Director of Enterprise Architecture

Job Description

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the largest public housing authority in North America, provides decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers. NYCHA is home to 1 in 17 New Yorkers, providing affordable housing to over 500,000 authorized residents through public housing and Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) programs as well as Section 8 housing. NYCHA has nearly 200,000 apartments in over 2,400 buildings across 335 conventional public housing and PACT developments. In addition, NYCHA connects residents to critical programs and services from external and internal partners, with a focus on economic opportunity, youth, seniors, and social services. With a housing stock that spans all five boroughs, NYCHA is a city within a city.

Are you a visionary technology leader passionate about shaping the future of enterprise architecture? We're seeking an experienced technology leader to serve as our Director of Enterprise Architecture. This is an exceptional opportunity to drive technological transformation and innovation while establishing the architectural foundation for NYCHA's future.

Reporting to the VP of Technology Planning and Risk Management / CISO, this strategic leadership role will be responsible for developing and maintaining our enterprise architecture framework, technical standards, and technology roadmap. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in guiding NYCHA's technical direction and ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology solutions. This position offers an opportunity to shape the technological future at NYCHA while driving innovation and transformation through thoughtful architecture and standards. Join us in building the foundation for our next generation of technology solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Oversee the architectural standards and frameworks to ensure the efficient operation of data telecommunications systems as part of the overall enterprise architecture.
- Plan for improvements of existing data integrations as part of modernization initiatives and the enterprise architecture design.
- Recommend the elimination of legacy data and telecommunications systems and associated equipment based on analysis and the IT roadmap.
- Test, evaluate, and select the best data technologies and equipment available for use within the enterprise.
- Review new data technology for possible use in improving operations and reducing costs.
- Develop data and integration architectural standards, procedures, and policies related to data networks to ensure their continuing operational effectiveness within the enterprise architecture framework.
- Provide architectural guidance and operational data to support budget projections related to data and telecommunications investments and function as an integral part of the technology investment decision-making processes.

Strategic Planning & Enterprise Architecture:

- Partner with leadership to develop and evolve data technology strategy and architectural vision.
- Establish and maintain enterprise architecture framework and governance model. Lead development and maintenance of data and enterprise technology roadmap.
- Design and implement technical data standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
- Guide solution architecture teams to ensure enterprise alignment with data, telecommunications, and technologies.

Drive data technology standardization and modernization initiatives:

- Review new data technology for possible use in improving operations and reducing costs.
- Test, evaluate and select the best data and telecommunications technologies available for use by NYCHA.

Technology Innovation & Transformation:

- Identify and evaluate existing and emerging data and telecommunications technologies for potential business value.
- Lead proof-of-concept and pilot programs for these new technologies.
- Drive digital transformation initiatives through architectural leadership.
- Foster culture of innovation within technology, data, and telecommunications teams.
- Establish innovation frameworks and evaluation processes.
- Plan for the establishment of new data and telecommunication systems and improve existing systems.

Technology Governance & Standards:

- Develop and maintain data policies and standards.
- Lead architecture review board and oversee review processes.
- Drive portfolio rationalization and optimization initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and security requirements.
- Oversee data technology and telecommunications investment decision-making processes.
- Monitor and enforce data architectural standards compliance.
- Develop standards, procedures and policies to ensure the continuing operational effectiveness of IT systems