Enterprise Architect

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HOYA Group : Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA Corporation is a global technology and med-tech company and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA's divisions and business units research and develop products utilized in the healthcare and information technology fields. In the healthcare field, we provide medical device products such as eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, contact and intraocular lenses, orthopedic implants, surgical/therapeutic devices and medical device reprocessing and disinfection solutions. In the information technology field, we provide products such as optical lenses, photomasks, and blanks used in the manufacturing process for semiconductor and LCD/OLED devices, text-to-speech, human resources, and other software solutions and critical components for the mass memory and cloud storage industries. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of 37,000 people.

The Position

The Enterprise Architect is a key role responsible for defining and maintaining the enterprise architecture framework, strategy, and principles to ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions across Hoya's global business. This position plays a critical role in shaping the organization's technology landscape, promoting innovation, and driving efficiency.

Internal Relationships:

• Business leaders and stakeholders.
• IT leadership and cross functional teams.
• Project managers, product owners and solution architects.

External Relationships:

• Technology vendors and solution providers.
• Industry associations and forums.

Major Responsibilities

Develop and Maintain Enterprise Architecture Artefacts

• Establish and continuously refine enterprise architecture principles, standards, and guidelines to ensure alignment with business strategy and technology trends.
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date view of the current state technology landscape, including infrastructure, applications, and data flows.
• Ensure artefacts are accessible, actionable, and integrated into governance processes.

Lead Architecture Review for Group-Wide Changes and Initiatives

• Chair and facilitate architecture review boards to evaluate the impact of major initiatives across the Group.
• Provide architectural oversight and ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise standards and strategic direction.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess risks, dependencies, and opportunities for reuse and optimisation.

Manage and Maintain the Application Portfolio Strategy

• Define and execute strategies for application rationalisation, modernisation, and lifecycle management.
• Maintain a comprehensive inventory of applications, including business fit, technical health, and strategic value.
• Work with business and IT leaders to identify opportunities for consolidation, retirement, or investment.

Develop and Maintain Business Capability Maps

• Create and evolve business capability models that reflect the organisation's strategic priorities and operational needs.
• Use capability maps to identify gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for transformation.
• Align capabilities with technology enablers and investment planning.

Collaborate with Solution Architecture to Develop and Maintain Reference Architectures

• Partner with solution architects to define reusable reference architectures and patterns that guide solution design.
• Ensure reference architectures are aligned with enterprise principles and support scalability, security, and interoperability.
• Promote adoption through documentation, training, and governance.

Support Demand Management and IT Portfolio Planning

• Contribute to the evaluation and prioritisation of IT initiatives based on architectural fit, strategic alignment, and value delivery.
• Provide architectural input into investment planning, roadmapping, and resource allocation.
• Ensure demand aligns with enterprise architecture standards and contributes to long-term business goals.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor, build and maintain relationships with business partners to develop a clear understanding of business needs and opportunities for key pivots in strategy and technology approach to enable value.
• Facilitate discussions to resolve architecture-related challenges.
• Present and communicate architectural decisions and strategies to diverse audiences.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior management and key stakeholders.

Performance Optimization

• Identify opportunities for optimizing technology investments and reducing complexity.
• Provide recommendations for performance improvements and cost savings.
• Collaborate with IT teams to implement architectural changes for optimization.
• Reduction in cost through reduced spend or cost avoidance
• Visibility of the environment
• Demonstrable alignment between investments and strategic target outcomes

Qualifications

Education/Training Qualifications:

• Degree qualified or higher education in IT, Engineering, or related business degree
• Certification in enterprise architecture (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) is advantageous.
• Project Management (Prince2, PMP)
• Cloud Architecture Certifications (e.g. Azure, AWS)
• Security Certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP CRISC)

Experience:

• At least 15 years of experience in varying IT roles focused on strategy, architecture, engineering, delivery and/or operations with increasing levels of responsibility.
• At least 7-8 years of experience in enterprise architecture and at least one of the following IT disciplines: application development, data or infrastructure in a corporate or equivalent consulting environment.
• Experience in the development of Enterprise Information Technology Governance processes and practices aligned to an industry standard framework (e.g. COBIT)
• Experience of Cyber Security Risk Management in a global organization utilizing widely accepted frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, COBIT)
• Demonstrated experience influencing key decision makers/senior/C-level executives and large, cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, organization design & development and the ability to lead transformational initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.
• Previous experience delivering strategy, roadmaps, reference architecture and standards.
• Exposure to Operational Technology Architecture in a manufacturing or engineering context is beneficial
• Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing enterprise architecture strategies.
• Strong understanding of technology trends and their impact on business.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Manufacturing, Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Medical Device

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