Functional Architect

SBM Offshore; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore in Bengaluru, India, seeks an experienced Digital Function Architect to design and maintain the company’s functional architecture for digital solutions. You will collaborate with IT Enterprise Architecture and other IT/Digital stakeholders to align business needs with technology directions.

You will actively map business processes to the digital solution stack, promote standardization across functions, and drive optimization of the application landscape while reducing technology

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in functional architecture or IT management, with experience shaping architecture strategies.
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile is a plus and beneficial for cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into architecture requirements and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Be an active member of Enterprise Architecture Community.
• Map business processes, functionalities and data to the digital solution stack.
• Propose standardization and optimization of processes within/between functions.
• Link digital functionalities to business capabilities through digital solutions.
• Rationalize and optimize the application landscape to reuse capabilities.
• Contribute to lifecycle management and reduce technology debt.
• Ensure alignment between business strategy and technology directions.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and communicate architecture clearly.
• Provide guidance in ideation phases to define business needs and functionalities.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Business Architecture

Functional Architecture

IT Management

Stakeholder Management

Scrum / Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science, business analytics, computer science, statistics

Tools

TOGAF

ITIL

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• The Digital Function Architect is responsible for the design of the functional architecture of the digital solutions and maintain the existing functional architecture as well as reviewing future developments in cooperation with IT Enterprise Architecture and other IT/Digital stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Be an active member of Enterprise Architecture Community
• Build and Maintain overview and detailed mapping of business process, functionalities, and data against the company digital solution stack
• Propose business processes standardization and optimization within and across business functions
• Map digital functionalities and link them to business capabilities through digital solutions with use of corporate tool.
• Rationalize and optimize the application landscape promoting the use of existing capabilities/functionalities on existing applications, products & platforms
• Reduce Software & Technology debt by contributing to Lifecycle Management exercise for the functionalities assessments & impact on existing architecture
• Control Technology diversity promoting existing IT/Digital software & technology capabilities first
• Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and technology directions, executing strategies, policies, standards, and practices.
• Establish and maintain relationships with the key stakeholders.
• Produce consistent/organized instructions in a well-structured format.
• Be part of early phases of ideation as an advisor to ensure proper business needs and functionalities definition from the business requestor
• Contribute to signature-ready recommendation to IT/Digital Leadership for gate approval in line with Enterprise Architecture principles and guidelines
• Ensure design and implementation of optimized functional architecture for the development of the digital solutions
• Ensure function architecture of solutions are communicated and documented
• Propose digital opportunities and digital solution to match the business needs
• Promote continuous improvement within the IT/Digital community by remaining current on the latest software and technology developments
• Apply and capture applicable lessons learned in the execution of activities.
• Ensure knowledge sharing and creating awareness amongst the IT/Digital community

Education

• Bachelor's degree in data science, business analytics, computer science, statistics, or a related field is required. Knowledge in Business Architecture (academic degree a plus). Knowledge in IT Enterprise Architecture (academic degree a plus)

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in functional architecture, IT management, or a related field. Proven experience in developing and implementing functional architecture strategies and frameworks. Strong business background to understand business needs. Functional knowledge of business processes. Functional knowledge of application portfolio. Passionate about technology and digital. Knowledge in Scrum Agile methodologies a plus. Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.