Senior Business & System Architect

Job description

Senior Business & System Architect Company: The Boeing Company We are seeking a Senior Business and Systems Architect with deep domain expertise in the Facilities, Real Estate, and Workplace Experience areas to lead enterprise-level transformations in the Arlington, VA area. This position will influence technology architecture and design decisions that support solutions used in the Enterprise Services division. Enterprise Services consists of Indirect Supply Chain, Executive Flight Operations, and Global Real Estate & Facilities. You will partner closely with all aspects of the organization's executive and senior management teams within Enterprise Services. As Boeing continues to grow, and our function works to be an enabler to business success, we are building teams and leaders with growth mindsets to anticipate and grow to meet the needs of the company at large. In this role you will operate at the intersection of business strategy/needs and complex technology landscapes. As a trusted advisor you will define target-state architectures, translate workplace strategy into pragmatic solutions, and support delivery across service request intake, planning, design and construction, and modern operations. This is an individual contributor role that will enable teams to translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and secure technical designs, identify solutions, and partner with stakeholders for successful delivery and adoption. This role requires strong stakeholder management with facilities, real estate, finance, legal and IT, plus hands-on knowledge of related platforms, integrations, and automation approaches. You will use your influence and leadership to engage and coordinate with teams located across the global portfolio with support to numerous sites in multiple countries, provinces, and cities. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong interpersonal skills. It will require infrequent travel to visit stakeholders at other sites as business needs require. Position Responsibilities: Acts as the primary architect and senior consultant for technology transformations that are led by multiple portfolio managers and solution owners, governance: standards, design reviews, architecture decision records, identifies, quantifies, and manages architectural risks; proposes mitigation strategies and trade-off recommendations Builds and maintains business capability/architecture documentation, solution selection criteria, and both individual and integrated technology roadmaps for Enterprise Services Technology Identifies and delivers data-driven insights through multiple data sources to drive operational efficiencies that improve service delivery, overall workplace experience, and operational cost factors Leads architecture and program delivery for building automation systems (BAS), OT/IT convergence, and centralized facility monitoring and operations capabilities, including integration with CMMS, FDD, and enterprise platforms Works with solution teams during discovery, design and implementation to ensure: alignment to the architecture strategy, traceability (from business requirements to technical design, build, testing and adoption), resolution of risks and issues, and mentorship of solution teams Leads external stakeholder engagement (supplier summits, industry groups, technology partnerships) to inform and harmonize both operational technology and corporate technology transformation efforts with industry trends Understands and influences: technology and design decisions, realized business outcomes: e.g. enabled value, cycle time and touch time, process optimization, compliance and/or security improvements, integration strategy between internal platforms, data warehouses, and third-party systems, data models (master data), process documentation and reconciliation between systems of record, automation strategy Identifies, charters, and executes workplace experience improvements, enabled through technology offerings, that elevate the day-in-the-life experience of Boeing teammates and stakeholders. Conducts stakeholder workshops with functional stakeholders to align process re-design and technology capabilities and validate target-state process maps and RACI Personal Attributes Strategic thinker able to balance long-term target-state with pragmatic delivery trade-offs Strong communicator who translates technical complexity and trade-offs into business impact. Able to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Collaborative leader who mentors teams, builds consensus, and drives timely decisions – scaling capability across teams Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and managing multiple stakeholder priorities Business-focused, results-oriented with attention to user experience, operational readiness and change management Confident decision-maker who documents trade-offs and drives alignment Deliverables & Success Metrics Establish and manage a program structure for the enterprise digital asset visibility tool rollout, driving all in-scope locations to operational status against a defined schedule, with regular cost, schedule, risk, and issue reporting Examine opportunities to maximize the operational value of the toolset across the Boeing enterprise Approved target-state workplace experiences solution architecture and implementation roadmap aligned to Boeing and GREF strategy Reusable architecture artifacts, playbooks, and accelerators which are adopted across projects High stakeholder satisfaction and collaboration Successful delivery of solutions, reduced rework during implementation Measurable business outcomes, ROI and KPIs This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): 10+ years of experi