Assistant Director - Senior Solutions Architect (CAO)

Understand business requirements

• Liaise with senior stakeholders to determine requirements and define the scope of the solution
• Evaluate client's system specifications, work practices and the nature of business
• Apply the state of enterprise architecture for the organisation to the solution architecture

Design the solution architecture

• Develop and optimise a solution design that fulfils the business requirements and aligns with the enterprise architecture
• Ensure the technical soundness and integrity of the solution.
• Analyse impact of a solution on client’s overall business processes and systems to mitigate business risks
• Recommend adoption of new technologies and applications to improve the solution design
• Foster continuous improvements in design processes, models and approaches

Implement Solution

• Supervise the solution implementation to ensure fidelity to scope and design.
• Create Proof of Concept and/or prototypes to verify if customer requirements can be fulfilled
• Evaluate different tools and techniques for the solution
• Provide guidance on technical standards, guidelines and best practices aligned to the overall enterprise architecture
• Drive compatibility, interoperability, stability and usability of recommended solution architecture

Stakeholder Management

• Garner buy-in and support for the overall solution architecture design
• Build strong partnership with business and IT stakeholders to create ownership to achieve solution architecture objectives

Manage Department

• Develop staff through ongoing coaching, mentoring and career discussions
• Define common goals, direction and accountability among staff