Responsibilities:
1. Architectural Vision and Strategy Development: Formulate and communicate the overarching architectural vision and strategy, aligning with business objectives and Tech Guiding Principles.
2. Cross-Domain Architecture Design: Design and implement architectures across business, data, application, and technology domains.
3. Governance and Compliance: Lead governance processes to ensure architectural compliance and alignment with standards.
4. Technology Evaluation and Adoption: Spearhead the evaluation of emerging technologies and manage their adoption within the organization.
5. Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure architectural solutions meet business and technological needs.
6. Risk Management: Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring robust, secure solutions.
7. Innovation Leadership: Drive innovation within the architectural domain, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technological advancement.
8. Community Building: Promote and facilitate a strong community of practice among architects, encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration.
9. Technical Leadership: coaching and mentoring top tech talent across Booking.com
Ideal Experience & Skills:
10. Significant knowledge and experience in Software, Solution and Enterprise architecture, while being able to perform at and engage with (Sr) Director/(S)VP level stakeholders
11. Experience operating large, Internet scale applications and distributed systems spanning multiple languages, platforms, front and back end services, networks and public cloud platforms.
12. Ability to communicate and sell the technology strategy and vision across the business
13. Deep business acumen and technical expertise
14. Strong stakeholder management skills and thought partnership across engineering and product
15. Highly proficient in domain based technology strategies and in platform architecture patterns
16. Strong understanding of digital technology space including mobile, web and distribution stacks
17. Strong understanding of cloud technologies and emerging technologies including AI
18. Strong understanding of NFRs and building resilience
19. Ability to lead and coach others in modeling solution architectures
20. Ability to lead and influence others without authority
OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
21. Character traits: open mind, learning attitude, transparent behavior, positive, overachiever, strong communicator, proactive and collaborative.
22. Strategic thinker yet focused on execution; able to roll up sleeves to get things done.
23. Able to function in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment.
24. Data driven, experimental, ready to learn and open to change.
25. Keep the customer at the centre of everything you do.
26. Good cultural and organizational sensitivity.
27. Committed to building a diverse, inclusive work environment.
Pre-Employment Screening:
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