Enterprise Architect, Data & Analytics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to Business Unit / Functional leadership and play a key role in shaping McCormick's Enterprise Architecture strategy.

• Comprehend business domains, strategic business requirements, and development roadmaps.

• Address intricate technology architecture challenges and significant business issues.

• Spearhead the creation of architecture strategies, roadmaps, and guiding principles.

• Inform investment choices utilizing business capability models, technology reference models, and functional roadmaps.

• Advocate for capability domain requirements within the Enterprise Architecture framework.

• Monitor and evaluate both emerging and established technologies to foster innovation.

• Ensure alignment of architecture with global IT standards and Enterprise Architecture principles.

• Deliver architectural designs and advice for complex projects.

• Act as a trusted advisor to Product Line leadership.

• Oversee solution architecture throughout various projects and products.

• Establish governing principles and standards for architecture-related decisions.

• Identify and address deviations from established architectural standards.

• Develop architectural and security specifications.

• Investigate emerging technologies and propose cost-effective, adaptable solutions.

• Formulate, document, and disseminate systems architecture investment strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• Over 8 years of IT experience, with a substantial focus on engineering or architecture roles.

• Strong business acumen within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector.

• Extensive knowledge of business and technical architecture areas, including infrastructure, applications, integration, information and data, as well as cybersecurity.

• Familiarity with information management practices, regulatory standards, and data privacy laws.

• Understanding of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, ERP, microservices, event-driven IT, and predictive analytics.

• Capacity to articulate and communicate a technology vision along with actionable architecture roadmaps.

• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.

• Expertise in change management.

• Capability to work independently and make informed decisions autonomously.

• Skillful in multitasking with a sense of urgency while maintaining a structured approach.

• Proven ability to cultivate trusted-advisor relationships with both business and technical stakeholders.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with individuals across various disciplines and levels of business or technical expertise.

• Excellent verbal and written communication capabilities.

• Exposure to Scrum, SAFe, and DevOps methodologies.

• Knowledge of strategic technologies pertinent to McCormick's objectives over the next three to five years.

• Ability to develop and share enabling architecture guidance or reference architectures.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; McCormick does not provide employment visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Flexibility and support catering to diverse life stages and choices.

• Comprehensive health insurance plans covering medical, vision, dental, life, and disability benefits.

• Paid parental leave.

• Fertility assistance.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Support for caregivers.

• 401(k) retirement plans.

• Profit-sharing plans.

• Eligibility for the Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan.