Manager Application Architect

Application Architect, Finance

Position summary: Functionally lead a team of 10+ Application Solution Design Owners in Global IT to architect and design an integrated set of IT solutions that allows the business to execute their strategy and meet their goals.  

This role will be based in: Singapore

Mission: Provide IT architectural and solution design services to deliver an integrated, secured, best value and reliable IT application solutions and services with speed and good user experience, driving innovation and delivering operational excellence.

Critical success criteria:

• Solutioning Architecture – Establish an application architectural framework (people, process, systems) that enables harmonized business capability and processes, optimized user experience and reuse of system components so that it maximizes opportunity for the business to exploit

Key responsibilities:

• Leads the development of application architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers. Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organization. Support the establishment of policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components, and co-ordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency. Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to. Within a business change programme, manages the target design, policies and standards, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across projects within the programme.
• Contributes to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy for responsible area to meet the strategic requirements of the business. Develops models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance. Takes responsibility for investigative work to determine requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, data management, practices, procedures, organization and equipment.
• Provides leadership and guidelines for responsible area to promote the development and exploitation of IT technologies for next generation practices in the complex capital equipment manufacturing business.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect, Digital and Data architect, Infrastructure architect and IT Security architect to identify synergies and dependencies in IT roadmap to avoid unnecessary reworks.
• Drives the development and recruitment of application architecture and solution design competency and capability set that meets the company needs
• Analyses business processes; identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches, typically seeking to exploit technology components. Evaluates the financial, cultural, technological, organizational and environmental factors which must be addressed in the change programme. Establishes client requirements for the implementation of significant changes in organizational mission, business functions and process, organizational roles and responsibilities, and scope or nature of service delivery.

The ideal candidate will have (education & experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent.
• >15 years relevant corporate IT or equivalent experience, in a multicultural environment with manufacturing companies in the > $3B range, with progressive increases in role and responsibility.
• Leadership, and had managed a team size of >10+
• Strong SAP and Financial background in supporting Manufacturing section
• Broad and deep knowledge of enterprise solutions implemented in complex capital equipment manufacturing business contexts especially product configuration, engineering, manufacturing solutions and service management

Demonstrated:

• Led SAP blueprinting efforts for at least 5 sizable projects that involves complex capital equipment manufacturing business contexts especially in product configuration, engineering and manufacturing domains. Experience with deep involvement in a S/4HANA implementation project end-to-end would be a bonus.

Key skills and personal characteristics:

• Critical Thinker: Ability to apply Systems Thinking. Uses principles to derive methods.
• Leading change; ability to bring about strategic change to meet organizational goals. Inherent ability to implement an organizational vision in a continuously changing environment.
• Strong influencer who can work in a highly collaborative team environment and is able to reach consensus based decisions. The ability to be decisive when needed and make autonomous decisions is also important.
• Leadership with a wide breadth of IT experience who can translate ideas into action. Understands the needs of the business and can identify and apply IT solutions to drive real business value. Has a strong result orientation with a focus on operational excellence.
• Excellent organizational and program management skills. Demonstrates strong financial stewardship. Ability to manage through ambiguity. Provides organized, structured and disciplined approach to the delivery IT solutions.
• Is able to set clear direction for their team and hold them accountable for the delivery. Uses systematic processes to identify issues and risks early.
• Strong communicator who is capable of utilizing his/her strong interpersonal, verbal, presentation and writing skills to successfully interact and influence stakeholders and customers.
• Leader who is able to build, motivate and lead a large, diverse team in the delivery and support a complex, global solution. Ability to implement and grow a high performing organization with a strong emphasis on developing talent and the talent pipeline.
• A strong delegator who focuses on the development of their employees and drives them to further develop their skills and provide value to the business.
• Holds themselves to a high ethical standard, works with integrity and is seen as an example to their team and others in the organization.
• Is able to resolve conflict and deal with issues in a constructive manner with individuals at all levels of the organization.