Principal Enterprise Architect

At Bank of the West, our people are having a positive impact on the world. We’re investing where we feel we can make the most impact, like advancing diversity and women entrepreneurship programs, financing for more small businesses, and promoting programs for sustainable energy. From our locations across the U.S., Bank of the West is taking action to help protect the planet, improve people’s lives, and strengthen communities. We are part of BNP Paribas, a global leader supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yes, we’re a bank, but as the bank for a changing world, we are continually seeking to improve the ways we help our customers, while contributing to more sustainable and equitable growth.

Responsibilities:

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  Responsible for informing cross-functional teams on recommendations, enterprise decisions and roadmaps for investment in improved or new capabilities, helping determine what capabilities the enterprise must develop to satisfy its customers, compete in a market, deal with its suppliers, and sustain operations.
• Responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the project portfolio. The portfolio may consist of multiple, cross-functional projects of varying complexities, in support of strategic business initiatives and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with other teams including, but not limited to Business (LOBs), Enterprise Information Security, IT Delivery, IT Architecture, Risk, Operations, Corporate Function etc. for coordination on programs and projects.
• A crisp and passionate communicator with the ability to simplify, communicate, and sell his or her vision/ideas up, down, and across the organization.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills—someone who can be as effective through influence as through direct control.
• Strong believer in data-driven innovation: ship, measure, improve, repeat. Experienced in looking at technical, business and consumer experience metrics to guide your path.
• Responsible for leading and driving teams to deliver market changing innovations, in bite size pieces.

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Qualifications:

• 12+ years of Technology Experience
• 5+ years of Architecture Experience
• Must possess strong leadership skills and be very proactive in approach.
• Ability to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization at all levels, and be viewed as a team player.
• Strong presentation skills; ability to present to large groups and to executive management.
• Skilled facilitator, with the ability to effectively manage discussions toward outcomes and results
• Ability to work independently and with all levels of management within and outside of Technology
• Experience of working seamlessly under various SDLC methodologies, i.e. Waterfall, Agile, Scaled Agile etc.

Technology background:

• Systems and Application development, including Design, Development, Deployment and Support.
• Experience with Integration technology and architecture patterns such as EAI, SOA, API, & Microservices
• Experience with Cloud Technologies and Delivery Models
• Experience with Big Data and Big Data adoption patterns
• Experience with Architecture Governance, Guidelines and Patterns

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Banking, i.e. one or more area amongst Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, Digital Banking)
• Experience in providing Solutions for Enterprise Functions, i.e.HR, Legal, Finance, Procurement)
• Hands-on Enterprise architecture experience (TOGAF Certifications, Zachman models, Oracle EAF)
• Direct or indirect Business Architecture Experience.
• Familiarity with Design Thinking, Customer Journeys, Rapid Proto-Typing
• Experience in Technology Lifecycle Management, Application Portfolio Management, Technology Debt Reduction
• Familiarity with Robotic Process Automation, Chat-Bots, AI, Machine Learning etc.
• Familiarity with Information Technology infrastructure

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Bank of the West is an Equal Opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers without regard to any status protected by applicable law. Bank of the West is also an Affirmative Action employer - Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran.

Bank of the West will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance subject to the requirements of all state and federal laws and regulations.