Principal Enterprise Architect.Solutions- Enterprise Architecture-UAE

A senior management role, leading and shaping Alshaya’s IT strategy to build a strong foundation for business execution.

Responsible for architecture management of applications and technologies within the ERP and Order Management System (OMS) domains, covering all business stacks: Food, Non-Food, and Starbucks.

Provide technical and functional leadership for IT transformation initiatives related to ERP and OMS, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and operational excellence.

Engage with senior business executives, IT business partners, and other EA team members to align change initiatives with long-term vision and strategy, integral to the overall IT demand management process.

Provide domain-specific architecture stewardship, leading, maintaining, and leveraging the enterprise architecture across ERP, OMS, and Data domains.

Provide architecture governance, guidance, policy, process, solution, and technology leadership for ERP and OMS domains, including: Core Retail ERP platforms Order Management Systems and their integration with inventory, fulfillment, and last-mile delivery Integration with customer-facing platforms and financial systems Data architecture across all divisions and support functions (master data, analytics, governance)

Core Retail ERP platforms

Order Management Systems and their integration with inventory, fulfillment, and last-mile delivery

Integration with customer-facing platforms and financial systems

Data architecture across all divisions and support functions (master data, analytics, governance)

Define EA roadmaps, principles, and guidelines for ERP, OMS, and Data, and ensure projects’ adherence to them.

Manage and contribute to the definition and implementation of the overall EA strategy and framework.

Define and mature EA processes, such as EA assurance, and lead their integration with other business and IT processes.

Create high-level solution blueprints for business initiatives, enabling sound investment decisions and optimal use of existing IT assets.

Contribute to solution roadmaps for projects during the architecture definition phase.

Provide EA services and an “Architecture Centre of Excellence” capability to programs and projects.

Collaborate with and guide IT change delivery, IT services, PMO, 3rd party SIs, software vendors, and technology services to ensure architectural consistency, alignment, and sustainability across the IT landscape.

Lead, develop, maintain, and extend EA artifacts, presentations, system maps, and reference documentation, including managing internal and/or third-party resources as needed.