Information Technology Director - Enterprise Architecture

As a direct report to the Vice President – Information Technology, the Director - Enterprise Architecture specializes in designing, supporting, and maintaining the enterprise-wide technology architecture of the organization to align Subaru of America's architectural solutions with business processes/data to improve the efficiency and productivity of business operations to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and performance across our enterprise systems. Leads Subaru's IT technological strategies in support of the company's mission and core objectives, providing leadership, vision, and management of IT teams. Accountable for the management, mentoring, and career development of the IT staff members. Partners closely with other IT Leadership team members to drive strategy development for the organization. Interacts with executive leadership concerning matters of significance to the organization.

• Establishes architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices, and ensures alignment within all of Information Technology (IT): 
  • Design IT Architecture: Leads development and ongoing maintenance of the enterprise architecture framework, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT strategy. 
  • Technology Assessment: Evaluates and recommends new technologies to enhance current systems and support business strategies, including, but not limited to Cloud, AI Adoption, Automation and other emerging technology trends. Attend industry seminars and conferences to keep up with new technologies and shares learnings with wider IT team. 
  • Governance and Compliance: Establishes policies, standards, and operational guidelines for technical governance, and adherence to best practices in technology usage, ensuring compliance across the organization. Lead the Architecture Review Board. Contribute to ensuring security is designed into architecture. 

  • Architecture Roadmap: Designs, maintains, and governs execution of short-term and multi-year road maps in order to transform the Subaru of America (SOA) environment. Identifies key interactions and dependencies across separate systems and platforms, and leads the mapping of the relationships between information systems components (i.e., end users, business processes, applications, data, IT platform hardware/software, and networks)

     

• Operations Management: 
  • Maintains responsibility for establishing, monitoring, and reporting on team operational key performance indicators (KPIs). 
  • Monitors implementations to ensure that financial and service targets are met according to timelines. 
  • Evaluates the total cost of ownership and return on investment of various architecture as well as potential alternatives. 
  • Directs relationships with vendors and ensures that vendors meet SOA business objectives, SLAs, and deliverables in a timely manner and within budget guidelines. 

  • Works closely with other members of the information technology leadership team during requests for proposals (RFPs), bids, contracts, and service agreements.

     

• Project Planning and Resource Allocation: 
  • With other IT Leadership, participates in the prioritization and scheduling of major IT projects to ensure the efficient utilization of resources. 

  • Develops and defends opportunities for continuous creative improvement of processes and systems. Acts as a change agent for new technologies and processes in the SOA environment.

     

• Leadership and Team Management 

  • Leads a team of internal and external architecture resources as well as Robotic Automation and AI staff. Provides guidance and direction to IT teams on technology standards and best practices. Mentors technical resources and provides motivational career development and assessment of team members.

     

• Collaborates with all Subaru Entities including Subaru Corporation (SBR), Subaru Canada, Inc (SCI), Subaru Indiana Automotive (SIA) for technological efficiencies.

• Communicates vision and direction to internal and external stakeholders. Disseminates company changes and significant events to IT staff members, ensuring that they are informed and engaged. Fosters an inclusive environment for all team members.
• Advocates for change initiatives and effectively leads the implementation of innovative ideas within the IT department and across the organization.
• Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Assists in the recruitment, hiring, and training of IT staff, ensuring that they possess the necessary skills and knowledge to fulfill their roles effectively. Ensures that team has visibility and opportunities to interact with other related departments and has a broader understanding of