BUSINESS ARCHITECT (Hybrid Schedule)

• This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA
• This role operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring at least two days per week in the office. Based on project demands—particularly during testing and go-live phases—there may be a need for increased on-site participation.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Champion new capabilities to be developed as well as any enhancements to existing capabilities in alignment with meeting Kent Corporation’s strategic objectives.
• Serve as a liaison to the IT development and support areas of Kent Corporation IT ensuring business needs are correctly translated and communicated during all phases of an IT solution’s life cycle.
• Function as a subject matter expert in Kent Corporation’s core business processes
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve business performance through information technology and/or process reengineering
• Assimilate complex business models, processes, and scenarios into clear concise, IT business requirements for the development and support processes
• Help assess the business impact/risk of individual initiatives on the enterprise
• Perform the liaison role on individual project teams between the business function and Global Information Technology Services
• Participate in team reviews of all IT initiatives to ensure accuracy, completeness, and validity of project documentation
• Act as the first line of contact and communications for all IT related requests within their designated business core processes
• Manage the change request process for all incoming work requests within their designated business area
• Perform research on new and existing technologies to determine how their use will impact the business going forward
• Lead and coordinate the work for business focused sub-teams as part of large and complex IT initiatives as a functional lead
• Perform other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND/OR QUALIFICATIONS

•  Must have either Bachelor’s degree or significant progress toward a degree
• Master’s degree in, or significant progress towards this degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business or related field is preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and Business Architecture IT skills and experience considered
• Minimum 3 years experience in an IT Business Architecture or related role with the proven ability to work the associated best practices processes, and a proven record of success on initiatives across enterprise level business processes
• Must possess a broad range of business process experience with the ability to be immediately be productive on any given initiative across the enterprise with little technical direction
• Required knowledge of IT enterprise level business applications including data warehousing and analytical reporting, methods of ordering/payment/billing, manufacturing and inventory systems, financial systems, sales support systems, etc.
• Required knowledge of IT Business Architecture and Project Management frameworks as well as Application Development methodologies, and IT Operations and Service Management processes
• Knowledge of general IT design and development methodologies, processes, and technology such as system life cycle, system testing, relational databases, programming constructs, etc.
• Thorough understanding of Kent Corporation’s Strategic Vision, our business processes, and those of our customer’s is desired
• Previous experience with business rule collection methodologies and process mapping

TRAVEL EXPECTED

• Requires the ability and willingness to travel as needed to various KENT locations