Director, Consult Partner - Enterprise Architect / Cross-Industry

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Kyndryl Consult is the fastest growing business within the organization and instrumental to the company’s strategic growth objectives. You will play a key leadership role across multi-disciplinary teams, guiding them through complex consulting engagements and be responsible for creating and positioning strategic change agendas within Kyndryl's largest accounts across the C-suite, spanning the intersection between complex Business and IT customer solutions, transformations that impact across the entire customer Eco-system.

As a Consult Partner, you will have a pivotal role in driving profitable growth, leveraging our comprehensive capabilities to build strong client relationships, and leading your team to success. This role demands a strong presence, industry expertise, and the ability to cultivate relationships with CXO-level clients. Your leadership will be critical in fostering talent development and innovation within the organization.

This role will also be leading the overall client engagement and delivering high quality client work alongside senior client stakeholders. Working in a transaction environment which may be pre or post deal, planning post deal implementation, and ultimately supporting execution. Partners will be focused on financial impact, utilization and contribution, client impact and leadership.

The Consult Enterprise Architect role consists of the following key responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Work with our consult partners and clients to develop and maintain a comprehensive architecture roadmap, identifying technology trends and assessing their potential impact on the business

Business Analysis

• Collaborate with our client business leaders to understand their requirements, translating them into technical solutions that align with and deliver their business goals

Architecture Design

• Lead the design and implementation of technical architectures for new systems, considering scalability, security, performance, resiliency and integration needs

Solution Evaluation

• Evaluate and existing and proposed systems to ensure alignment with architecture principles and the business objectives

Technology Governance

• Establish and enforce architectural standards, best practices, and governance processes to ensure consistency and quality across IT systems

Stakeholder Management

• Communicate architecture plans, risks, issues and decisions effectively to senior leadership, technical teams and other stakeholders

Risk Assessment

• Identify potential risks associated with technology architectures and propose mitigation strategies

Implementation Oversight

• Provide guidance and leadership to technical project teams during the system implementations to ensure alignment and compliance with the overall architecture

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies.  Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.

Who You Are

Who You Are
You’re good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important – you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused – someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, you’re open and borderless – naturally inclusive in how you work with others.
 

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5 years of experience developing and maintaining Enterprise Architectures

• 3-+ years of experience as Enterprise Architect

• 10 years of experience developing, integrating and maintaining IT Architectures, across end-to-end process including business, applications, data and infrastructure components.

• Knowledge and experience working with and enabling enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, other)

• Knowledge and experience working with Industry Capability Models and Business Capability Models, to develop Industry/Business driven technology solutions

• Proven experience in designing, integrating and implementing complex IT systems across various technology domains (cloud, data, applications, network, infrastructure)

• Extensive experience in establishing and running architecture governance for an enterprise or major technology programs

• Knowledge and experience leveraging consulting methods in client engagements (Issue Based Consulting, SWOT, other)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and address technical challenges

• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences

• Proven track record of successfully delivering large scale technology projects with cross-functional architecture teams

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• Relevant industry certifications (TOGAF, OpenGroup Certified Architect, Hyperscaler, etc.)

• Experience with Enterprise Architecture Tooling (Alfabet, LeanIX, others)

• Business Architecture Models and/or Business Capability Models for an Industry

• Experience with one or more hyperscaler

The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $151,560 to $272,760 based on a full-time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience. For part time roles, the compensation will be adjusted appropriately. The pay or salary range will not be below any applicable state, city or local minimum wage requirement.

There is a different applicable compensation range for the following work locations: 

California:$166,680 to $327,240 

Colorado: $151,560 to $272,760 

New York City: $181,800 to $327,240 

Washington: $166,680 to $300,120 

Washington DC: $166,680 to $300,120 

This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.  Note: If this is a sales commission eligible role, you will be eligible to participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.   

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Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you – and everyone next to you – the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations.  At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.

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