.Principal Enterprise Architect (Operations & Backoffice Domains) Full-time Contract Type: Permanent Directorate: IAG Tech We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world's leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.With a diverse workforce spread across four countries, IAG GBS provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering finance, procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the GBS centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation and economies of scale.IAG Tech's vision is to increase shareholder value, accelerate business performance, delight customers, enable employees, and protect our business through the innovative and agile use of technology and data. Purpose of the role
- Contribute to the view of enterprise IT capabilities, through the strategic definition of enterprise-wide business and application architecture, ensuring it supports the strategic requirements of the business.
- Drive the enterprise/solution/data architecture thought leadership, effectively influencing stakeholders to help define the future state.
- Identify opportunities to work across IAG Tech to underpin the successful delivery of major architectural initiatives.
- Management of supplier relationships, ensuring any third-party deliverables meet strategic, technical and cost requirements.
- Identification and execution of continual improvement opportunities, ensuring the best outcomes for IAG and its operating companies, driving optimal solutions through the implementation of the architecture roadmap.
- Develop and maintain relationships within the Group and externally to identify and promote best practice and industry trends, translating these into strategy, policies, standards and best practice. Accountabilities Working in partnership with IAG Tech and the business to:
- Ensure all architecture activity in their area is aligned in terms of business vision and goals.
- Provide expertise to programme and project managers with the design, planning & governance of projects and business initiatives in relation to architecture.
- Collaborate with Architects in other areas as required and ensures any solution within their specific specialism fits with the business and technical architecture and strategic direction.
- Recognise opportunities for business or IT change, communicates them persuasively to appropriate stakeholders.
- Act as the bridge between Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture & application designers to ensure business, information and technology architecture is consistent and, working with developers ensures a practical implementation, is 'joined up' (i.E., not duplicated, re-used) across IAG Tech. Identify cross portfolio dependencies and issues and act to resolve them
