Enterprise Architecture Director jobs in Iowa

As an Enterprise Architect focused on business architecture, you'll be a key player in helping simplify complex business problems and create a shared view of what we do and how we deliver value to our organization. By applying business architecture frameworks to inform strategy and define changes that are needed to optimally transform our business for the future. You'll collaborate and be a change agent that ensures Principal achieves our strategic growth objectives!

You’ll be working as a member of the Retirement and Investment Service enterprise architecture team to deliver business architecture and collaborate with senior leaders, strategy, product, agile teams, & IT partners to deliver outcomes supporting company strategies.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate with leaders across business and technology in the creation, communication, and application of business architecture to inform strategy and define the actions needed to successfully transform the business to achieve outcomes.
• Provide expertise regarding how business capabilities, information and processes are best positioned to support today’s business demands and strategic objectives of tomorrow.
• Accountable for crafting, maintaining, and effective use of business perspectives such as capability maps, gap assessments, value streams and information maps.
• Educate others and apply business architecture frameworks and tools to enterprise and retirement business efforts.
• Contribute to the definition of enterprise architecture standards and encourage reusability, integration, and adaptability.
• Work through ambiguous situations effectively navigation the organization to deliver results.
• Deliver business value by collaborating with and influencing internal partners at all levels including but not limited to business partners, agile teams, strategy team and technology partners.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 10 years of related experience with a multi-business unit organization.
• Familiar with business architecture concepts and understand connections between Enterprise Architecture domains including Business Architecture, Information / Data Architecture, Software / Application Architecture, Technology / Infrastructure Architecture, and Security Architecture
• Creative capacity to craft, evolve and customize business architecture deliverables and to embrace and guide partners through change and complexity.
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving and big picture/conceptual skills
• Excellent leadership, communication, planning and decision-making skills with a quick learning style.
• Capable to work with team members and leaders across multiple subject areas (both Business and Technical)
• Experience mentoring and maturing business architecture proficiency and practice in others through formal and/or informal leadership.
• Experience with business architecture concepts and standard methodologies including business perspectives such as strategy maps, business capabilities, value streams, high-level process models, and customer experience journeys.

Additional preferred experience:

• Master's degree
• Proven dedication to continuous learning and growth within architecture field (i.e., training, or architectural certifications such as TOGAF or Certified Business Architect)
• Experience with an Agile software development lifecycle and understanding where Enterprise Architecture will provide value across the lifecycle.
• Understanding of Six Sigma and/or Lean principles
• Knowledge of financial and insurance industry

Work Environments

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States? This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Asset Management positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

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Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

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