Expert Business Architecture - Montréal, Canada - Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward.

Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion.

From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks.

You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM.

The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

Job Summary

A large-scale digital transformation is in motion at CN to strategically modernize our core rail and intermodal business systems enabling improved operations execution, more rapid and cost-effective delivery of new capabilities, and enhanced decision support including autonomous decision making and real time data.

There is a need for strong business architects who have in-depth knowledge of CN Business with the analytical and strategic rigor needed to map it to a technology roadmap.

The role of the Expert Business Architecture is an exciting opportunity for those with the experience in the railway/transportation domain to define the business architecture for this large-scale business impact at CN.

Work with capability-specific business leaders to define the business architecture in terms of Why (strategy models), What (business capability model), How (value streams), Who (organizational models) and When (transformation models and roadmaps) to support the current and build the future business state and vision.

Using the above-mentioned artifacts and working with peer domain architects, the person identifies impacts and identifies the people, process, information, & technology changes required to reach the business capability's business objectives.

Main Responsibilities

Digital Transformation - Business Architectures

Build a meaningful business value focused and risk adjusted roadmap to strategically modernize 22 core rail & intermodal systems
Define the modernization opportunities (both strategic and tactical) and map the business value
Define current state business capabilities, analyze the usage of the capabilities today and build the target state business capabilities
Define a progressive transition roadmap to modernize the core rail & intermodal systems

Build Enterprise & Capability-Specific Business Architectures

Work with the capabilityspecific business leaders, define specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound (SMART) business outcomes which will be used as a foundation to develop an initiative's business value
Produce business architecture artifacts (strategy models, business capability model, value streams, organizational models, transformation models and roadmaps)
Interact with product managers to understand capability challenges and to develop the capabilityspecific business architecture
Develop and maintain business capabilities of the enterprise in line with corporate strategy
Interact with solution / system architects to explain the business architecture and ensure understanding of the business outcomes
Define, document and communicate business architecture standards

Governance

Work with peer domain architects, define a comprehensive governance model to ensure solutions are developed according to the developed business architecture
Govern solution / system architecture and development to ensure alignment with developed business architectures
Define and enforce business architecture standards and controls
Manage business architecture dependencies between projects

Manage Relationships

Manage relationships & dependencies between different roles, business areas and external stakeholders
Educate and explain how business architecture aids in achieving CN's business strategy and delivery of the expected business outcomes
Educate and explain the purpose, value and use of the various business architecture models
Educate and influence I&T so everyone understands business strategy and outcomes
Be a champion for effective change
Continue to build an overall understanding of CN's business (capabilities, processes, organization structure, business lines, operations, etc.)

Requirements:

Education/Certification/Designation

Bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems (or equivalent degree and experience)

Skills/Knowledge

Recognized as an authority for thorough understanding of one or more business capabilities
Good knowledge of business architecture best practices
Ability to produce business architecture artifacts such as strategy models, business capability model, value streams, organizational models, transformation models and roadmaps
Good knowledge of business process modeling
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change
Ability to understand complex probl