Job Ref: 215458705

Date: 2022-01-04 09:20:59

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The role of the Architect – Digital Sales & Marketing is to guide the global transformation of Digital Sales & Marketing service capabilities to keep pace with changes in technology and the rapidly changing pace of Digital business. This is a strategic role intended to enable the company to leverage Sales & Marketing technologies to disrupt current industry methodologies and increase the operational effectiveness of the organization. Furthermore, the architect provides technology guidance, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices, and is an evangelist for communicating and promoting digital Sales and Marketing capabilities to the organization. The Architect will be a subject matter expert in multiple Digital Sales & Marketing technologies and capabilities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

· Provides direction, guidance, and definition & documentation of IT architecture to effectively support the corporate business strategy. A subject matter expert in web technologies and tools across SAAS, PAAS and IAAS technologies. Aligns the Sales and Marketing architecture strategy with business goals. Defines, explains, and advocates the technology strategy. Active member of a Cloud Centre of Excellence (COE) virtual team.

· Works on highly complex Sales & Marketing investments that require in-depth knowledge across multiple SAAS, PAAS and IAAS capabilities. Reviews existing business processes and establishes metrics to improve business processes where cloud technologies can benefit.

· Leads and facilitates the creation of governing principles to guide decision making. Manages exceptions to architectural standards at an enterprise level. Reviews and/or analyzes and develops architectural requirements as needed for the organization. Provides input into the oversight and governance of the SAAS or PAAS managed service providers.

· Provides architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to the Product line and product owners, and software development teams as needed.

· Leads virtual teams in developing technology plans. Conducts research on emerging Sales & Marketing technologies in support of systems development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility. Develops, document, and communicates plans for investing in systems architecture, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.

· Consults with project teams to fit Sales & Marketing into the enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture. Ensures the conceptual completeness of the technical solutions.

· Develops recommendations and budget proposals for Sales & Marketing initiatives critical to business/mission success

· May chair the EA review board and ensure that the solutions are compliant with target-state architecture models. Manages exceptions to architectural standards at an enterprise level.

· When required, perform as a Project Manager for large Sales & Marketing architecture initiatives.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

· Bachelor’s degree in a Technical or Business field as it relates to the specific Architecture discipline. (Extensive experience may substitute for a degree.

· Extensive experience of working within the IT and business/industry, including architecture design and deployment of Digital Sales and Marketing SAAS & PAAS solutions, systems lifecycle management, and/or infrastructure planning and operations

· Strong written and oral communication skills

· Strong presentation and interpersonal skills

· Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language

· A thorough understanding of Sales and Marketing technologies such as Content Management systems. e.g. Sitecore, eCommerce Platforms, e.g. Shopify, eMail Marketing & CRM Solutions, e.g. Salesforce, WebTechnology Stacks & Frameworks, e.g. JamStack.

· The ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT and technology/capability constraints to the business

· Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations

· A broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance

· Highly competent in architecture disciplines

· Understanding of SaaS contract and SLA models

· Hands-on experience with IaaS and PaaS services

· Understanding of Azure AD and Identity management

· Cross functional expertise in Cloud Server & Storage, Networking, Security, Compliance, Monitoring, performance & tuning, disaster recovery and containers

· Understanding of compliance programs for cloud security and infrastructure operations

· Exposure to common industry standard cloud-native/cloud friendly authentication mechanisms (OAuth, OpenID, etc.)

· Understanding of deployment orchestration, automation and security configuration management (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc)

· Knowledge of common web & Mobile development languages such as REACT, Angular, JQuery etc.

· Experience in establishing processes for reporting and managing costs and containment

· Experience in using a service provider to manage Sales and Marketing Solutions

· Familiarity with infrastructure as code and software development lifecycle.

· Strong competencies in multiple Enterprise Architecture disciplines, such as Business Architecture, Application Architecture, Data Architecture and Infrastructure Architecture.

· The ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions.

· Capable of performing as or overseeing a project manager, delivering global architecture projects that have impact and may carry significant risk."

Preferred Qualifications:

· MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant technical field

· "Cloud certifications, SAAS certifications e.g.Salesforce etc.

· TOGAF (The open group architecture Framework)"

· Understanding of AWS, Azure & Google and SAP Cloud environments

COMPANY

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With 12,400 employees around the world and more than $5 Billion in annual sales., the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and 135 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Kamis.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law

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