Enterprise Architecture Director jobs in Houston, TX

Overview

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Requirements

Job Purpose                                       

The role is responsible for the proper architecture, design and management of the data strategy, and provide technical leadership in collaboration with stakeholders to deliver  business goals. Here are the key responsibilities and qualifications for this role

Data Strategy Development:

• Define and deliver the data strategy roadmap for the enterprise.
• Establish a Master Data Management program that will help create a common view of master data and provide a centralized mechanism for its aggregation, cleansing, transformation, augmentation, validation, and syndication.
• Develop specific metrics for quality and consistency reviews of data across the enterprise
• Lead the establishment and documentation of technology direction and standards for data platforms, involving all aspects of information access and retrieval, integration, middleware translators, utilities, tools, and languages - focus on effective and efficient data analytics, business intelligence, and enterprise reporting as the outcome.

Database Management:

• Leverage expertise in database technologies to build robust, scalable, and efficient enterprise-level data solutions.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of data models.

Security Practices:

• Working closely with the data security team to ensure appropriate security measures are in place.
• Safeguarding sensitive data and adhering to best practices.

Business Collaboration:

• Participate in Business Intelligence projects, and work with stakeholder groups to ensure successful solutions.
• Translate business needs into effective data architecture solutions.
• Lead from the front as a hands-on subject matter expert, architecting and crafting scalable solutions, and driving data excellence across the organization.

Roles & Responsibilities

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

• Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
• Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
• Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations
• Supervisors & Managers should demonstrate effective safety leadership for the health and safety arrangements of all subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises

QUALITY

• Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and taking an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System
• Maintains service quality as an immediate priority when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

OPERATIONS 

• Collaborates with members of the executive team to identify ways IT can assist the company in achieving business and financial goals
• Communicates goals, projects, and timelines of the company to the department; plans ways to execute those goals within the department
• Establishes long-term business needs and plans and develops strategies for developing systems and acquiring software and hardware necessary to meet those needs
• Assists as top-level contact for end users in determining application requirements and/or solutions
• Ensures compliance with government regulations that apply to systems operations
• Oversees projects and assignments
• Leads efficient operation of the team so that prompt modernization and upgrades of applications are performed as needed

COMMUNICATION

• Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external
• Supervisors & Managers should clearly communicate expectations, roles and responsibilities to their reports

FINANCIAL

• All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses
• Costs incurred should be within the approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

• Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience
• Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential
• Supervisors are expected to actively engage their employees to support talent management through Weatherford’s performance management process, including but not limited to talent assessments, succession planning & regular coaching opportunities
• Supervisors should collaborate with Human Resources & Training Development to drive strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personnel & to foster an environment that supports the attraction & retention of a high performing talented workforce

VISION & LEADERSHIP

• Demonstrates leadership, ethical behavior and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times

Experience

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or Information Technology required
• At least 10 years of experience in architecture, data centric platforms and applied AI with increasing level of responsibility
• Have a solid background in enterprise architecture, big data, analytics, AI/MI, and VR/AR technologies.
• Ability to apply consultative approaches and techniques.
• Understanding of business case development and investment appraisal.

PREFERRED

• Experience in data platform creation/migrations/implementation/upgrades is a plus
• Experience with JDEdwards, Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Platform implementation is a plus

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

REQUIRED

• Strong leadership, ability to balance between tactical/strategic, ability to work both operational and transactional processes
• Be customer focused / strong business acumen, business judgment and business sense
• Drive efficiencies that simplify the organization, innovate products or processes and empower employees to lead
• Courage, emotional intelligence, patience with a sense of urgency, humility and confidence, a teacher and learner
• Able to shift thinking and behavior to deliver strategies and tactics that provide significant results
• Connect managers, executives, and staff to work together with shared responsibility
• Develop and deliver messages that inform, inspire, and unite teams
• Knowledge to explain the individual and the integrated business or operational activity
• Have the self-awareness to recognize personal growth opportunities, appreciate the contributions of others, and remain open to new ideas and feedback
• Naturally curious, inquisitive
• Proven ability to build/maintain strong relationships
• Demonstrate excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent influence, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing. Be an effective communicator
• Lead innovation/creativity and change
• Systems thinker and thought process, understands how things are connected
• Lead and develop people / promote teamwork and collaboration
• Deep functional knowledge and expertise / be a data strategist

Travel Requirement

• This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to 10-25%