Head Of Business Architecture – Hr

Job Overview Join to apply for the Head of Business Architecture – HR role at NTT DATA, Inc. Make an impact with NTT DATA. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive. Key Responsibilities Strategic Alignment: Understand the business strategy and operating model, roadmap the realization of the target operating model, and define practices delivering through countries and shared services. Align business and solution architecture with enterprise architecture, functions, business unit strategy, and organizational goals. Lead efforts to leverage emerging technologies and industry trends to shape future state architecture and drive transformation initiatives. End‑to‑End Transformation Architecture Design & Development: Manage the business process strategy, standards, taxonomy, and frameworks to standardize and implement. Liaise with BPOs to assess changes needed and relevant impacts on business, data, and system processes. Translate known best‑practice or fit‑to‑standard processes from vendors into current ways of working and roadmap how to adopt more standard processes. Direct both business and solution architecture frameworks, ensuring integrated business processes, systems, and technologies. Identify and drive opportunities for process improvements, automation, and innovation to achieve efficiencies and competitive advantage. Engage with executive leadership, business units, and technology teams to understand business objectives and translate into architecture strategies. Governance & Compliance: Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks to ensure alignment and consistency across the business and IT landscape. Manage risks associated with business transformation, ensuring architecture solutions comply with regulatory requirements and mitigate operational risk. Change Management & Innovation: Analyze business maturity models and differences across operating companies; align change impact and solution impact to standardize where possible. Ensure smooth transition during business transformation efforts through effective communication, training, and support. Measure Strategic Effectiveness: Identify metrics to track performance and impact on business outcomes. Lead and mentor teams, fostering a collaborative and growth‑focused environment to drive business transformation initiatives. Qualifications & Experience Seasoned knowledge of multi‑vendor service integrations and cross‑functional software, OSs, and infrastructure designs. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and solid interpersonal skills for building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to develop and leverage seasoned specialist knowledge of reference architectures. Strong awareness of trends and developments in technology domains. Collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams such as sales, product, delivery, and others. Bachelor's degree in People Management. Beneficial to have certification and working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies (TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, COBIT, etc.). Beneficial: Six Sigma Black Belt, Safe Scaled Agile certification advantageous. Seasoned professional in people & culture leadership or operations experience within a large‑scale multinational environment; experience in people & culture technology transformation projects. Seasoned client engagement and consulting experience with solid experience in client needs assessment and change management. Seasoned experience integrating solutions for the people & culture business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns, and best practices. Seasoned experience working in an agile development environment. Seasoned experience developing, selling, and delivering technical solutions in HR. Location Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Employment Details Employment type: Full-time | Job function: Engineering and Information Technology | Industries: IT Services & IT Consulting | Seniority level: Director Equal Opportunity Employer NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. #J-18808-Ljbffr