Head, Architecture and Engineering

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

NE Digital is the digital, data and technology organization that serve as a center of excellence to drive digital transformation for our group of NTUC Social Enterprises to meet the critical social needs of Singapore's community. Delivering innovative products and solutions, we empower our people to lead a better and meaningful life through digital services in the area of daily essentials, health and community care, childcare and education as well as financial services.

**The Team**

We believe that diversity is key to driving an innovative, cohesive, productive and fun workplace Hence, at NE Digital our people join us from all around the world. Be sure to be soaked in an environment with different ethnic groups driving innovation and injecting some creative juice as one

Contributing to a social purpose through technology, our team of passionate and dedicated folks are spread into different social enterprises such as NTUC Fairprice Group, NTUC First Campus, NTUC Health and among others

**Creating technologies that impacts**

DESIGNATION : Head, Architecture and Engineering

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Head of Architecture and Engineering reports to the Chief Infrastructure and Security Officer and has a responsibility to drive the technology roadmap creation and execution across the various portfolios within FairPrice Group Business Units (BU) and Social Enterprises (SEs). The role has a management responsibility to coach, drive and manage internal and external resources to produce the roadmap and is also personally contributing to the creation of the roadmap as well as providing technology thought leadership addressing complex project issues by facilitating alignment across disparate teams.
- Define Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, vision, standards, tools and methodologies.
- Provide leadership and guidance on all aspects of technology during an implementation project including, but not limited to, requirements analysis and design, product selection, vendor selection, component selection, configuration, development, conversions, system testing, cut over work closely with Integrated Operations team for production support.
- Collaborate with a wider Products community in sharing best practices and reference architectures.
- Constantly updates the technical system architecture based on evolving technologies and products.
- Understand and lead future Technology infrastructure needs, working with IT Infrastructure architects (in-house, partners and vendors) and engineers to develop an approach that fits the current and planned needs of the organization.
- Work closely with the Chief Data Officer with regards to data architecture and data management lifecycle management
- Responsible for costs optimization strategy to drive strategic spending and cost reduction, while maximizing business value
- Owns the IT Disaster Recovery strategy and implementation plan

QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 15 years of experience in enterprise architecture (including advanced knowledge of development methodologies, simplifying and standardizing the IT landscape, with at least 3 years in a leadership role)
- Experience in leadership role in an organization, preferably in the retail industry, with proven ability to consult and influence decisions through sound judgement and data analysis to effectively drive positive business outcomes and resolve complex issues
- Effective communication skills including the ability to express technical concepts clearly and concisely to senior management and stakeholders
- Strong leadership and people management skills, leveraging talent across the region
- Solid understanding of Cloud implementation approaches and associated complexities (SaaS, Public Cloud, Private Cloud solutions)
- Able to ramp-up quickly. Takes initiative and is a self starter
- Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Can zoom from big picture to detail, creative thinking, problem solving, and decision making
- Mentoring/coaching skills
- Experience with project management, strategic planning and execution in various hosting environments ranging from on-premises, private cloud and public cloud technologies
- Knowledgeable in Enterprise Architecture skills framework such as TOGAF

OTHER INFORMATION
- Sufficient knowledge of Six Sigma or other process improvement methodologies