Enterprise Architect

About HOYA

Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, Hoya is a global med-tech company, and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. Hoya is active in the fields of healthcare and information technology providing eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, intraocular lenses, optical lenses as well as key components for semiconductor devices, LCD panels and HDDs. With about 160 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, Hoya currently employs a multinational workforce of about 38,000 people.

Job Purpose

The Enterprise Architect is a key role responsible for defining and maintaining the enterprise architecture framework, strategy, and principles to ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions across Hoya's global business. This position plays a critical role in shaping the organization's technology landscape, promoting innovation, and driving efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Enterprise Architecture Strategy

- Develop and communicate the enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap.

- Define and maintain architectural principles, standards, and guidelines.

- Ensure alignment of architecture with business goals and objectives.

- Identify opportunities for architectural improvements and innovations.

2. Solution Design and Assessment

- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather business and technology requirements.

- Create architectural designs and solution blueprints for complex projects.

- Assess and validate proposed solutions for adherence to architectural standards.

- Conduct impact assessments for technology changes on the enterprise architecture.

3. Technology Evaluation and Adoption

- Make recommendations for technology adoption and implementation.

- Monitor industry best practices and standards to inform architecture decisions.

- Collaborate with IT leadership to establish technology roadmaps.

- Be intimate with the advancements and emerging technologies that form part of the strategic technology landscape in order to lend credibility to strategic plans and product selection.

4. Governance and Compliance

- Define and implement enterprise architecture governance processes.

- Ensure compliance with architecture standards and principles.

- Responsible for the process of Architecture Review, which includes the maintenance, organization and improvement of the Architecture Review Board process.

- Responsible for the maintenance and development of key reference architectures and architecture artefacts including the Technical Reference Model, Business Capability Model, Architecture Principles and Architecture design templates.

- Provide guidance to project teams on architectural compliance.

5. Stakeholder Engagement

- Act as a trusted advisor, build and maintain relationships with business partners to develop a clear understanding of business needs and opportunities for key pivots in strategy and technology approach to enable value.

- Facilitate discussions to resolve architecture-related challenges.

- Present and communicate architectural decisions and strategies to diverse audiences.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior management and key stakeholders.

6. Architecture Documentation

- Create and maintain comprehensive architecture documentation.

- Develop architecture models, diagrams, and documentation to aid in understanding.

- Ensure that architecture artifacts are up-to-date and accessible to relevant parties.

- Document and communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs.

7. Performance Optimization

- Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, organization design & development and the ability to lead transformational initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.

- Identify opportunities for optimizing technology investments and reducing complexity.

- Provide recommendations for performance improvements and cost savings.

- Collaborate with IT teams to implement architectural changes for optimization.

Internal Relationships:

- Business leaders and stakeholders.

- IT leadership and cross functional teams.

- Project managers and solution architects.

External Relationships:

- Technology vendors and solution providers.

- Industry associations and forums.

Education/Training Qualifications:

- Degree qualified or higher education in IT, Engineering, or related business degree

- Certification in enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) is advantageous.

- Project Management (Prince2, PMP)

- Cloud Architecture Certifications (e.g. Azure, AWS)

- Security Certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP CRISC)

Experience:

- At least 15 years of experience in varying IT roles focused on strategy, architecture, engineering, delivery and/or operations with increasing levels of responsibility.

- At least 7-8 years of experience in enterprise architecture and at least one of the following IT disciplines: application development, data or infrastructure in a corporate or equivalent consulting environment.

- Experience in the development of Enterprise Information Technology Governance processes and practices aligned to an industry standard framework (e.g. COBIT)

- Experience of Cyber Security Risk Management in a global organization utilizing widely accepted frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, COBIT)

- Demonstrated experience influencing key decision makers/senior/C-level executives and large, cross-functional teams.

- Previous experience with delivering strategy, roadmaps, reference architecture and standards.

- Exposure to Operational Technology Architecture in a manufacturing or engineering context is welcome

- Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing enterprise architecture strategies.

- Strong understanding of technology trends and their impact on business.