Business Value Stream Architect

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa eSoft Development and Technologies Full time

**What will you do?**
- Engage with Group Exco regularly to ensure they are always up to date and up to speed with what is going on in IT
- Keep all Leaders at GM Level across the business fully informed and updated on all IT matters affecting them and their divisions
- Keep engaging daily with Business on problem areas in IT that affect them or could affect them
- Engage Business on Project Ownership and Sponsorship and ensure they are always fully appraised of their responsibilities around their Projects
- Ensure Business know what IT is doing and what problems we are having relative to their areas of accountability and Assist business with IT advice and guidance on IT needs and options
- Build strong relationships between IT and Business Units across the business and Build interface protocols for Business Engagements with IT
- Communicate between Business and IT on all relevant IT matters including on Severity 1 /2/3/4/5/6/ Incidents / downtime
- Support the Business Unit / Division Exco with request and information on IT
- Share key strategic IT insights and wisdom with the Business when needed
- Represent IT as a diplomat / ambassador during all conflict situations
- Build trust and respect in the Business / Division on behalf of IT
- Communicate success stories in IT to the Business and a maintain constant interface
- Conduct weekly and monthly IT/Business meetings to cover and track all IT delivery
- Check in weekly with as many leaders as possible across the business and manage expectations they might have from IT
- Work with Business to determine their priorities and requirements
- Set objectives and supporting strategies with Business for IT to deliver
- Provide feedback to Business on all IT projects in progress across the business
- Advise Business on Project complexities and Risks prior to projects being started
- Work with the Project Management Team in IT to track all project progress
- Conduct Problem solving analysis and support on IT issues facing the Business
- Developed robust and secure designs for business solutions
- Provide consultancy services to assist business and IT teams during RFI; RFP; project scoping; project budgeting and high-level conceptual design
- Support development of solution delivery time, resource and cost estimates and advise and enforce key technology decisions
- Design detailed low-level technical solutions to meet project objectives; business requirements; business capabilities that adhere to best IT practises (fit for purpose; adaptable; future proof; cost efficient; secure; maintainable and supportable)
- Identify out of compliance solutions and technical debt (consult with OEM vendors to incorporate their roadmaps into the IT strategy) and propose rectification actions
- Create business proposal by scanning the marketplace for innovative and over-the-horizon FMCG / CPG and IT trends and technologies;, identify opportunities and define roadmap to implement the digital vision
- Facilitate good corporate governance with specific focus on IT governance
- Work with Business to articulate Business Requirement Definitions and Scope using JAD, Agile or LEAN methodologies
- Work closely with the Business Analyst/s on demand and support Business Cases for IT Projects for the Business
- Provide feedback to Business on IT Costs and expenses relative to the Business
- Work with the IT Financial team and other IT stakeholders to support business IT business case compilation, approval and execution.
- Advise the Business on Cost Optimisation opportunities, Process Optimisation in the Business, Efficiency Opportunities and options and Best Practise (BDP) options using IT
- List the Top 10 Business Unit Projects and Priorities and keep this list updated
- Understand the Business Unit Strategy and Plans of all BU’s in the business and communicate this to IT
- Information Architecture direction and governance, framework and principles will be provided as an output from the Enterprise Architecture and Governance Function.

**Key attributes and competencies**
- Strong financial acumen
- Strong negotiation; interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Ability to work under pressure; in stressful solutions to tight timelines on multiple initiatives simultaneously
- Strong leadership skills with proven ability to build and manage key relationships with internal IT and business stakeholders
- Strategic insight coupled with attention to detail
- Collaboration Skills
- Facilitation Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Advanced Office Tools Skills e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Jira, Project Management Skills
- Financial Skills
- Training and Certification
- Policies and Strategy alignment
- Building continuous Intellectual Property - Centre of Excellence (CoE) in IT and Business
- Punctuation - On time
- Visibility - Online and Available
- Compliance - Timesheets, Tracking and collaboration tools
- Feedback - Frequent, accurate, timely
- Initiative - Self Starter, innovative
- Can Do”

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