Manufacturing & Supply Enterprise Architect, Tech & Digital

Summary:

The role of the Zoetis Tech & Digital (ZTD) Global Manufacturing & Supply (GMS) Enterprise Architect is to enable business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the longer-term strategic vision of the organization. Furthermore, the enterprise architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices

This role will work closely with global ZTD towers, GMS automation teams, the ZTD GMS PMO office, enterprise and cloud architects to deliver enterprise level, fully integrated solutions across Zoetis manufacturing sites. The ZTD GMS Enterprise Architect role will be essential in driving digital maturity and fully connected manufacturing sites for Zoetis GMS leveraging Digital Plant Maturity Model (DPMM).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides overall direction, guidance, and definition of IT architecture to effectively support the corporate business strategy
• Supports all architectural disciplines and champions' architectural initiatives
• Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes, as well as support of all architectural disciplines under their direction
• Establishes and oversees the architecture team, including the recruitment, development, and maintenance of the architecture staff
• Leads programs to develop, maintain, and govern the enterprise architecture across the organization
• Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains
• Leads the EA review board and ensures that the solutions are compliant with target-state architecture models
• Aligns architecture strategy with business goals
• Defines, explains, and advocates technology strategy
• Develops and communicates architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures
• Promotes the EA process, outcomes, and results to the organization and senior leadership
• Leads and facilitates the creation of governing principles to guide EA decision making
• Leads the EA governance processes
• Manages exceptions to architectural standards at an enterprise level
• Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements as needed for the organization
• Ensures the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions
• Leads teams in developing technology plans
• Approves modification of the enterprise architecture to accommodate project needs
• Provides strategic consultation to business and IT leaders
• Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities
• Works with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy
• Consults with project teams to fit projects to enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture
• Develops a communication plan for architecture at the enterprise level
• Directs the research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry, and market trends
• Ensures recommendations are based on business relevance, appropriate timing, and deployment
• Approves the tools and components used within the enterprise
• Works with senior leadership to approve allocation of budget to meet architectural initiatives critical to business/mission success
• Collaborates with project management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements
• Defines the skills, competencies in the skills, and talents for architecture team members, and works with human resources to acquire staff
• Responsible for the overall training and development of the architecture team

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field, or equivalent work experience; MBA is a plus
• Experience leading enterprise digital transformation programs in manufacturing is highly desirable
• Ability to develop strong business cases for financial investment in future state technologies at the enterprise level
• 15+ years of IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations
• Leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders
• Requires exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments
• Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture, business re-engineering principles and processes, and basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting
• Strong communication and cross functional collaboration skills are essential

Travel Requirements: 5-10% travel required.

The following base pay range reflects the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to
be located in Colorado. Base pay may vary based on location and other factors.

Base Pay Range: $160,000 - $230,000

The following base pay range reflects the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, NJ Remote, NY Remote, or Washington. Base pay may vary based on location and
other factors.

Base Pay Range: $170,000 - $260,000

This position is eligible for short-term incentive compensation. The position is also eligible for long-term incentive.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, which includes healthcare, dental coverage, and

retirement savings benefits along with paid holidays, vacation and disability insurance.

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Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.