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Global Technical Solutions Architect

Information:

Posted: 06 Jun 2012
Apply deadline: 04 Sep 2012
Location: Gauteng,Africa
Company: Anglo American

Job description:

 

 

 

ROLE PROFILE

JOB TITLE

Global Technical Solutions Architect

DATE

Mar 2012

GROUP FUNCTION / BUSINESS UNIT

Finance

JOB BAND

6

DEPT / OPERATION

Global Information Management

LOCATION

Johannesburg

REPORTING STRUCTURE

REPORTS TO (TITLE)

Global Technology Solutions Manager

MANAGER ONE REMOVED (TITLE)

Head of Global IM Strategy, Solutions and Assurance

DIRECT REPORTS

N/A

KEY PEER RELATIONSHIPS

Global Technical Functions, Business Unit M&T Business Analysts and M&T Project Managers, Regional Infrastructure Managers, Business Unit Industrial IT Managers

EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

Key Vendors

ROLE SUMMARY (purpose)

 

The Global Technical Solutions Architect plays a critical role in ensuring that Technical Solutions across the Enterprise and designed in a consistent, standards driven manner.  They are responsible for the definition, creation, maintenance and provisioning of Global Solutions designs to enable the business in the Mining and Technology (M&T) area.  They ensure, through strong engagement with the Technical Functions IM Group and all Business Units, that we are building scalable and maintainable infrastructure and application solutions in the M&T space.  They are also responsible for ensuring formal release to production processes are followed when new M&T systems are introduced and that legacy M&T systems are de-commissioned.  They are responsible for formalising any new solutions or services generating from the M&T domain into group standards where applicable.  They help facilitate the necessary service requests, pricing and demand registration for IM related M&T project activities.

 

KEY WORK OUTPUTS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

 

  1. Architecture - Works closely with the other Solutions Architects, Technical Functions and Business Unit BRMs to develop the reference architecture and solutions design for the Technical Functions and M&T infrastructure and applications in order to enable agreed business processes.
  2. Platform Choices - Is responsible for solutions design, technology option analysis and recommendation in global Technical Functions programmes, and manages the technical architecture streams in such programmes.
  3. Proof of Concept Delivery – Delivers rapid agile solutions to allow Technical Functions to prove out value and functionality with key business partners.
  4. Service Introduction - Work with Global and Regional Build Leads to ensure that the applications solution design integrity is maintained during solution implementation and service introduction, and to ensure that the applications solution design is requisite to meet business requirements.
  5. Solution Integration - Works closely with Global and Regional Delivery teams and BU IM representatives to ensure that Business Unit specific solutions can effectively interface with the Global solutions and that global design principles are consistently applied at BU level.
  6. Standards Definition – Ensures that the Standards are defined and aligned through the architecture and solutions selection processes.  Sets the expectation of standards convergence through complexity reduction initiatives across the enterprise.
  7. Standards Compliance – Ensures that the total IM organisation is aware of and is ensuring compliance to the Standards defined for the Technical Function and M&T solutions and services.  Defines Technical Solutions Roadmaps with Technology Development.
  8. Integration between Commercial and IIT Infrastructure – Understands and is able to navigate the complex boundary between Commercial and IIT infrastructures and is able to start defining a reference architecture to support both environments.  Support M&T by ensuring proper IM processes are followed when introducing new services and systems.
  9. Technology Integrity - Ensure that the Technical Functions solution designs are kept current when changes in technology, business processes or business requirements necessitate reviews. 
  10. Vendor Partnerships - Acts as point contact with Technology Vendors in the Technical Functions space to understand Technology Roadmaps and ensure we are benefitting from the latest developments in such solutions.

 

 

 

 

Key Outputs

 

  • Technical Functions Solutions Designs
  • Technical Functions Reference Architectures
  • Proof of Concept Studies
  • Solutions into Service through Service Introduction
  • Technical architecture and solutions design milestone delivery in global programmes.
  • Solutions design and service delivery to agreed SLAs
  • Effective global, regional and BU application integration for applications enabling the technical functions processes.
  • Support TFIM in Promoting M&T Standards
  • M&T Complexity Reduction Programme
  • TFIM Standards Reports
  • Register and track demand via EPM
  • Manage demand and pricing with Accenture
  • Manage HP & BT SRs for TFIM projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TFIM – Technical Function Information Management

M&T – Mining and Technology

SR – Service Requests

EPM – Enterprise Project Management tool

IIT – Industrial Information Technology

KEY DIMENSIONS (size, budgets, additional KPIs etc)

 

The Global Technical Solutions Architect is a global role with responsibilities that spans across the entire global IM organisation.

Building relationships across IT functions spanning different continents, time zones and cultures.

KPIs includes:

  • Business value (IM opex and capex, portfolio NPV)
  • Project delivery (SBQ for both BU and Group projects)
  • Finance and HR Solutions Design coverage (% business process coverage)
  • Standards Compliance / Solution complexity reduction through reduction of legacy solutions
  • Reduction in IM costs and increased NPV
  • Rate of conversation from Proof of Concept to Solution and Service

 


LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS

 

Zero Harm and Anglo American Golden Safety Rules

Local Health and Safety Regulations in each country

BEE requirements for SA Mining Charter

Data Protection Laws in each country

Telecommunications Regulations in each country

 

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE,

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in IT, Finance and Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Scientific Discipline, Mining or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE
 

 

  • Proven capability to implement mining, technical and/or production or similar applications in complex environments
  • Proven capability in solutions architecture or systems design development across the mining, technical and production domains
  • Solid understanding of mining technical systems and process control systems support from an IM perspective
  • Ability to lead and manage complex projects
  • Capability of representing the business in dealings with external vendors and partners
  • Solid understanding of mining industry specific solutions requirements, asset intensive industry businesses and operational improvement
  • Strong ability to identify business requirements and translate into appropriate solutions architectures and system designs
  • Experience in leading architecture development processes
  • Operating in shared services, outsourcing and matrix environments
  • Budget, project and change management

 

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

 

  • Architect, MTS, Project Manager or Business Analyst with a broad ranging experience base across all IM disciplines and mining, technical and production systems

CORE COMPETENCIES

The People Development Way and Behavioural Framework

A1 - Broad scanning: Seeking and using the broadest internal and external view, beyond current issues and constraints

Pays attention to the broader mining  business

A2 – Setting direction: Setting clear direction & priorities and gaining support of others

Brings the strategy to life  through aligned plans

 

A3 - Leading change: Alerting and engaging people in the need for specific transformational changes in the way things are done in Anglo American

Translates the vision into medium term plans

B1 - Inspiring others: Energising, developing and enabling colleagues to succeed

Motivates and aligns people around the goal

 

B2 - Collaboration: Building relationships and fostering cross boundary collaboration

Delivers increased value through broad collaboration

 

B3 - Impact and Influence: Deepening self awareness and applying influencing techniques that gain commitment and support

Adapts influencing style to different situations

C1 - Decision making: Evaluating info, good decision making, manage risk, drive safe, reliable and sustainable operations and protect the licence to operate

Defines the issue seeking advice from others before deciding

C2 - Driving performance: Driving plan delivery, holding people and self to account

Drives the delivery of plan commitments

 

C3 - Business acumen: Applying rigorous commercial and business thinking to decision making in order to generate value

Understands how value is created

 

 

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

IM Organisation & Relationship Management

Knows who project and operational service stakeholders are and works with IM management to manage them

Contacts and engages with key stakeholders and understands requirements imposed by internal and external stakeholders. Owns initiative communications plans.

Builds and leverages relationships with Process Owners. Secures cross functional / operations cooperation. Prepares and communicates a compelling business case for change.

Owns and leads the IM governance process. Understands stakeholder strategic intent and revises strategies to account. Uses chains of indirect influence.

IM Vendor Management

Monitors supplier performance vs. scorecard and highlights service level degradations.

Familiar with the suppliers business and strategic interests. Has good working relationships and network with supplier personnel.

Effective negotiator. Have proactive relationships with supplier senior executives.  Has comprehensive understanding of suppliers influence on our enterprise. Is able to drive issues to resolution through leveraging of the partnership relationship.

Excellent negotiator - able to lead multi-party. Multi-issue negotiations. Can develop mutually beneficial partnerships. Is able to perceive value in broader terms than financial and is comfortable to take risks in order to improve the quality of the relationship.

IM Strategy & Performance Management

Understands the IM Strategy and how their own work contributes to its achievement

Understands business unit strategies and can make link to IM contribution, participates in governance forums

Participates and provides significant input into the IM and Business Unit strategy development process. Manages strategic initiatives and leads governance forums

Visionary able to create strategic themes that support business need, drive TSR and use technology as a key lever.  Manages governance performance

IM Business Analysis

Can analyse, process map and redesign work processes, tasks, data / information flows.

Makes recommendations to process stakeholders on process improvement.

Performs continuous review to align with the changing business. Benchmarks organisations and work process. Links business process to business strategy.

Crafts innovative and game changing business processes. Leads the design of the organisations overall process structures and hierarchies.

IM Assurance

Can identify risks that could impact services and modifies technology to reduce level of exposure

Identifies risk root causes and can quantify potential business impact. Implements solutions to reduce level of exposure.

Integrates IM risk management into performance, project, change, service and quality management. Aligns risk management with the business culture and PLC risk management practice. Thinks laterally when designing mitigations.

Understands global risk management and computer security trends and leads the implementation of best practices to assess risk and mitigate issues.

IM Architecture

Understands the IM Architecture and how their own work contributes to its achievement

Understands IM Architecture and creates projects to align to roadmaps

Participates and provides significant input into the IM Architecture and Roadmaps. Manages strategic complexity reduction initiatives

Visionary able to create strategic architectures that reduce complexity and support business need, drive TSR and use architecture as a business enabler

IM Programme & Project Management

Works with the project manager and team to achieve own personal tasks and overall project objectives

Leads a small team, applies approved PM methodology, and manages budget, schedule and scope.

Able to lead high complexity projects and portfolios, reviewing quality and risks through formal mechanisms. Recognised as a subject matter expert. Always delivers SBQ.

Able to deliver multi-function / BU / country portfolios including commercial, contractual, financial and organisational aspects. Recognised consultant contributing to on-going practice and methodology improvement.

IM Solution Design & Implementation

Develops and maintains knowledge to support and develop solutions in own area of responsibility

Completed a number of project lifecycles with responsibility for a small team.  Taken idea from concept to proof of concept and then to pilot.

Able to manage a team in complex requirements gathering, supplier selection, risk management, testing, implementation and service delivery challenges. Acts as a solution and service architect. Meets TCO targets. Owns and delivers SLAs.

Improves current best practice on requirements gathering, supplier selection, risk management, testing, deployment, service delivery etc. Managed a large organisation through multiple solution cycles. Continuously improves TCO and SLA performance.

IM Operations & Service Delivery

Operates a single service as part of a greater portfolio, understand the importance of SLA management and can adopt best practice for service introduction.

Manages a portfolio of services in a single domain, holds suppliers to account on SLAs, liaises with solutions design and architecture to ensure roadmaps are followed and services are introduced with excellence.

Manages a multi-domain portfolio of services with multi-vendor facing role.  Responsible for SLA delivery to a business unit and has overall complexity reduction targets.  Leads service improvement programmes.

Continuous service improvement approach to a regional portfolio or services.  Wholly responsible for the service set and measurement against service performance.  Manages complex service measurement and penalty models with suppliers and is accountable for all service improvement programmes.

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