Associate Director & Enterprise Architect for Digital & Integration

ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

For additional information about the Wella Company please visit www.wellacompany.com.

THE ROLE

We are looking for Associate Director & Enterprise Architect for Digital & Integration Area that will join the Strategy & Enterprise Architecture Team & Digital Innovation & Technology Team in matrix mode, to help drive and be responsible for the architecture and design of Wella’s Digital application systems & technologies including those developed in house, package software, and third-party-hosted applications, so that they function holistically in support of the organization's business needs. The role will also cover architecture for company’s APIs landscape.

You will define & create new applications/APIs or improve existing ones to meet current and future business needs. You will evaluate existing and future application technologies & API approaches and make recommendations for best uses for your area.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages the future Digital technology and applications strategy, roadmaps and architecture aligning with the business strategies and obtaining senior consensus across the organization.
• Manages the future APIs landscape including APIs catalog, heatmap, roadmap and ongoing interdependencies & reusability.
• Provides overall direction, guidance, and definition of enterprise architecture within Digital & APIs area to effectively support the organization’s business strategy.
• Works with the Business, Digital and IT stakeholders to develop the application architecture and roadmaps for Consumer/Customer area.
• Manages APIs Operating Model and API delivery & support partnerships
• Contribute to the development of application solution architectures in Digital/ Consumer/Customer area.
• Analyze APIs designs and approves them or recommends reusability & standards-based improvements.
• Create and maintain Enterprise Architecture assets on the EA repository.
• Evaluating internal functions, business development strategies, and Digital processes and suggesting improvements.
• Creating Business/Application architecture models to reflect the organization’s strategies, vision and goals.
• Promote an Architecture led approach to the Digital/Consumer/Customer business.
• Promote APIs concept to organization including both Business & Digital/Technology units.
• Engage with all appropriate stakeholders to ensure early involvement of Architecture.
• Ensure Application/Technology/APIs policies are available to all technical teams and followed.
• Define applications & APIs costing models and ensures gathering costing information together with other departments.
• Assist with developing a flexible, efficient and effective architecture organization.
• Engagement at a strategic level, influencing policy, and setting direction for technical and business change.
• Provide support and assist the project team. Helping to prepare architecture briefs/ options, ensuring consistency and alignment with the EA framework.
• Support Solution Architecture documentation (HLD/LLD) preparation and review.
• Development and ownership of EA strategies and roadmaps from a business and technology perspective, including ‘as-is’, ‘to-be’ and transitional states.
• The ability to develop, document and establish architectural principles, policies, standards and reference architectures.
• The ability to simplify complex and technical information by using appropriate and accessible language for non-technical audiences.
• Capable of guiding the decision-making process, explaining trade-offs and making a recommendation based on all the available information.
• An overall perspective on business issues, events and activities, and an understanding of their wider implications and long-term impact.
• Identifies and evaluates alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability. Supports monitoring of the external environment and assessment of emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats and opportunities to the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Solid experience in a role of a Solution/Application architect.
• Proven experience working in Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Experience with large scale Digital solutions including Digital Commerce, PIM, DAM, DXP, CM, etc. such as SAP, Adobe & other.
• Experience with Mulesoft middleware is a must, other middleware experience is highly appreciated
• Experience with Omni-channel strategy
• Experience in modern cloud architecture e.g. serverless and container technologies. SaaS experience is also mandatory.
• Experience in AWS & Azure platforms.
• B.Sc degree with major in IT, computer science or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of architecture methodologies, principles, frameworks.
• Experience in model-based architecture.
• Knowledge and experience of EA tools (BiZZdesign, Archi, Aris, etc..)
• Results oriented with the ability to maintain focus on objectives in a multi-task demanding environment.
• Good problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of the team.
• Fluent in English.
• Previous experience working within Digital/Consumer/Customer area will be a critical.
• Proven Integration Architecture experience with clear focus on APIs based architecture.

WE OFFER:

To support your health and wellbeing therefore we provide:

• Luxmed Medical Insurance- Employee basic package is covered by Wella, you’ve got the options to upgrade coverages to spouse or partner and kids
• Life Insurance- Basic option paid by Wella- possibility to upgrade for additional coverages for employee and family
• PPK pension plan
• Lunch card
• Birthday as a holiday- celebrate with your loved ones
• Occasional products sample to enjoy our amazing products
• Access to great discounts on our amazing products with Wella and ghd shop online
• Bonus for birth of your child
• Bonus if you are getting married
• Multisport card
• Counselling support for you and your family (financial, legal, psychological support)
• 5 days of additional holiday per year after 5th anniversary
• Social Fund
• Glasses refund
• Attractive referral bonus for recommending friends to work at Wella

EEO OPPORTUNITIES

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at: https://www.wellacompany.com/consumer-affairs

We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results.

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