RQ09654 - Information Architect - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provide professional information architecture expertise, and undertake comprehensive architecture needs assessments and complex reviews in support of systems/infrastructure needs for clients (i.e. I&IT clusters, their clients and e
  

General Skills:

• Experience in engaging and communicating with clients and stakeholders.
  


• Experience directing stakeholder consultation, facilitation and consensus building. Provides project reporting to multiple stakeholders. 
  


• Experience leading strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change. 
  


• Experience building positive relationships within the team, among multiple stakeholders and external parties such as vendors. 
  


• Demonstrated adherence to OPS standards, guidelines and enterprise architecture best practices. 
  


• Demonstrated experience developing checkpoint deliverables and creating necessary artefacts for checkpoints.
  


• Able to ensure integration with related corporate and client cluster policies and standards, and incorporation of industry best practices.
  


• Able to research, develop, implement and maintain information architectural policies and standards, as approved by management.
  


• Ability to develop information architecture specifications with service providers and vendors.
  

Must Have Skills include:

• Ability to define, identify and describe information architectural requirements with clients, and obtain I&IT management approval.
  


• Ability to complete complex information architecture reviews and assessments, development and/or support projects, to support new and changed enterprise priorities and initiatives, and client clusters’ and their clients’ information architecture and/or business needs.
  


• Able to provide general and situation\-specific information architecture interpretation advice and expertise to other project and/or enterprise level I&IT project teams, client management and staff, cluster clients, and external contractors.
  


• Able to lead and/or participate in highly sensitive information architecture investigations.
  


• Knowledge and experience creating information architecture artefacts such as conceptual and logical data models.
  

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
  


• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
  


• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Ability to define, identify and describe information architectural requirements with clients, and obtain I&IT management approval.
  


• Ability to complete complex information architecture reviews and assessments, development and/or support projects, to support new and changed enterprise priorities and initiatives, and client clusters’ and their clients’ information architecture and/or business needs.
  


• Able to provide general and situation\-specific information architecture interpretation advice and expertise to other project and/or enterprise level I&IT project teams, client management and staff, cluster clients, and external contractors.
  


• Able to lead and/or participate in highly sensitive information architecture investigations.
  


• Knowledge and experience creating information architecture artefacts such as conceptual and logical data models.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Information Architecture Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrated background in enterprise architecture with a specialized knowledge and practical experience in developing information architecture for an organization, including data modelling.
  


• Demonstrated knowledge of information governance, including data mastering, data analytics and information management lenses such as records, privacy and access.
  


• Proven experience developing organization\-wide information models, translating business requirements into data concepts, reconciling conflicting terms and definitions across multiple business lines.
  


• Demonstrated knowledge and experience assessing IT systems in terms of business information needs, definitions and standards as well as applying master data management practices in the future governance and integration of an organization’s IT systems.
  


•  Demonstrated experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to enable development of information architecture artefacts and data modelling.
  

Governance, Strategy and Leadership Experience:

• Demonstrated background in leading all or multiple elements of developing information governance frameworks and integration strategies to increase the trustworthiness, availability and utility of an organization’s information
  


• Proven experience supporting business transformation leads in the development of information governance frameworks and integration strategies to increase the trustworthiness, availability and utility of an organization’s information
  


• Experience supporting strategic IT investment planning decisions and business transformation initiatives involving business case development and the implementation of new solutions with broad business implications.
  


• Experience supporting project governance requirements (i.e., project gating, architecture checkpoints). 
  

Stakeholders Engagement and Communication Skills:

• Experience working collaboratively with various stakeholders including vendors, influencing outcomes, and obtaining buy\-in from senior level management, key stakeholders, and client management. 
  


• Strong facilitation, negotiation skills and diplomacy to lead or support consultations, resolve issues, defuse tensions and obtain buy\-in from wide and diversified working groups and internal and external stakeholders.
  


• Ability to manage business stakeholders' expectations and understand business processes and information requirements to ensure project scope, business needs and prerequisites are clear, and agreed on, by all key stakeholders. 
  


• Demonstrated ability to translate business\-specific definitions and rules to commonly applicable concepts and terms as well as communicate data concepts back to stakeholders in business\-relatable language or examples.
  


• Demonstrated ability to translate business information needs to information systems and data analytics solution design.
  


• Proven experience in producing exceptional presentations, dashboards, briefing papers and submissions, business cases and status reports to different types of audiences including senior executives. 
  

Public Sector Experience:

• Experience leading organization\-wide information architecture for a municipal, provincial or federal government.
  


• Experience developing master data management practices or organization\-wide conceptual data models as part of public sector projects.