Business Architect (Open to remote)

Publicado 18-10-2021

Ekkiden

Lisboa Lisboa (Contabilidade / Finanças)


This
is
Ekkiden

Ambition and innovation are our driving forces. We aim high, act quickly, and acquire the wherewithal that we need to achieve our objectives. Our organization is shaped by the requirements of both our clients and our teams. Becoming a European benchmark requires hard work, quality, and respect. We pave our own path, with international teams committed to sustainable growth. We help clients to innovate and we make sure we question ourselves at all times. At Ekkiden everything is possible. Our managers are trained to bring out the best in every team member. If you are daring, creative, and have great people skills, if you want to live an extraordinary human experience and you don?t want to keep reminding yourself why you get up in the morning, it's time to meet up.


Responsibilities:
Assesses the disruptive forces impacting the organization and the economic and financial levers that are susceptible within the organization to digital transformation and optimization
Details competitive threats and opportunities from digital enterprises that are generally considered outside the traditional realm of competition
Analyzes the organization?s digital strategy and how the organization currently approaches digital innovation and monetization
Facilitates enterprise strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, technology and business cases, and business innovation portfolio development along with operating model development
Engages key business stakeholders to identify business and technology-enabled innovation opportunities that enable and drive business strategy
Uses actionable and diagnostic deliverables to help the business and IT leaders make informed IT investment decisions
Utilizes a toolbox of business architecture deliverables to help business leaders identify and make IT investment decisions
Works with business and IT executives to help describe and understand their business and operating models by making the business model clear and explicit

Provides internal management consultancy services to business leaders, business units, and lines of business, helping them with design thinking, business modeling, ecosystem modeling, innovation management, IT investment analysis, and operating model design


Collaborates with the enterprise program management office on benefits, issues, risks of initiatives and reporting project status
Facilitates agreement on organizational work models and processes to meet business requirements
Works with key organizational stakeholders, enterprise and domain architects, to define a strategic plan for leveraging integrated business architecture as part of the organization?s overall enterprise architecture
Collaborates with other IT functional areas to remain apprised of project and product status and informs line of business customer management of progress

Collaborates with agile teams to ensure continuous delivery of business value, as well as to leverage shared technologies, tools, value streams, and processes that impact speed to value and time to market


What we are looking for:


University degree or higher, preferably in an area of Computer Science or equivalent, or relevant industry experience


5+ years of experience in a similar position


Knowledge and understanding of different types of business and operating models (existing, new, emerging, and hybrid)


Knowledge of existing, new, and emerging technologies and the ability to practically apply them to new business designs and business models to achieve targeted business outcomes


Knowledge in all aspects of designing and constructing business capabilities, value streams, business processes, and organizational structure


Comprehensive knowledge of facilitation of projects and products, and organization change management


Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects


Knowledge of finance, accounting, valuation, and metrics development


Strong anticipatory, statistical, and information analysis skills would be a plus


Relevant industry certifications


Knowledge of Transact-SQL and scripting


ITIL and Prince2 awareness


Fluent in English. Spanish would be a plus


What we offer:


Join us at the right time to make your mark in a fast-growing organization
Various missions and projects that will allow you to have a real impact on the company
The
ability
to work autonomously and to
drive new initiatives
? A career path adapted to your personality, both in terms of role and
location
A strong culture, based on sharing, respect, ambition, and team spirit
The opportunity to manage teams and develop your area of expertise by leading one of our squads
Develop your management and leadership skills
,
because, at
Ekkiden
, consultants look after the careers of other consultants. Gone are the days when your career
was
driven by a salesman
!
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