Director of enterprise architecture job description

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Director, Enterprise Tooling and Technology StandardsSystems Platform Architecture

Responsible for the development and execution of the Vocalink Enterprise Tooling Strategy applicable to UK hosted systems, platform and networks spanning both traditional enterprise and cloud based deployments.

This role will also be responsible for the development, coordination and maintenance of technology standards.

The successful candidate will be responsible for strategy definition, business case development and execution which is representative of all customer group needs (VLL, VIL, Security, RTP Infra, RTP Apps, Product and Delivery, TechOps/Bizops)

This role will drive innovation, optimisation, robustness & resilience of Enterprise Tooling and Technology standards in support of sustained competitive advantage through Observability, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and Technology Standards

COVID-19 Considerations
In many locations, we've implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in our NYC offices, as required by law, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be permitted inside Mastercard offices unless a reasonable accommodation has been approved in advance.

Corporate Security ResponsibilityAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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What We'll Bring:
The Director of Global M&A is a crucial role within our M&A group in the Enterprise Architecture organization. Our leaders have deep solution experience and passion for integration organizations, platforms and delivering outcomes

What You'll Bring:
Technical Breath
You will have the ability to understand and assess the architecture of the investing/acquiring organization and articulate how the architecture can be aligned with organizations' technical architecture You will be able to explore options for Cloud/Data center and Back office integration compliant with industry and defined best practices. Where required you will be able to identify options to improve the internal architecture patterns by working with various architects in the organization You will have a good understanding of Information Security integration approaches of infrastructure, data, and application layers of the architecture and will be able to articulate the security architecture of the investing/acquiring organization architecture to various information security stakeholders.You will be able to articulate how the application will integrate with target application architecture

Leadership & Collaboration
You will have ability to work in a fast paced environment You will have ability to work with Global Business Development team in addressing the overall M&A needs and timely delivering of required artifacts You will be hands on leader that removes impediments and helps teams solve complex technology and organizational challenges in an matrixed organization You will be able to build strong partnerships with delivery teamsand develop strong partnerships across the US and global delivery teams You will be a true collaborator that partners with various Sr. leadership across various stakeholders in the technology, information security and business areas to drive diligence and integration efforts

Financial Acumen
You will be able to synthesize the findings of diligence effort and be able to create a costing model for the acquisition with clear articulation of one time and recurring capital and operational expenses for 5 years You will be comfortable presenting and defending costing to various technology and business stakeholders You will be able to work with program managers and financial analyst to review and revise ongoing financial forecasts and articulate any monthly/quarterly variance to leadership stakeholders

Executive Communication
You will be comfortable presenting integration update, financial variance, and due diligence architecture, information security, and costing details to various executive stakeholders.Ability to demystify complex concepts to both junior team members and senior leaders (EVP, SVP, VP, etc…)

Execution:
You will be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be able to deliver results by collaborating with the team members, and adjust priorities as required.You will be able to work with program managers to help facilitate program execution, remove any impediments, and escalate the senior leadership as required.

Impact You'll Make:
TU M&A Enterprise Architecture team provides the leadership and oversight for the pre-diligence, due diligence, and integration and closing technical and information security activities of New Business Development efforts, M&As and Investments. If you like rolling up your sleeves, working with new technologies, new players, and delivering M&A outcomes in a fast-paced environment this might be the role for you.
Be an instrumental part of the Enterprise Architecture function & lead the modernization of TransUnion's architecture through use of public cloud platforms, DevSecOps operating models, & new enabling technologies.Deliver business value through the benefits of moving applications and platforms to a scalable, modern architecture that leverages public cloud.Enable market & solution areas through proactive dialogue on capability needs & mapping those needs to existing or new architectural patterns & standards.Occasional travel will be required - less than 10%.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:
Director, Solution Architecture

Global Technology Risk Management (GTRM) is the team that is ultimately responsible for the securing of McDonald's information assets at a global level. This role will directly manage the group within GTRM that is responsible for our cybersecurity architecture vision and strategy, ensuring our technology products and services are protected against current industry threats.

The Director of Cybersecurity Architecture must set high-level strategy and direction for those performing these daily activities and clear expectations, goals, and requirements that must be obtained as a measure of success. This position will work closely with cybersecurity experts, Global Technology teams, suppliers, and business leaders to define cybersecurity controls that protect McDonald's assets and critical technology.
Responsibilities

Mentor and lead a global team of cybersecurity architects.

Partner with our front-end digital channel development teams (mobile, web, etc.), back-end platform development teams (POS, eCommerce Platform, etc.), and security service delivery teams to review integration and drive security control alignment.

Create and maintain documentation pertaining to integrated security controls, activity flows, data protection, authentication/authorization, etc.

Work with segment CIOs and market IT teams to create and maintain blueprints of all McDonald's proprietary systems as well as SaaS solutions provided by vendors deployed in the McDonald's Markets.

Partner with segment CIOs in order to provide guidance and recommendations on evolving system architecture and implications of any new integrations.

Assess the current state of segment technology landscape and create a “North Star” blueprint with the global architecture team to guide future state developments

Identify new technology products or services that are required to support the ongoing business drivers.

Translate the technical roadmap to senior business leadership to help them better understand how security threats and control technology will affect their business objectives.

Develop playbooks for the integrated deployment of cybersecurity solutions to meet common business needs.

Set architecture standards across multiple business units and establish a blueprint for what security systems will be needed to support each business unit.

Conduct high-level compliance reviews and provide course correction when necessary.