Head Enterprise Architecture & Governance at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Innovation

• Evaluate new technologies and provide recommendations for investment.
• Assess the organizational impact of new technologies.
• Capture and share best practices among the IT community.
• Create, prioritize, communicate, manage, and execute innovation roadmaps, project plans, and commitments.
• Design, innovate and build solutions that enable the latest technologies.
• Set an ambitious and challenging 5-year business innovation and architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Lead market analysis and innovation, driving the team to generate new ideas and business streams to grow the business, improve safety and ensure reliability of our services. 

Architecture Leadership

• Establish trusted team procedures and services, which include consulting on methods and tools, project delivery, standards and methods development, and governance.
• Lead the implementation of business capability, reference, and target architectures to guide the development and implementation of technical solutions.
• Guide the creation of, and alignment to, 3-5 years strategic technology roadmaps while promoting common solutions and minimize technology proliferation.
• Establish architecture standards to drive simplification and commonality across the bank businesses while maintaining the flexibility necessary for each of the businesses.
• Drive standards and platforms through influence. Guide solution architects which reside in the team.
• Develop best practice Policy, Standards and Procedures that safeguard the Enterprise IT investment and assets.
• Lead implementation and enforcement of Agile oriented, Change and Quality Assurance framework.
• Work with and through partners. Ensure high levels of performance, excellent communication and delivery.

 EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business related or IT field from an institution recognized by Commission for University Education.
• Proficiency in TOGAF and BIAN framework.
• Knowledge of emerging Technology concepts and disruptive trends.
• Master degree is an added advantage.
• At least 10 years’ experience, 6 years of which should be in a senior management position within IT.
• Understanding of Exponential technologies; Big Data analytics, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics and Fintech evolution.
• Expert knowledge of business process modelling.
• Implementing / managing a process framework and governance on enterprise level.
• Knowledge of WAN & LAN design and implementation.
• Knowledge of Network Security Implementation & Design.
• Knowledge and application of the organizations products, services and policy.
• Knowledge of legal requirements and IT Governance, Policies / Standards and Procedures.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

NB: In the event that you are successful, we will require that you provide us with the following documents:

• National I.D.
• KRA Pin Card
• Birth Certificate of self
• Passport Photo (White Background)
• NSSF Card
• NHIF Card
• Certificate of Good Conduct (less than 5 Months old)
• Academic and Professional certificates, including official transcripts