF architecture community

Requirements

• Overall, 15 plus years of experience
• BA/MSc in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Managerial-, leader- or other relevant experience from a Global enterprise
• Experience in Architecture frameworks, methods and tools and in building actionable architectures
• Proven experience of Technology enabled Business transformation
• Effective in verbal, written and graphical communication
• Proven ability to collaborate cross functions and organizations
• Fluent in spoken and written English

SKF is committed to creating a diverse environment, and we firmly believe that a diverse workforce is essential for our continued success. Therefore, we only focus on your experience, skills, and potential. Come as you are – just be yourself. #weareSKF

You will enjoy working here if you

• Have high personal integrity
• Enjoy working on multiple topics in parallel
• Have the ability to move between operational issues, tactical, strategic as well as abstracted theoretic models without losing the big picture and eyes on the target
• Can work and drive tasks independently as well as in collaboration with fixed and flexible teams alike
• Are motivated by developing the Architecture practice as well as the Architecture output.

Our offer

The Enterprise Architecture & Digital Innovation team are forming to deliver on the SKF Strategic direction and global footprint. When joining the team you will be part of our journey to

• Develop and shape the SKF Architecture capability
• Work with our business and digital stakeholders
• Grow your own skills and network

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.