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Director, Enterprise Architecture

Blooming Brands Inc

Location: Tampa, Florida
Type: Full-Time, Non-Remote
Posted on: October 18, 2021
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Full-Time Job Details Description Technology is a key enabler for growth; it is required for business success today and in the future. The Director of Enterprise Architecture we are seeking is a visionary thinker grounded with broad, hands-on experience. This individual will be responsible for managing legacy restaurant applications as well as leading the design and execution of evolutionary architecture in data and Cloud infrastructure. This role is well positioned to see across the business and help Bloomin Brands build scalable solutions. We are seeking a leader that is ready to collaborate and partner across functions to deliver results and build sustainable business capabilities, not just fulfill immediate needs. This individual will align the long-term technology vision with business objectives to overcome legacy constraints and unlock new business capabilities. This is a senior role with accountability for designing quality systems while ensuring business performance targets are achieved. We expect you to be passionate and to regularly challenge the status quo. We seek an individual with a relentless pursuit of excellence who exemplifies leadership in the architecture space; one who is comfortable with ambiguity and can lead through behavioral and structural transformation. Technology Principles: Agile Mindset: Committed to learning fast and adjusting course Services Oriented: Focused on delivering value to our customers and partners Invest in Our People: Promote curiosity and personal development Essential Functions Leadership Demonstrate accountability, make timely and appropriate decisions Take calculated risks and challenge the status quo on programs and across multiple domains Develop partnerships and influence others both directly and indirectly Motivate and collaborate to create an inclusive team environment and enable team-based fulfillment of objectives Provide coaching, direction, and support to team members to achieve partners, business and customer results Establish strong relationships and build effective partnerships with growing and evolving technology teams Build and maintain influential working relationships at all levels and across the enterprise Excellent presentation skills for internal and external audiences at the 'C' level Communicate with various stakeholders, and to evangelize the IT and business architecture visions Demonstrates flexibility and adapts approach and interpersonal style to best meet the needs of the individual customer Domain Proficiency Demonstrate a bias for action and apply iterative thinking and approach Demonstrate functional and business knowledge across multiple domains and enterprise context Advise functional and technology leaders within domains in defining priorities, key initiatives, and organizational alignment to support making informed business decisions Evaluate industry and technology trends, determine applicability to Bloomin Brands and translate into Bloomin Brands specific strategies, plans, models, principles, architectures, and design Continuous development of domain knowledge in both the industry and the Bloomin Brands enterprise Continuously seek to understand and create value from the customers perspective Supporting Business Strategy Partner across domains and the enterprise to develop a concept from ideation through business case Assist in development of proposals for enterprise strategy development based on environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases, and risk Act as chief architect for the assigned business and technical domains Develop concepts across multiple domains and the enterprise from strategic concepts to detailed logical views Utilize perception, creativity, transformational ideas, system thinking, and organizing techniques in your work Lead maturity in the architecture practice competencies; process, roles and responsibilities, architecture governance models, and architecture deliverables Basic Qualifications Overall IT experience – 15+ years Variety of technical environments, Systems/ application development experience – 10 years Architecture experience – 10 years Functional and systems modeling – 10 years Business process and system design – 10 years Strategic planning – 4 years Financial analysis & business planning – 7 years Project or Program management experience – 5 years Team and Talent Management – 7 years Preferred Qualifications Retail, Digital and Store Technology experience with a global retailer or quick serve restaurant – 10 years Infrastructure as Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as Service (SaaS) experience – 5 years Multi-cloud experience – 5 years Qualifications