GreatAmerica Financial Services

Director, Enterprise Architecture

Cedar Rapids, IA, USA · Director

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About the role

Our exemplary customer service, our principle-centered business philosophy and our team-based operating approach are key to our success and growth.
The Director, Enterprise Architecture serves as the end‑to‑end solution architecture authority for the enterprise and provides strategic and hands‑on leadership for the Solution Architecture function.
In addition, this role provides guidance to business and technology leaders on critical investment and trade‑off decisions, balancing near‑term operational needs with the organization's future‑state vision.

Develop and document enterprise reference architecture designs.
Proven ability to architect innovative enterprise solutions using existing capabilities or by acquiring/building new capabilities.
Passion for technology solutions that drive business success for GreatAmerica.
Ability to understand complicated business requirements and facilitate internal discussions to create conceptual solutions and high-level sizing estimates.
This role leads and manages a team of Solution Architects while overseeing the design and delivery of scalable, reusable, and secure technology solutions across GreatAmerica's products and platforms.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
10+ years of experience in architecting complex solutions, with 5+ of those years using Salesforce technologies, Integration patterns and relevant industry SaaS solutions.
3 years of experience implementing using Agile and Scrum methods in a product-oriented organization at enterprise scale.
Please note, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Identify and drive aggressive reduction of technical debt.
Provide overall direction, guidance, and definition of technology architectures across the product release train).
Assist in new product and vendor evaluations, proof-of-concept and prototypes.
Architect cloud based, application/product architectures with reusable patterns like microservices and event driven techniques.
Align architecture strategy with business goals.
Conduct research and evaluation of emerging technology, industry, and market trends.
Work on highly complex solution architecture that requires in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized domains.
Participate in budget processes to ensure objectives are achieved within fiscal expectations.
Frame architecture decisions in business risk, business value, and delivery impact
Act as a steady advisor to the CTO and platform leadership, especially in moments of trade‑off or escalation.

GreatAmerica Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States.
Continues learning and adapting to change by being receptive to coaching to address gaps and proactively develop desired proficiencies for themselves and their team.

If your experience aligns closely, please apply.
We value diverse backgrounds and adding new perspectives.
We encourage you to apply if you can make a strong impact in this role at www.greatamerica.com/careers.
We are looking to add a key member to our Technology Team!

Please note, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

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