Senior Director, Enterprise Business Architect

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach-one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world's most challenging problems.

We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

RTI International is seeking a results-driven leader to join us as an Enterprise Business Architect for Corporate Systems within our Information Technology team. This position will be a key leader on the Enterprise Applications team and report to the Vice President, Enterprise Applications. The Enterprise Business Architect is responsible for partnering closely with the Enterprise Applications' Enterprise Architect and corporate functional business partners, executing on RTI's strategic roadmap to simplify RTI's complex global corporate systems architecture. Focus of the work includes leading a business analysis team to align closely with business partners, technical peers/architects, and vendors to streamline and transform our business application landscape.

The ideal candidate is an outcome-oriented person with a solid business acumen and a strong business application (Oracle Cloud) and technical proficiency. This individual will lead a team of business analysts and partners with system architects to solution, develop, and implement solution architectures across a broad range of technologies and across numerous cross-functional domains, in alignment with RTI's digital transformation objectives. This individual will need to possess a solid understanding of Government Contracting business, overall solution architectures, inclusive of business process, application architecture, data integration architecture, and software solution architecture. This individual will also need the ability to manage execution of projects in alignment with the Strategic roadmap.

The ideal candidate is an outcome-oriented person with a solid business acumen and a strong business application (Oracle Cloud) and technical proficiency. This individual will lead a team of business analysts and partners with system architects to solution, develop, and implement solution architectures across a broad range of technologies and across numerous cross-functional domains, in alignment with RTI's digital transformation objectives. This individual will need to possess a solid understanding of Government Contracting business, overall solution architectures, inclusive of business process, application architecture, data integration architecture, and software solution architecture. This individual will also need the ability to manage execution of projects in alignment with the Strategic roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with functional business leaders for all enterprise solution architecture related matters, in alignment with business needs.
• Collaborate with functional team & IT peers to ensure overall success of the solutioning and implementation efforts broadly.
• Analyzes and evaluates Cloud-based business application solutions to address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate on creation of future state application Cloud-based business application multi-year roadmaps considering current state assessments and gap analyses.
• Partner with technical resources to design integration solutions that meet business process requirements.
• Project delivery and oversight - responsible for the development, implementation and enhancements for the architectural roadmap, inclusive of application data integrations.
• Directs, trains and develops a team of business analysis professionals.
• Manage vendor deliverables for consulting services.

• Bachelor's Degree with 20+ years of relevant business technology application experience OR Masters with 10+ years total experience
• Minimum 10+ years' experience as Senior Manager, Business Analysis or related position with relevant large-scale enterprise transformation experience as it relates to architecting Cloud and on-prem legacy solution architectures (not including infrastructure architecture)
• Minimum 10+ years' functional experience with enterprise level Oracle Cloud applications (i.e., Oracle Cloud ERP, EPM, HCM, FDI) required
• Minimum 10+ years' managing external outsourced managed services vendors
• Demonstrated understanding of corporate functional areas (e.g., Business Development, Contracts, Accounting, Finance, HR, Legal, Communications, etc.) and related business applications. Experience of G&A corporate functions in government contracting industry experience preferred.
• Experience with Salesforce, other related business Cloud applications strongly preferred
• Basic understanding of project/program management skills such as planning, scope, quality, time, cost and resource management, communication and status, risk management with small-scale (<$100K) project delivery
• Proven experience with overall solution architecture including business architecture, application architecture, data/reporting architecture, and software solution architecture.
• Experience with planning and execution of migrating on-prem applications to Cloud environments
• Ability to collaborate with business partners to determine sound technical solutions and application strategies considering the current internal solution architecture landscape and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solution marketplace
• Balance of collaboration and influence to lead without control within a matrix-managed organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to succinctly present complex subject matter, specifically translating technology problems/solutions to business partners
• Prior experience with people management, talent assessment, coaching, and performance management
• Strong leadership, mentorship, teamwork, relationship building, negotiation, conflict resolution, verbal/written communication, partnership orientation, and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of Excel, Work, PowerPoint, Visio

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The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States. RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.