Senior Enterprise Architect - HR, Legal, Risk & Compliance

We are seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise Architect – HR, Legal, Risk, & Compliance Systems. The ideal candidate will be responsible for aligning the organization’s IT strategy with its business objectives, ensuring seamless operations across the enterprise. As Enterprise Architect, HR, Legal, Risk and Compliance Systems, this person will be responsible for supporting project prioritization, business process evaluation, and solution assessments for all key systems and technology initiatives in the HR, Legal, and Compliance space. 

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, HR, Legal, Compliance, or a related field or equivalent relevant work experience
• 10+ years of relevant work experience

It would be great if you also had . . .

• A Master’s degree or MBA

• Strong knowledge of HR, Legal, and Compliance systems 

• Excellent understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to break down complex concepts and clearly explain them to stakeholders at all levels

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically and analytically

What will you be doing in this role?

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies that align with the organization’s business goals, operational strategy, and key objectives

• Understand and map the HR, Legal, and Compliance functions' current state and define their future state, including the development of the system and business process architecture roadmap

• Provide expertise on HR, Legal, and Compliance systems, ensuring their effective integration with other business and operational systems

• Support system consolidation efforts, including maintaining and driving multi-year transition plans and ensuring proper discovery to support system rationalization

• Understand, optimize, and oversee HR, Legal, and Compliance processes, ensuring they are efficient and aligned with business objectives

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand their needs and challenges and develop solutions to meet these needs

• Ensure that the enterprise architecture adheres to established standards and principles, including adherence to TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) guidelines and principles

• Maintain existing processes for documentation, business process mapping, and engagement between business and technical resources, enabling self-service and consultative services

• Monitor the current enterprise architecture for efficiency and effectiveness and suggest improvements and strategic changes when necessary

• Manage a small team of business analysts focused on understanding and documenting our current state systems and processes to drive towards a future state architecture

• As required for project engagement, create, update, and maintain north star/target architecture documents and transition state to support delivery

About the Team  

The Enterprise Services team ensures the performance and availability of critical business systems while optimizing technologies to align with business processes, including transformation and integration activities. Enterprise Services is committed to accelerating delivery while making sure that all implementations bring value and avoid unintended consequences. 

Hours of Work

• Full time, permanent
• Hybrid working model on-site 2-3 days/week
• Must live within a commutable distance to one of our office locations: Philadelphia, PA; Ann Arbor, MI or Overland Park, KS

Clarivate is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vets/Minorities/Women/Disabled