Director
Director - Enterprise Architecture
â??Cummins power is defined not only by its products, but the ideas, energy and passion of its people. â?? - Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO It started with a commitment to building powerful, dependable products. Throughout our 90+ years, weâ??ve added hundreds of new products, hired and promoted thousands of people, and expanded into 190 countries â?? but we still believe in the same things. Weâ??re committed to building partnerships with our employees, our customers, our environment, and our communities. This is how we do business. And we call it Working Right . Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Please visit www.cummins.com to explore more about our products, markets, global distribution network, financials and sustainability focus. Our integrated businesses demand the talents and creativity of individuals with a wide range of skills and experience. This is an exciting opportunity for a Director â?? Enterprise Architecture located in Columbus IN. Key Responsibilities: - Provide leadership of IT Enterprise Architecture and Product Portfolio Management disciplines across the CMI IT stack - Translate Architecture theories and best practices into practical and workable solutions for the Cummins computing environment - Develop and implement processes to rollout consistent global architectural standards across all Cummins business units, functions, and geographies - Build and maintain an understanding of business unit and functional operations to develop future direction of Cumminsâ?? enterprise architecture. - Establishing the relationships and processes necessary to engage with senior IT and business leaders to envisioning activities and provide facilitation for critical IT and business decisions - Maintaining awareness of industry trends and leading practices in Cumminsâ?? business and functional domains, and also with regard to the effective utilization of technology to support business objectives. - Management of the risks associated with information and IT assets through appropriate standards and security policies. - Collaborate with IT Strategy and the Enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO) to: o Establish a global enterprise IT toolkit and future capabilities which represent an efficient and cohesive application, technology, and data landscape o Establish and maintain enterprise lifecycle roadmaps representing a 3-5 year view of introductions, maintenance, and retirements of technology capabilities - Utilize a common architecture framework and reference model as the organizing construct for all IT technical and functional discussions and representation of the technical toolkit - Establish key business-driven performance metrics to measure Enterprise Architecture execution - Definition and execution of key IT strategies which address global growth and fit for market objectives - Maintain an awareness of industry trends in combination with business and functional requirements to drive application and technology research and selections - Coaching and mentoring of Enterprise Architects in support of their career development goals - Management of the financial budget for the Enterprise Architecture organization Skills: SKILLS - FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL: - Good understanding of one or more business sectors, preferably manufacturing, and the issues driving change in those sectors and the relationship of business strategy options to IT solutions - Advisory level expertise for broad range of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering and ability to keep oneself up-to-date with new and emerging technologies and trends - Knowledge of IT governance and operations - Knowledge of financial modeling as it pertains to IT investment - Project and program management planning and organizational skills - Commercial awareness with the ability to understanding board level issues - presence to impress at executive level - Focused and clear thinker, a listener who is able to formulate and project a clear strategy. Must be able to communicate complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand SKILLS - QUALITY/IMPROVEMENT: - IT Functional Excellence experience required â?? demonstrated experience of developing enterprise best practices for an IT function - Six Sigma experience desirable â?? ability to use 6S practices and measures in IT architecture - Customer Focus â?? Ability to view problems from user perspective - Process Redesign â?? Ability to envision and implement new work processes