Date of job posting
15 Oct 2024
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Division area
IT
Contract type
Full-time
Work model
On-site
Experience level
10-15 years

We have an opportunity for an experienced Enterprise IT Architect to create and support the evolution of the function and an increase in demand from high-profile IT projects across Endeavour. The role will focus on several things including future technology direction, technology and application life cycle management to ensure that the technology, estates and platforms are within acceptable risk boundaries, and vendor landscape relating to the broader architecture of the organisation is considered. You will also be responsible for defining the future road map for the technologies and platforms for the organisation, whilst working with senior IT and business stakeholders. You will also be involved with broader industry research, understanding where the technology and the mining industry are heading from an IT point of view to ensure a forward-facing approach.

The company – about Endeavour

Endeavour is a leading global gold producer and the largest in West Africa with two mines in Côte d’Ivoire (Ity and Lafigué), two mines in Burkina Faso (Hounde and Mana) and the Sabodala-Massawa mine in Senegal. The company has one of the most exciting organic growth track records and pipeline, with a strong portfolio of development exploration assets on the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa. Endeavour is committed to principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates.

The role

This role requires a self-starter, collaborative, active listener profile that can help our organization define what good IT Architecture should be while “gaining the yes” from stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

Strategic Alignment

  • Aligning the enterprise systems with the strategic vision of the company
  • Working with business stakeholders to clarify and refine requirements aligned with business objectives

Enterprise Architecture Definition and Maintenance

  • Contributing to the definition and ongoing maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture using pragmatic application of TMF standards (e.g. eTOM process map and SID data model)
  • Taking ownership for the domains of the enterprise architecture (e.g. OSS, BSS) and working to continuously improve focusing on efficiency, security and data integrity

Solution Delivery

  • Architectural lead for key digital transformation programme(s)
  • Taking an end to end view to ensure that delivered solutions are fit for purpose and meet business expectations
  • Collaborating closely with business and technology functions to deliver system changes of varying complexity
  • Ensuring that the best solutions are delivered to achieve the desired outcomes

Design oversight and problem resolution

  • Overseeing and reviewing design decisions to ensure consistency and alignment
  • Actively diving into and resolving any architectural challenges or issues that arise.

Position requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Project Management, or related field (BAC+4)
  • Language: Bilingual (French & English)
  • Demonstrable experience as an Enterprise IT Architect playing a key role in an IT architecture function
  • Working knowledge of all Architectural domains
  • Working knowledge of Architectural standards and methodologies e.g. TOGAF. and Architectural design paterns.
  • Experience maintaining IT product and supplier roadmaps for specific domains
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at a senior level.
  • Excellent interpersonal/relationship-building skills and able to successfully manage senior stakeholders relationships.
  • Strong presentation and negotiation skills plus the ability to articulate complex solutions without losing the audience – “Gain the yes”.
  • Strong, credible leader with an ability to challenge and broker agreements between both the Data and senior business stakeholders where conflicting prioritise arise
  • High quality project management skills with strong working knowledge of project governance, plus risk and issue management.
  • Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced environment facing high and/or conflicting priorities
  • Demonstrable experience as a complex business problem solver.

Additional Skills (Preferred but not required)

  • Experience of various project management methodologies, tools, and techniques, such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, MS Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, etc., and have adapted them to the specific needs and context of each project.

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