Senior Technology Architect at Globo designing corporate platform evolution and improving media industry strategies. Collaborating on technology and business capabilities for digital transformation in Brazil.
About the role
- Principal Architect responsible for leading industrial systems architecture at Ford Motor Company. Focusing on technology integration, business alignment, and teams across global operations.
Responsibilities
- Provides global leadership to a team of more than 40 architects who build and manage systems across the industrial platform.
- Drives alignment across all global regions and skill teams, ensuring that systems adhere to both industry and company standards.
- Collaborates with cross-functional partners—including Infrastructure, developers, operations, and product managers—to gather requirements and ensure the platform serves the needs of all internal and external stakeholders.
- Interfaces with teams working on advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies to ensure these innovations are integrated into the long-term roadmap.
- Exercises expert judgment to determine when to utilize existing, commonly deployed technologies and when to pioneer new paths.
- Responsible for seamlessly defining and integrating strategic roadmaps for both tool selection and broader systems architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
- 15+ years of progressive responsibilities in IT or an IT focused business area
- 5+ years of experience in a field related to manufacturing or industrial systems
- Working knowledge of cloud computing, especially Google Cloud Platform
- Working knowledge of edge systems and on-premises computing in a manufacturing environment
- Experienced in business and solutions architecture, including selection of tools and platforms
- Strong outside-in perspective on the evolution of processes and technologies across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality domains
- Knowledge and familiarity with strategic technology platforms, including the Dassault Systems 3DExperience suite, Siemens Team Center, SAP/S4 MRP, Jira/JSM, and data centric architecture
- Knowledge of IT/OT integration and edge-to-cloud infrastructure optimization
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field (preferred)
- Extensive demonstrated competency in Enterprise Architecture (preferred)
- Experience working in areas related to the Industrial System such as manufacturing, supply chain, product development and engineering, transportation and logistics, and other related fields (preferred)
- Understanding of how to apply Enterprise Architecture processes, tools, and viewpoints to a large, complex organization, and how to use EA skills to keep complexity at bay (preferred)
- Understanding of the special circumstances of the automotive industry (preferred)
- Working knowledge of AI, including traditional and generative AI, and how to apply it to real-world applications (preferred)
- Knowledge of “cloud native” concepts in software architecture and delivery (preferred)
- Working understanding of cybersecurity principles (preferred)
- Must be skilled at influencing leaders and workers across the company at many different levels (preferred)
- Must be able to think and act strategically, without constraints (preferred)
- Must be able to develop a team, including growing employees’ performance and maturity, recruiting, and retaining key talent (preferred)
- Strong ability to “lead by influence” as an architect, to be able to “push back” to ensure alignment with architecture principles, to know when not to push back quite as hard (preferred)
- Strong demonstrated competencies in influencing peers and business partners (preferred)
- Strong communication and collaborative skills with people at all levels of the company from senior-most executives to the people on the plant floor doing the work (preferred)
- Ability to “thrive in ambiguity” in leading teams to select the right solutions amid a complex environment (preferred)
- Proven ability to work closely with management one to four levels above and below both in the business and IT (preferred)
Benefits
- Excellent compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package including generous PTO
- Retirement plans
- Savings and stock investment plans
- Incentive compensation
- Opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition
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