Strategic Enterprise Architect: Roadmaps & Transformation

Lincoln Motor Company; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 87,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

ERGs

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Vacation purchase option

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Enterprise Business Architect to translate enterprise strategy into repeatable EA processes, tools and investment roadmaps. You will partner with senior leadership to build capability models, assess current-state operations and design future-state investment strategies that align business goals with technology.

The role requires 7+ years in architecture or management consulting, plus TOGAF/BIZBOK knowledge and hands-on EA tools experience (ServiceNow, YouDesign).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in business/enterprise architecture, strategy or management consulting.
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools (ServiceNow, YouDesign, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of business architecture frameworks and methodologies (TOGAF, BIZBOK).
• Proven experience developing capability models, value streams and target operating models.
• Demonstrated ability to assess capabilities, analyze findings and deliver recommendations.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with stakeholder influence.
• Excellent facilitation and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience establishing governance processes and architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to translate business strategy into actionable capability maps, value streams and target operating models.
• Build and maintain enterprise capability models to uncover gaps, redundancies and investment opportunities.
• Analyze current-state business processes and organizational structures to identify inefficiencies and drive improvements.
• Provide input into the design of future-state business architectures including process redesign, organizational realignment and capability roadmaps.
• Lead workshops and interviews with business unit leaders, subject matter experts and technology teams to gather requirements and build consensus on architectural direction.
• Establish and maintain business architecture standards / frameworks andgovernance processes for enterprise-wide consistency.
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, Data and Technical Architects to align business architecture with IT architecture and solution design.
• Support investment planning by linking business capabilities to strategic initiatives and identifying dependencies, risks and value drivers.
• Drive adoption of new business models by communicating architectural vision and rationale to stakeholders across all levels.
• Curate, organize and maintain learning content to support enterprise architecture learning pathways and employee development.

Skills

Capability maps

Value streams

Target operating models

TOGAF

BIZBOK

Governance

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder collaboration

YouDesign

ServiceNow

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or related field

Tools

ServiceNow

YouDesign

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Enterprise Business Architect to translate enterprise strategy into repeatable EA processes, tools and investment roadmaps. You will partner with senior leadership to build capability models, assess current-state operations and design future-state investment strategies that align business goals with technology.

The role requires 7+ years in architecture or management consulting, plus TOGAF/BIZBOK knowledge and hands-on EA tools experience (ServiceNow, YouDesign).