Principal Enterprise Architect (Remote)

Rich’s, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings, our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world. Beyond great food, our customers also gain insights to help them stay competitive, no matter their size. Our portfolio includes creative solutions geared at helping food industry professionals compete in foodservice, retail, in-store bakery, deli, and prepared foods, among others. Working in 100 locations globally, with annual sales exceeding $4 billion, Rich’s is a global leader with a focus on everything that family makes possible. Rich’s®—Infinite Possibilities. One Family.

Job Summary

Rich’s is growing our Enterprise Architecture team. We seek a collaborative, self-directed, and globally focused individual to join our team to support Rich Product’s corporate global growth strategy.  In this role, you will routinely work with leaders from across the globe and at World Headquarters (WHQ) to create new solutions that meet business needs.

The Enterprise Architect reports to the VP, Chief Enterprise Architect, in the role you will play in developing and implementing our organization's technology strategy to support business objectives and drive digital transformation. You will provide leadership and guidance in the planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-wide technology solutions. 

This position requires deep customer-focused thinking and the ability to be hands-on and make decisions fast. You will significantly influence our strategy for bringing in new technology platforms, tools, and languages/frameworks. We are looking at self-motivated individuals who are highly detail-oriented and take pride in their deliverables.

The ideal candidates will have extensive experience envisioning and contributing to the technology roadmap and IT strategy, a deep understanding of software architecture principles, and a strong background successfully in large, global, and complex technology ecosystems.

Working at Rich’s, we believe in a flexible work environment, whether working a day in our newly renovated headquarters or at home by using our cutting-edge technologies to deliver results from anywhere.

We are happy to consider remote candidates for this role, with expected travel of 20%

Key Accountabilities and Outcomes

•    Develop and communicate the organization's enterprise architecture strategy and vision.
•    Proven ability to quickly comprehend and adopt new technologies by doing technology POCs and Pilots to prove the business value, formalize it as enterprise standards, and build reference architectures.
•    Drive the overall roadmap and strategic vision for the modern architecture and experiences, ensuring a robust product roadmap to support digital solutions strategy.
•    Communicate key business benefits and implications of technology decisions and outcomes to business portfolio leaders and senior executive management.
•    Works with IS Business partners to align architecture roadmaps with business strategy and technology delivery plans.
•    Be the Architecture thought leader and trusted go-to partner for Product and Platform Leadership across the organization, recommending innovative solutions to improve live and new system architectures.
•    Lead & manage the EA application portfolio for Rich’s. Promote and align stakeholders to maintain business and technology inventory.
•    Devises and presents complex business cases and program release plans to senior management with priority recommendations to maintain and evolve Rich's architecture roadmap.
•    Designing the technology stack and engineering principles for new digital platforms.
•    Identifying competitors, industry leaders, peers and evaluate their use of technology relative to the enterprise; make practical recommendations on continuous improvement.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Required:
•    Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
•    Minimum 15 years of experience in software development and at least 10 - 12 years of experience within enterprise architecture
•    Experience developing strategic technology plans and roadmaps, including business architecture, value streams, capability maps & customer journeys
•    Ability to present and communicate business and technical concepts
•    Experience leading efforts to create technological solutions and architectures impacting critical areas of the business
•    Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups
•    Ability to think critically and solve problems
•    Demonstrated technology skills across multiple IT domains (e.g., application, security, infrastructure)
•    Have experience in modern data architecture practices, patterns, and standards
•    Knowledge of ERP/CRM systems
•    Working knowledge about supply chain and commercial business processes
•    Strong consultative skills at a cross-functional level
•    Experience in enterprise architecture or application architecture, application development and systems management

Preferred:
•    Exposure to data AI/ML transformations to harness value from data
•    Exposure to cloud/IoT technologies

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COMPENSATION

In accordance with state law, the rate or range provided is Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Rich's"), reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, shift differential, and location.

Annual Range/Hourly Rate

$136,720.00 - $205,080.00

Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Rich’s”), are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Rich’s. Please contact Rich’s Human Resources department at hrhelp@rich.com if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.