Enterprise Architecture Director

2 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Chicago Public Schools Full time
Job Summary

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Enterprise Architecture Director to lead the development of an implementation plan for the modern Enterprise Architecture based on business strategy, requirements, and the varying IT strategies for project- or product-driven delivery teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for formulating, translating, advocating, supporting, and executing business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the development of an implementation plan for the modern Enterprise Architecture based on business strategy, requirements, and the varying IT strategies for project- or product-driven delivery teams
  • Recruit, onboard, and provide direction, guidance, and strong leadership to the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure robust learning and career development consistent with the CPS values and mission; foster collaboration and effective integration of efforts with division-wide initiatives
  • Formulate, translate, advocate, support, and execute business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes
  • Develop and apply standards and minimal viable architectures through the EA governance model, informed by the business strategy and corporate governance
  • Clarify accountability and provide the focal point for agile, effective, and efficient decision-making
  • Lead the analysis of business and operating models, market trends, and the technology industry to determine their potential impact on the enterprise's business strategy, direction, and architecture
  • Construct a technology-enabled business and operating model and provide viable options and visibility into execution issues
  • Lead the analysis of the business's future-state capabilities as well as both the current and future IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the business forward
  • Present gap analyses and/or IT investment roadmaps that reflect the status of the existing IT estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms
  • Identify critical skills, competencies, and career paths for EA team members and recommend training to help them develop and progress in their careers
  • Ensure the role of EA in the project and product governance setting is one of guidance, advice, and oversight
  • Plan and manage a talent pool of domain architects that work with EA and non-EA-related disciplines to deliver the organization's goals, objectives, and outcomes
  • Effectively guide external Service Integrators/Providers and internal architects in the implementation of the strategy, providing guidance and reviewing architecture plans and designs to ensure methodology, best practices, and standards as well as the overall quality of the solution, vision, and conceptual design
  • Provide final approval of technology standards, guidelines, and frameworks; oversee and/or support the governance of EA principles and framework(s) to assure compliance to the EA strategy
  • Ensure that any exceptions are well justified and documented through a formal waiver process Analyze the impact of technology exceptions and their effect on future IT and enterprise goals
  • Oversee major deliverables tied to an EA Competency (including but not limited to Enterprise Business, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Data/Information, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Platforms, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Portfolio Architecture, and the CPS Architecture Review Board)
  • Track and apply existing, new, and emerging innovative technologies anchored in the business and operating model to assess their potential, and use agile, DevOps, and lean approaches to evolve and manage innovation
  • Run technology experiments to create new platforms and services and integrate the best of these into steady-state operations for the organization
  • Develop a portfolio of services designed to meet business and stakeholder needs and deliver in an agile and time-boxed way
  • Lead and facilitate interaction with business leaders, product managers, and product owners in a business-driven conversation over the risks and implications of the product decision to the line of business, business unit, and greater enterprise
  • Other duties and workstreams as assigned

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