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	Reporting to the Manager, Information Services (IS), the Lead, IS Strategy and Architecture will work within the IS team to lead the development of IS strategic plans, architectures, roadmaps and governance mechanisms.</p>
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	Based out of our Calgary office, this role will work extensively with business and IS leaders and change champions to ensure IS strategies and investments address business needs and to align implementation programs and projects with a coherent enterprise architecture.</p>
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	<strong>The Lead, IS Strategy and Architecture&rsquo;s responsibilities include:</strong><br />
	&bull; establish the IS strategic planning, architecture and governance functions<br />
	&bull; develop and articulate a deep understanding of client business goals<br />
	&bull; drive and coordinate the development of IS strategies and plans<br />
	&bull; articulate corresponding&nbsp; IS architectures and roadmaps to support and enable business goals<br />
	&bull; define and champion appropriate governance mechanisms to establish enterprise-wide support for IS strategies, principles, architectures and roadmaps<br />
	&bull; provide guidance and assessment of project portfolio investments, technology acquisitions and project execution to enable alignment with approved strategies, principles, architectures and roadmaps</p>
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	<strong>Additional Responsibilities:</strong><br />
	&bull; Engage with senior business leaders and change champions to understand and analyse business strategies, goals and business capability change requirements<br />
	&bull; Engage with IS leadership to develop corresponding&nbsp; IS strategies and to establish and articulate policies, principles, standards and guidelines for the group to ensure alignment with IS&nbsp; strategies<br />
	&bull; Establish and maintain the long-range direction, target operating models, policies and guidelines that address Brion&rsquo;s information management needs<br />
	&bull; Develop, maintain and update Brion&rsquo;s business, application, information and technology portfolios and architectural models<br />
	&bull; Develop and maintain current, transitional and future state architectures and&nbsp; roadmaps to guide the implementation of strategies<br />
	&bull; Define and manage architecture governance mechanisms / forums, to facilitate compliance with IS policies, strategies, architectures, principles, standards and roadmaps<br />
	&bull; Drive technology interoperability and standardization through an integrated and consolidated technology environment (e.g. data, application, infrastructure, etc.)<br />
	&bull; Establish effective relationship with key participants in building out the enterprise architecture<br />
	&bull; Integrate IS strategy and architecture into project portfolio management activities to align and drive the selection of portfolio projects<br />
	&bull; Integrate IS strategy and enterprise architecture into solution architectures and delivery.</p>
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	<strong>Qualifications:</strong><br />
	&bull; Post-secondary degree/diploma in computer sciences or other relevant field<br />
	&bull; A minimum of 8 years of experience in information technology positions including 4 or more years of direct management experience<br />
	&bull; A Minimum of 5 years&rsquo; experience improving the business value of IS/IT<br />
	&bull; A Minimum of 5 years&rsquo; experience writing business cases (quantitative and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformation<br />
	&bull; Practical experience in defining, establishing and leading an Enterprise Architecture practice in a medium to large organization<br />
	&bull; Broad enterprise architecture expertise including Business, Application, Information and Technology domains as well as the use of EA modeling tools<br />
	&bull; Certification in or extensive knowledge of TOGAF and Archimate preferred<br />
	&bull; Strong leadership and organization skills<br />
	&bull; Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, negotiation), including the ability to communicate effectively with people at different job levels within the organization.<br />
	&bull; Practical experience in:<br />
	o strategy development and portfolio management<br />
	o IT service management<br />
	o business process re-engineering principles and methods<br />
	o application development and application integration principles and methods<br />
	o information and data management principles and methods<br />
	o infrastructure technology architectures and products<br />
	&bull; Certification in or extensive knowledge of ITIL&nbsp; Service Management and&nbsp; COBIT would be an asset<br />
	&bull; Knowledge of SAP solution architecture would be an asset<br />
	&bull; Knowledge of ARIS would be an asset<br />
	&bull; Experience in the oil &amp; gas industry is preferred</p>
