Director, Enterprise Architecture (Content Supply Chain)

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

The Enterprise Architecture team enables strategic alignment of our Enterprise platforms to the Operations & Technology Unified Architecture vision by optimizing the application landscape through application rationalization, reducing the number of bespoke solutions, standardizing enterprise capabilities, influencing change & innovation, increasing solution re-usability, and fostering collaboration between our Product, Engineering and Business Solutions partners. This position will play a key role in ensuring our Content Supply Chain 5–10-year vision across our studio production, live production, post-production, studio, sales, marketing, fulfillment, and distribution functions are strategically executed. This horizontal role plays a significant part ensuring our Enterprise solutions scale across NBCU and support O&T’s long-range vision.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of Enterprise Architects focused on supporting the End-to-End Content Supply Chain across the 6 strategic platforms (Content, Content Sales, Production, Marketing, Ad Sales, and Distribution).
• Mentor architecture teams, develop their skills, and help them to adopt the latest technologies and best practices.
• Develop and execute long-term enterprise architecture strategy and standards across NBCUniversal’s portfolio of broadcast, cable, news, sports, parks, and digital properties, incorporating the latest developments, innovations, and best practices in enterprise architecture.
• Consult with business and technology leaders on strategic needs, advise on optimal solutions, and align roadmaps, leveraging deep understanding of the latest technologies and trends.
• Drive architectural governance through principles, standards, guidelines, and architectural reviews, promoting best practices and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Represent architecture in executive forums and communicate technology strategy and progress to leadership, leveraging excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Partner with Product, Engineering & Business Solution leaders across Operations & Technology to lead build vs buy, feature gap, retirement, landscape, enterprise fit, technical fit, ROI, and other various EA (Enterprise Architecture) exercises enabling alignment to the CSC long range strategy.
• Build, maintain & influence key relationships with both our studio & live production teams.
• Become a SME of the E2E Content Supply Chain and participate in strategic & technical discussions with platform leaders across the organization.
• Partner with Solution Architects, Technical Architects, and other SMEs to deliver key discovery artifacts.
• Lead integration efforts of new Products from a process and architectural perspective into the Product. portfolio in coordination with Product & Engineering leaders. Deep dive into new products and determine how they align to support Unified Architecture.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the destination architecture and functionality across our core products.
• Own and maintain the Content Supply Chain data within the Enterprise Architecture Management software solution. Own and govern capabilities, application mapping, TIME measurement, etc.
• Be an unbiased champion for innovation and thought leader, bringing in the latest ideas that align with the destination architecture and business direc