Join a leading brand in the jewellery industry as we redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers, creating intimacy at scale for our consumers & shoppers. Our innovative spirit and commitment to craftsmanship have fueled our growth, and we're now looking for a visionary Enterprise Architect to steer our Enterprise Architecture efforts. 

We invite you to bring your skills and passion to our team as an Enterprise Architect and play a key role in shaping our technology landscape.

This role is a strategic member of the tech strategy & architecture organization that establishes enterprise-wide architecture principles, architecture patterns, enterprise architecture framework, also key player in defining target reference architecture for supply chain, integrated planning, merchandising & assortment planning and core ERP. This role will be crucial in facilitating strategic & tactical technology decisions and resolving conflicts on architecture-related matters for the supply chain & planning domain.

As an enterprise architect, you will partner closely with other architects from the domain, lead engineers, executives, and product management across the domain to solve complex problems and deliver mission-critical services that work at scale across the globe. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain AS-IS view, in-transit view, and target enterprise architecture view for the supply chain & planning functional domain & core ERP platform, including business architecture, data architecture, application architecture & technology architecture

• Design enterprise architecture for different transformative LRP programs, with architecture runway, in supply chain & integrated planning functional domain

• Lead cross-functional teams to drive architecture decisions for critical problem statements, facilitate consensus building among engineers, product managers, and architects from omni retail & marketing domain

• Be a key driver in the L1 governance forum and domain leadership team, and will also engage proactively with business stakeholders to connect business ambitions with tech ambitions

• Serve as a thought leader in adopting new technologies and frameworks, conducting research, and evaluating emerging trends to keep our architecture future-ready

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to translate business needs into technical actions and achievable goals

• Mentor junior architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team

• Contribute to open source, community projects, and engineering standards

Skills:

• Proven experience as an enterprise architect or in a similar leadership role within enterprise architecture, preferably in a large-scale retail or related industry 

• Proven experience working with ERP platforms: SAP S4/Hana, SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP

• Proven experience working with supply tech technology like O9

• Proficiency in modern architectural patterns related to application development, engineering practices, integrations, data & hosting

• Excellent structuring skills and presentation skills to translate complex digital ecosystem into audience-friendly format

• Excellent communication skills to present topics depending on the audience, to land the message effectively 

• Proficiency in architecture frameworks (TOGAF, IAF)

• Proficiency in business architecture, data architecture, applications architecture, and technology architecture

• Excellent knowledge of software engineering best practices, including agile and DevOps methodologies

• Experience working with major Public Cloud Providers like Azure, including using Infrastructure-as-Code

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions.

• Effective communication and leadership skills, with experience managing teams in dynamic environments

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field