Strategic Enterprise Architect: Roadmaps & Transformation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Family support programs

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Enterprise Business Architect to translate enterprise strategy into repeatable EA processes, tools and roadmaps. You will collaborate with senior leadership to build capability maps, value streams and target operating models, and to align business architecture with IT architecture across the enterprise.

You will lead workshops, define governance standards, assess current-state processes, and drive investment planning by linking capabilities to strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems or related field.
• 7+ years in business/enterprise architecture, strategy or management consulting.
• Experience with enterprise architecture tools (e.g. ServiceNow, YouDesign).
• 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 and deliver actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills to assess processes and identify gaps.
• Strategic thinking to translate strategy into roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Excellent facilitation skills and stakeholder management.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across Enterprise, Solution, Data and Technical Architects.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to translate strategy into capability maps, value streams and target operating models.
• Build and maintain enterprise capability models to uncover gaps and investment opportunities.
• Analyze current-state processes and organizational structures to drive improvements.
• Provide input into future-state architectures including process redesign and realignment.
• Lead workshops with leaders to gather requirements and align architectural direction.
• Establish and maintain business architecture standards and governance processes.
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Solution, Data and Technical Architects to align with IT architecture.
• Support investment planning by linking capabilities to strategic initiatives and risks.
• Drive adoption of new business models by communicating architectural vision to stakeholders.
• Curate learning content to support enterprise architecture learning pathways.

Skills

Capability modeling

Value stream mapping

Roadmap development

Stakeholder facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Change management

Requirement gathering

Governance

Executive collaboration

Education

Bachelor''s degree in Business/Information Systems

Tools

ServiceNow

YouDesign

EA tools

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Enterprise Business Architect to translate enterprise strategy into repeatable EA processes, tools and roadmaps. You will collaborate with senior leadership to build capability maps, value streams and target operating models, and to align business architecture with IT architecture across the enterprise.

You will lead workshops, define governance standards, assess current-state processes, and drive investment planning by linking capabilities to strategic