Director, Consult Partner - Enterprise Architect / Cross-Industry

Kyndryl; California, New York, Washington (MO, NY, District of Columbia); Remote; USD 166,000 - 328,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic Director of Consult Partner to lead complex consulting engagements. This pivotal role involves strategic planning, architecture design, and stakeholder management, ensuring alignment with business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise architectures and a proven track record of delivering large-scale technology projects. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and diversity, offering a supportive environment where your contributions can make a significant impact on the future of technology solutions. If you are ready to take your career to the next level, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Medical and dental coverage

Disability benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Paid time off

Discretionary annual bonus program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of technical architectures.
• Collaborate with clients to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Technologies

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Relevant industry certifications (TOGAF, OpenGroup Certified Architect)

Tools

Enterprise Architecture Tooling (Alfabet, LeanIX)

Job description

Director, Consult Partner - Enterprise Architect / Cross-Industry

Director, Consult Partner - Enterprise Architect / Cross-Industry

Apply remote type Fully Remote locations All Cities - USA time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-37351

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Kyndryl Consult is the fastest growing business within the organization and instrumental to the company’s strategic growth objectives. You will play a key leadership role across multi-disciplinary teams, guiding them through complex consulting engagements and be responsible for creating and positioning strategic change agendas within Kyndryl's largest accounts across the C-suite, spanning the intersection between complex Business and IT customer solutions, transformations that impact across the entire customer Eco-system.

As a Consult Partner, you will have a pivotal role in driving profitable growth, leveraging our comprehensive capabilities to build strong client relationships, and leading your team to success. This role demands a strong presence, industry expertise, and the ability to cultivate relationships with CXO-level clients. Your leadership will be critical in fostering talent development and innovation within the organization.

This role will also be leading the overall client engagement and delivering high quality client work alongside senior client stakeholders. Working in a transaction environment which may be pre or post deal, planning post deal implementation, and ultimately supporting execution. Partners will be focused on financial impact, utilization and contribution, client impact and leadership.

The Consult Enterprise Architect role consists of the following key responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning: Work with our consult partners and clients to develop and maintain a comprehensive architecture roadmap, identifying technology trends and assessing their potential impact on the business.

2. Business Analysis: Collaborate with our client business leaders to understand their requirements, translating them into technical solutions that align with and deliver their business goals.

3. Architecture Design: Lead the design and implementation of technical architectures for new systems, considering scalability, security, performance, resiliency and integration needs.

4. Solution Evaluation: Evaluate existing and proposed systems to ensure alignment with architecture principles and the business objectives.

5. Technology Governance: Establish and enforce architectural standards, best practices, and governance processes to ensure consistency and quality across IT systems.

6. Stakeholder Management: Communicate architecture plans, risks, issues and decisions effectively to senior leadership, technical teams and other stakeholders.

7. Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks associated with technology architectures and propose mitigation strategies.

8. Implementation Oversight: Provide guidance and leadership to technical project teams during the system implementations to ensure alignment and compliance with the overall architecture.

Who You Are

You’re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important – you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused – someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you’re open and borderless – naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5 years of experience developing and maintaining Enterprise Architectures
• 3+ years of experience as Enterprise Architect
• 10 years of experience developing, integrating and maintaining IT Architectures, across end-to-end process including business, applications, data and infrastructure components.
• Knowledge and experience working with and enabling enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, other)
• Knowledge and experience working with Industry Capability Models and Business Capability Models, to develop Industry/Business driven technology solutions
• Proven experience in designing, integrating and implementing complex IT systems across various technology domains (cloud, data, applications, network, infrastructure)
• Extensive experience in establishing and running architecture governance for an enterprise or major technology programs
• Knowledge and experience leveraging consulting methods in client engagements (Issue Based Consulting, SWOT, other)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and address technical challenges
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large scale technology projects with cross-functional architecture teams

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Relevant industry certifications (TOGAF, OpenGroup Certified Architect, Hyperscaler, etc.)
• Experience with Enterprise Architecture Tooling (Alfabet, LeanIX, others)
• Business Architecture Models and/or Business Capability Models for an Industry
• Experience with one or more hyperscaler

The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $151,560 to $272,760 based on a full-time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience.

There is a different applicable compensation range for the following work locations:

California: $166,680 to $327,240

Colorado: $151,560 to $272,760

New York City: $181,800 to $327,240

Washington: $166,680 to $300,120

Washington DC: $166,680 to $300,120

This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey.