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Job Title: Enterprise Architect, IT Reports To: Senior Director – Information Technology Business Unit: ACCBC Function: Information Technology Location: Dubai, UAE Purpose of the Job The Enterprise Architect defines and governs the target-state architecture for ACCBC across applications, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI. The role translates business strategy into a secure, scalable, cost-effective technology landscape and establishes the standards, principles, patterns, and governance required to ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value across ACCBC’s multi-country operations. The role has particular focus on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) programme, enterprise integration, Microsoft Fabric, AI enablement, architecture governance, and solution assurance. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance - Define and continuously evolve the enterprise target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap. - Translate business priorities into architecture roadmaps, transition states, and technology investment recommendations. - Establish and chair the Architecture Review Board / Design Authority, including architecture decision records and clear decision rights. - Define architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and reusable design patterns. - Maintain the application portfolio and technology catalogue, driving legacy rationalization and reduction of technical debt. - Advise on build-vs-buy decisions, platform selection, and total cost of ownership. Application & ERP Architecture – Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Own end-to-end solution architecture for the D365 programme across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Sales. - Govern D365 extension strategy, promoting fit-to-standard and minimizing unnecessary customization. - Define environment strategy, ALM, release management, and deployment approaches for D365 and connected applications. - Architect the transition and coexistence between legacy ERP platforms and D365 throughout the rollout. - Define localization, statutory, tax, and multi-currency architecture patterns across countries. - Ensure D365 architecture supports performance, scalability, security, supportability, and licensing efficiency. - Provide architectural oversight for CRM, HR, Procurement, Tax, Audit, and commercial applications. Enterprise Integration Architecture - Define the enterprise integration strategy covering APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, ETL/ELT, and B2B/EDI. - Govern integration platforms including Azure Integration Services, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, Power Platform, or equivalent iPaaS technologies. - Establish standards for data models, interfaces, error handling, monitoring, reconciliation, security, and observability. - Maintain the enterprise interface catalogue and promote reusable integration patterns over point-to-point solutions. - Govern integration performance, resilience, scalability, and operating cost. Data & Analytics Architecture – Microsoft Fabric - Define the enterprise data architecture and analytics roadmap using Microsoft Fabric, covering OneLake, lakehouse, warehouse, data pipelines, real-time intelligence, and Power BI. - Establish data layering, ownership, certified datasets, and master data governance to support a single source of truth. - Define data governance, lineage, cataloguing, classification, retention, and quality frameworks. - Ensure the data platform supports IBP, forecasting, scenario modelling, predictive analytics, and AI use cases. AI Architecture & Innovation - Evaluate GenAI, Copilot, agentic AI, and machine-learning capabilities for enterprise adoption. - Define AI reference architecture covering model selection, retrieval and grounding, agent orchestration, prompt/context management, evaluation, and observability. - Identify and architect high-value AI use cases across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Commercial functions. - Establish responsible-AI governance covering privacy, access control, human oversight, auditability, bias, hallucination controls, and cost management. - Support AI adoption through reference implementations, architecture guidance, training, and change management. - Measure business impact and re-architect or retire use cases that do not deliver value. Cloud, Infrastructure & Security - Define primarily Azure-based cloud architecture, including landing zones, networking, identity, resilience, and cost management. - Set standards for availability, scalability, performance, disaster recovery, and business continuity. - Govern hybrid and edge requirements across manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution environments. - Embed security-by-design and privacy-by-design across solutions, integrations, and data. - Define identity and access architecture, including role design, segregation of duties, privileged access, and conditional access. - Partner with Cybersecurity, Internal Audit, Risk, and Legal to ensure regulatory, privacy, and audit requirements are met. Delivery Assurance & Vendor Governance - Provide architectural assurance across the project portfolio and approve solution designs before build. - Support business cases with architecture options, effort estimates, and TCO analysis. - Define technical evaluation criteria for RFPs and assess vendor and system-integrator proposals. - Ensure technology partners comply with ACCBC architecture standards and quality expectations. - Ensure supportability and operational requirements are incorporated from the outset. Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Building - Act as a trusted technology advisor to business and functional leaders, translating business needs into practical technology solutions. - Mentor architects, developers, and functional consultants and raise architectural and AI capability across IT. - Maintain clear, current, and usable architecture documentation. - Collaborate across IT and business functions to drive effective implementation. Key Performance Indicators - Coverage and currency of enterprise architecture and roadmap. - Architectural conformance and solution quality. - D365 fit-to-standard and level of customization. - Reuse of integrations, APIs, and reference patterns. - Data quality, lineage, and reporting reliability. - AI use cases deployed and measurable business impact. - Reduction in technical debt and legacy application footprint. - Technology cost and licence optimization. - Stakeholder satisfaction with architecture support. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - Master’s degree or MBA preferred. - Certifications such as TOGAF, D365 Solution Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, CISSP/CISM/ISO 27001, PMP, PRINCE2, or SAFe are highly desirable. Experience - Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 5 years in enterprise or solution architecture within large, complex organizations. - Proven ownership of at least one major ERP implementation (D365, SAP, Oracle), with strong D365 experience preferred. - Strong experience in enterprise integration, API-led and/or event-driven architecture. - Experience with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Synapse, Databricks, or equivalent, including lakehouse and Power BI architecture. - Proven experience architecting AI/GenAI solutions that reached production and delivered measurable business value. - Strong Azure cloud architecture experience covering landing zones, identity, security, resilience, and cost management. - Experience working across multi-country, multi-currency environments, preferably in manufacturing, FMCG, or distribution. - Experience establishing architecture governance, standards, design authorities, and architecture decision records. - Strong vendor and system-integrator governance experience. - Experience working with senior executives, Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, HR, Audit, and Risk stakeholders. Key Skills & Attributes - Strong balance of strategic thinking and execution. - Business and finance-oriented technology mindset. - Ability to influence without direct authority. - Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills. - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. - Strong documentation, modelling, and design discipline. - High ownership, resilience, and pragmatism. Reporting / Leadership - Typically an individual contributor role with no direct line reports. - Provides dotted-line technical leadership to Solution, Integration, and Data Architects. - Provides architectural guidance to D365 consultants, integration and data engineering teams, and system integrators.

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