Enterprise Architect

Title: Enterprise Architect

Duration: Full-time/Perm

Location: Boston, MA – Hybrid Role

Day to day:

• Lead the effort to document the current state ecosystem, technical and business capabilities, holistically and for each major business function.
• Lead the effort to define the future state ecosystem, technical and business capabilities, holistically and for each major business function.
• Lead the effort to define a multi-year roadmap and plan to migrate towards the future state, holistically and for each major business function. This roadmap should be revisited periodically to ensure any changes in business or technical capability are included.
• Partner with Platform Architecture to ensure appropriate technology governance including ensuring the technology delivery teams are adhering to our architectural principals as well as leveraging cross team solutions where possible.
• Partner with Business Strategy to ensure alignment on future state capabilities and key strategic initiatives and of the firm.
• Lead cross-departmental business and technology initiatives as required. For example, future state planning and implementation of a Datawarehouse strategy.
• Monitor market and industry trends, build relationships with vendors and partners, gather insights, and make recommendations.

Must haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, asset management is strongly preferred here
• 5 years experience as an enterprise architect within the financial services industry, ideally asset management.
• Experience architecting and creating roadmaps across investment systems
• Proven ability to build relationships with the business (Portfolio, traders etc)
• Strong working knowledge of development best practices and software architecture.
• Strong working knowledge of cloud platforms, AWS preferred.
• Must be detail oriented with outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment with a focus on teamwork.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with excellent relationship building skills.
• Familiarity with agile (e.g., Scrum) strongly desired.
• Experience with architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)