Head of IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture

ABOUT CLIENT

Our client is a leading financial institution in Vietnam, offering a wide range of banking and financial services to individuals, businesses, and corporations

JOB DESCRIPTION

Take charge of building or evolving the enterprise architecture program/function.
Head the development of an implementation plan for the enterprise architecture based on business strategy and requirements.
Develop, interpret, advocate, support and execute business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes.
Build technology-enabled operating models and provide feasible options and visibility into execution issues.
Assess the relationship between people, processes, information, technology, and things of the enterprise, and their relationships with one another and to the external environment.
Collaborate with business peers to develop and present business capability models and roadmaps to facilitate discussion and decision making with stakeholders across the enterprise.
Analyze the organization's future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to identify critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement and driving the business forward.
Analyze the IT environment for critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
Provide perspective on the readiness of the organization to change and innovate.
Present a gap analysis and/or IT investment roadmap that reflects the status of the existing IT estate, namely, its ability to contribute to future-state business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms.
Analyze the organization's future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
Lead and facilitate the creation of governance assurance and standards to guide EA decision-making.
Supervise the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
Lead the development and execution of a communication and education plan for enterprise architecture.

JOB REQUIREMENT

Master's or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
Seven or more years of experience in multiple disciplines such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management, or operations in a multitier environment
Five or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business
Familiarity with various business and IT frameworks, financial models, risk management, information management practices, system development life cycle management, and IT services management
Capable of balancing time between foundational and advanced enterprise architecture efforts
Exposure and understanding of existing, new, and emerging technologies, and processing environments
Vendor- and technology-neutral mindset
Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools, and model repositories
Innovative and capable of driving digital business strategies
Fluent in the language of business
Influential and a team player
Effective at driving short-term actions consistent with long-term goals
Practical in approach to decision making and problem-solving
Ability to balance long-term and short-term implications of decisions
Translate business needs into EA requirements
Estimate financial impact of EA alternatives
Ability to apply multiple solutions to business problems
Rapidly comprehend new technologies
Knowledge of business ecosystems, various IT services, and architectures
Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture
Knowledge of business engineering principles and processes
Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Strong leadership skills
Excellent analytical and technical skills
Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills
Excellent planning and organizational skills

WHAT'S ON OFFER

Salary and bonus are performance-based
Holiday and Tet bonuses are provided according to the bank's policy
Eligible for preferential loan policies subject to the bank's regulations
Annual leave entitlements depend on job level
Mandatory insurance under labor law with an option for premium insurance for employees and their family members
Access to training programs tailored to each position's training framework
Dynamic and friendly working environment with abundant opportunities for learning and development, participation in cultural activities such as sports competitions, talent contests, and teambuilding events

CONTACT

PEGASI – IT Recruitment Consultancy | Email: recruit@pegasi.com.vn | Tel: +84 28 3622 8666
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Job Summary

Company Type:

Product, Bank

Technical Skills:

Architect, Management

Location:

Ha Noi - Viet Nam

Working Policy:

Onsite

Job ID:

J02103

Status:

Active

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