Solutions Architect Boston - MA - Massachusetts

Title: Solution Architect

Location: Boston, MA

Lowest Market Rate

Strong ongoing relationships with key business partners and managers within each business segment

Builds and maintains relationships and trust with key business stakeholders to understand business strategy and future needs

Communicates monthly updates and produces presentations to senior management on matters of strategic importance to the department

Communicates with senior leadership on matters of strategic importance

Consults the Enterprise Architecture team on systems design and implementation, helping to grow and develop the current retail business processes and technology implementations

Consults with project teams to fit projects to Enterprise Architecture

Consults with senior leadership and IT leaders to develop project scopes and business cases that meet both business and IT strategies and roadmaps

Consults with the Enterprise Level Architecture team to develop blueprints and roadmaps needed to achieve appropriate balance between IT efficiency and business innovation, allowing individual business units to innovate safely in their pursuit of competitive advantage

Continually communicates and builds consensus on Enterprise Architecture with IT and business partners

Develops and implements new Enterprise Architecture products, processes, standards of operational plans that will impact the achievement of functional standards and principles throughout the organization

Directs the research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry, and market trends

Facilitates the development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture standards and adoption of requirements across the enterprise

Guides improvements in tools and capabilities to support the Enterprise Architecture strategy and vision

Improves efficiencies by identifying cost saving projects and opportunities for the corporate business lines

Influences business decisions made by leadership

Leads, guides, and mentors best practices, design standards, and implementation strategies for EA team

Maintains a keen awareness of ever-developing industry methods, techniques, strategies and tools for risk and risk information, reporting recommendations regarding their adoption where applicable

Manages most strategic accounts and relationships for the Enterprise Architecture department

Manages strategic accounts with key stakeholders to help drive improved business performance

Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy

Oversees the implementation and operation of Information Technology solutions

Recommends and implements agreed process improvements to the Enterprise Architecture function

Recommends operational strategies and plans with direct impact on the company s results

Researches any issues to optimize the opportunities for improvement to the EA function

Trains, mentors, and coaches colleagues and subordinates as needed