Job Summary
The Enterprise Architect will provide technical direction, thought leadership, and hands-on support for a variety of industry-leading digital products and analytical assets, enabling Papa John’s to deliver high-quality customer experiences with a test-and-learn, cloud-first, DevOps-driven mindset. She/he accountable for the architectural strategy as well as the overall health of various business-critical applications, with a strong focus on Data and Analytics. This includes emerging technology R&D, reference architecture for assigned domains, as well as solution design and verification through deep participation in the data engineering and Product Delivery lifecycle. She/He will be able to directly support several Agile Product delivery teams in bringing these solution designs to life through working software and trusted analytics.
Duties and Responsibilities
As a technical thought leader, drive change, increase collaboration, and motivate agile delivery teams to achieve a high level of product performance and quality
Lead technology evaluation and adoption efforts (including proof-of-concept, proof-of-technology, and riskiest assumption tests)
Directly influence executive leadership with high-quality data and strategic, business-focused interactions
Support creation of technology standards and reusable components
Via a hands-on skillset, guide and support engineering teams during all phases of the DevOps lifecycle
Create Domain-Level Architectures (conceptual, logical, physical) and Enterprise-Level Architectures
Lead cross-functional architecture team to translate requirements for complex and dynamic business needs into specific solution designs, with a highly pragmatic and evolutionary mindset
Articulate design impacts upon people, process, and technology, and clearly measure, score, and defend solution options
Act as the Product Manager’s advocate as an authority on technical capabilities, innovation opportunities, economic or risk tradeoffs, technical debt, and architecture strategies
Create enterprise architecture roadmaps, promoting solutions that make progress towards a shared vision, leverage common services, and meet Product targets
Bring “best in class” to Papa John’s – apply enterprise and industry best practices to new business or technology requirements, and advocate for changes in requirements or roadmaps as needed
Prescribe appropriate types and levels of architecture review, code review, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and metrics to ensure the ongoing Digital Health and production support of our platforms
Drive creation, adoption and reuse of enterprise technology assets within the Domain’s delivery stream; identify opportunities to create new reusable technology assets and promote them for use
Identify and prioritize required Architectural Runway in support of upcoming business capabilities
Education, Experience & Certifications
10+ years relevant work experience
6+ years of technical leadership experience
4+ years of architecture experience in a large-scale, complex IT environment (preferably a disciplined Agile environment)
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or Data Science
Functional Skills
Analytical Skills: effectively uses data to generate insights for operations excellence
Planning & Prioritization: highest impact, highest value
Financial & Business Acumen
Communicates Effectively and Candidly
Problem Solving; ability to use rigorous logic to solve problems with innovative effective solutions
Process Improvement: Strive to continually improve
Ability to build and leverage talent
Ability to work in a challenging, fast-paced environment and to adapt to new situations as they arise
Ability to effectively communicate, inform, and influence senior leaders
Ability to work cross-functionality on multiple initiatives with a successful record of advancing projects
Our Values
- EVERYONE BELONGS – We believe connectedness and belonging are the essential ingredients to our success.
- DO THE RIGHT THING –We are relentlessly focused on quality and integrity and make the right choices, even when it's difficult.
- PEOPLE FIRST – To craft positive experiences for our customers, we take care of each other first.
- INNOVATE TO WIN – We champion and challenge for a better way in all we do.
- HAVE FUN – We find joy, create meaningful impact and celebrate the journey together
Our Core Competencies
- CUSTOMER CENTRIC - We leverage data and insights to craft a customer experience that builds relationships, cultivates trust, and delivers excellence
- RESULTS DRIVEN – We focus on measurable outcomes by remaining optimistic, tenacious, and persistent even in the face of challenges.
- CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT –We champion for better through strategic risk taking, experimentation and challenging the status quo.
- BIAS FOR ACTION – We courageously lead, drive towards decisions, and maintain agility to meet the demands of our dynamic industry.
- WINNING TOGETHER – We work together to unlock our full potential by actively collaborating and contributing in a cross-functional capacity
Papa Johns is an equal opportunity employer.
