Architecture and Design Manager - Vodafone

Role Purpose

• Has Technology & Business focus to guide the evolution of IT in a way that delivers business value using top-notch technologies in a cost-effective way.
• Leads, plans, manages and develops Vodafone IT Enterprise Architecture, Design and Business Analysis teams.
• Develops IT architecture blueprints with reference to Vodafone Group and industry standards.
• Set the standards for IT systems, frameworks, tools and practices to meet business requirements in the most effective and efficient ways.
• Reduces redundancy, complexity, information silos and business risks associated with IT investments.
• Oversees, improves and suggest enterprise services and systems to reach the ideal state for IT architecture.
• Supports business teams to define the best-fit solutions for business challenges.
• Supports technical teams to build/buy the best systems that meet business & technical strategies and fulfil the operational, security & privacy guidelines.

Strategy & Planning

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

• Participate in strategic and operational governance processes as a member of the IT senior management team.
• Lead Architecture function strategy, objectives and operational planning to achieve its goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing initiatives.
• Define Governance principles across the Enterprise and Solution Architectures to steer IT architecture towards a desired end state.

Delivery & Operational Management

• Responsible for all delivered Architecture & Integration services to meet the requirements of Vodafone customers, business units and operations units within planned timelines.
• Ensure continuous operations of Integration services and systems availability through oversight of service level agreements and monitoring of systems performance.
• Review software acquisition and maintenance contracts.

Budgeting

• Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for Architecture & Integration spending and initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in Integration systems and resources, including staffing, sourcing, purchasing, and in-house development.
• Plan, manage and review allocated budget for effective utilization.

Key performance indicators

• On-time delivery of all projects with zero major production bugs.
• Platforms availability and performance.
• Adhere to the Industry/Group Architecture & IT 5 years Strategy.
• Building team calibres with at least 2 successors who can lead the team in future.

Role Qualifications

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Excellent knowledge of Enterprise IT systems and services.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Innovative & customer obsessed.
• Results driven and solutions focused.

Must Have Technical / Professional Qualifications

• +10 yrs of IT experience.
• +3 yrs experience of leading a team.
• Excellent knowledge of Software Engineering principles.
• Excellent knowledge of IT applications, integrations, and data architecture.
• Ability to translate Business Strategy and needs into Enterprise Architecture blueprints; estimate the financial impact of architectural alternatives.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering on projects that span multi-disciplinary areas, preferably in a large telecommunications, Enterprise Architecture, Business and IT environments.
• Extensive experience in Business / IT Consultancy using leading methodologies and processes delivering strong technology solutions with a variety of Service Providers .
• Having basic knowledge of Cybersecurity, Cloud, Big Data and FinTech technologies.

Direct Reports

3 Full Time direct supervisors

20 Full Time Indirect Employees