Why Valvoline Global Operations?
At Valvoline Global Operations, we’re proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we’ve never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future.
With a global presence, we develop future-ready products and provide best-in-class services for our partners around the world. For us, originality isn’t just about where we began; it’s about where we’re headed and how we’ll lead the way. We are originality in motion.
Our corporate values—Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence—are at the heart of everything we do. These values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve. At Valvoline Global, we are united in our commitment to:
• Treating everyone with care.
• Acting with unwavering integrity.
• Striving for excellence in all endeavors.
• Delivering on our commitments with passion.
• Collaborating as one unified team.
When you join Valvoline Global, you’ll become part of a culture that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence. Together, we’re shaping the future of automotive and industrial solutions.
How You’ll Make an Impact
The Data Enterprise Architect is responsible for developing and maintaining the organization’s data strategy, ensuring that data assets align with business objectives and IT infrastructure. This role involves defining data architecture principles, establishing governance policies, and working closely with stakeholders to design scalable and secure data solutions. The EA is responsible to guide the enterprise through global digital transformation and optimization of initiatives while supporting the formulation of future strategy. The scope of activities includes helping the organization achieve targeted business outcomes related to revenue growth, optimizing costs and mitigating risks.
Responsibilities Include
Manage and Plan the IT Portfolio:
Support Portfolio Modernization and Develop Roadmaps
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* Lead analysis of the IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
* Identify opportunities for rationalization/standardization of solutions based on the analysis.
* Lead the development of an implementation plan for the digital enterprise architecture, based on business requirements and the varying IT strategies for project-driven or product-driven delivery teams.
Data Architecture
* Develop and implement an enterprise-wide data architecture strategy aligned with business goals.
* Define data standards, principles, and best practices for data management, integration, and security.
* Ensure data architecture aligns with industry regulations and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
Formulate Strategy and Guide Execution:
Work with Business and Leadership Stakeholders to Develop Strategy
* Understand the disruptive forces and the business’s economic and financial levers that are susceptible to digital transformation to effectively guide investment decisions.
* Lead the analysis of business and operating models, market trends and the technology to determine their potential impact on the enterprise’s business strategy, direction and architecture to construct future- and current-state business models.
Connect Strategy to Execution
* Facilitate business and IT alignment through a collaborative, supportive and consultative manner, driving the organization’s digital business strategies and balancing innovation and growth.
* Translate and execute data business strategy to achieve the organization’s targeted business outcomes by leading the development of an implementation roadmap for the digital enterprise architecture.
* Provide viable options and visibility into execution issues.
Relationships with Peers and Business stakeholders and other EA’s:
* Identify and manage the relationship between people, processes, information, technology and other components of the enterprise.
* Provide consultative advice to business leaders and other stakeholders on investment decisions about changes to business and operating model and how technology can enable it.
* Lead and facilitate interaction with business leaders, product managers and product owners to make them understand the risks and implications of the product decision to organization.
Data Strategy
* Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business and IT needs.
* Develop and manage data integration frameworks, ensuring seamless data flow across platforms.
* Optimize data storage and retrieval processes across on-premise and cloud environments
* Evaluate and recommend modern data technologies, including data lakes, data warehouses, and real-time streaming platforms.
* Lead cloud data architecture initiatives (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to ensure scalability and cost-effectiveness.
* Collaborate with IT teams to design and implement API-driven data access and automation strategies
Data Flows and API and Batch Management
* Map out data flows of key data elements across enterprise applications.
* Strategy for information flows, batch management, API management.
* Strategies to leverage data as a fundamental company asset.
Bring Alignment Across Business and IT:
* Lead analysis of the business’ future goals and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement to drive the business toward its targeted outcomes.
* Identify organizational requirements for the resources, structures and cultural changes necessary to support the enterprise architecture.
* Work with the Digital Director, Digital CEO leaders, solution architects and other IT leaders to find the right organizational design to drive business-outcomes.
What You’ll Need
* Master’s or bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
* Minimum 10+ years of business and/or IT experience required.
* Preferred 10+ years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis.
* Preferred 10+ data architecture, enterprise architecture, or related roles.
* Preferred 10+ years of Enterprise Business process design and implementation.
* Prefer global experience having worked and supported multiple regions
* Strong expertise in data modeling, database design, and ETL/ELT processes.
* Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).
* Proficiency in SQL, NoSQL databases, and data governance frameworks.
* Experience on transformation projects
* Experience with Enterprise Applications (SAP, Salesforce etc).
* Experience with Integration platforms (API, Batch Management, Mulesoft, Webmethods)
* Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) is a plus.
* Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
What Will Set You Apart
* Work under broad direction and be a self-starter
* Influence others, inside and outside of the organization
* Build appropriate and effective business relationships
* Make decisions which impact the success of assigned work (results, deadlines and budget).
* Communicate effectively, both formally and informally
* Develop a wider breadth of knowledge across the industry or business
* Help define standards that others will apply
* Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders who have diverse objectives
* Analyze, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets
* Analyze requirements and advise on scope and options for continuous improvement
* Advise on relevant standards, methods, tools and applications and make appropriate choices from alternatives
* Take responsibility for investigative work to determine business requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in systems, processes or procedures.
* Select, adopt and adapt appropriate business analysis methods, tools and techniques, selecting appropriately from traditional or agile approaches.
* Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, in the conduct of investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
* Perform an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities.
* Assess and evaluate risk
* Demonstrate leadership
* Take initiative to keep skills up to date and mentor colleagues.
* Provide strategic perspective and alignment, lead governance efforts and architecture reviews and contribute to various methodologies in use.
Technical Skills:
* Lead the technical direction during design and development processes by driving decisions and coordinating efforts.
* Experience in data modelling for complex B2B, B2C business processes
Valvoline Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We strictly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please contact us at:.
• Email: Valvolineglobalcareers@valvolineglobal.com
This contact information is solely for accommodation requests. For inquiries about application status, please use the appropriate channels listed in your application materials.
Are You Ready to Make an Impact?
At Valvoline Global, we’re looking for passionate and talented individuals to join our journey of innovation and excellence. Are you ready to shape the future with us? Apply today.
Requisition ID: 1376