Role: IT Transformation Architect
Location: Richmond, VA (Locals only)
Interview Type: In Person
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days onsite/week)
Position type: W2 contract.
Note: 15+ years of experience required.
Local profiles to Richmond or commutable distance with address proof.
Position specific responsibilities and duties will include, but are not limited to:
Support and lead the creation of enterprise strategy and technology strategy documentation aimed at executive level audiences. Serve as credible advisor to organization leaders including business and IT leadership and managers.
Enable development of end-to-end IT transformation projects across multiple business capabilities to include affected people, purpose, and processes.
Coordinate and facilitate complex, cross functional senior management discussions on business strategy, design blueprints, and operating model alignment.
Seize opportunities created by emerging technologies to facilitate innovations in business solution modeling.
Identify and present solutions for complex business problems that require ingenuity and creativity.
Support and lead the creation of organization specific frameworks and methodologies based on industry standards such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, and industry research such as Gartner, etc.
Define / identify / display success metrics around alignment of strategic solutions and expected benefits to finance strategy and capabilities in the target state.
Support and lead the creation of visual representations and summarization of complex information such as processes, data, metrics, and financials, etc.
Produce and maintain reusable strategic documentation, as well as, architecture artifacts including views, diagrams, matrixes, etc. leveraging various standard applications and automated tools.
Qualifications:
10+ years of experience working with senior management level audiences.
5+ years of experience working with executive level audiences.
Knowledge of enterprise frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, Zachman, etc. and practical experience with their adoption
Ability to understand organizational dynamics between multiple different stakeholders and a strong ability to devise strategies for accomplishing goals under complex circumstances and dynamics
Superior writing and documentations skills in various formats and tools with impeccable quality
Strong ability to distill data and other complex information for story-telling to senior audiences
PowerBI experience is highly desired.
Deep technical understanding in any area, such as development, solution architecture, security, infrastructure, integrations, cloud, and data etc., is a strong plus.
Ability and willingness to work on customer site approximately 2 to 3 days a week
Extensive experience building PowerBI dashboards to share metrics related to transformation engagements and process implementations or improvements
Ability to conduct visioning sessions with senior leaders to create consensus around a common path forward
Ability to share insights based on complex customer engagements based on industry best practices with audience at varying levels within the agency
Knowledge of and experience in Enterprise and/or Transformation architecture best practices
Experience leading in person and virtual collaborations with peers and senior leaders
Willingness to actively engage in collaborations, transparently share progress, and adapt to evolving guidance
Demonstrate distinctive written and oral communication skills, stakeholder management, and change management skills
Required/Desired Skills:
Experience working with senior management level audiences Required 10 Years
Experience working with executive level audiences Required 5 Years
Distinctive written and oral communication skills, stakeholder management, and change management skills Required 10 Years
Ability to conduct visioning sessions with senior leaders to create consensus around a common path forward Required 10 Years
Knowledge of enterprise frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, TOGAF, Zachman, etc. and practical experience with their adoption Required 7 Years
Ability to support and lead the creation of visual representations and summarization of complex information i.e., processes, data, metrics, financials Required 10 Years
Ability to produce and maintain reusable strategic documentation, as well as, architecture artifacts including views, diagrams, matrixes, etc. Required 7 Years
Experience working with PowerBI Highly desired 3 Years