Business Architect with Oracle BPM

Description

This position is a Business Architect position , that requires Oracle BPM skill set for install and is responsible for facilitating business process, function and organization design, working collaboratively with business strategists, process owners and subject matter experts. The role focuses primarily on business requirements, workflow and leveraging technology to enable or alter business processes or practices. Requirements Provide strategic consultation to assigned lineofbusiness (LOB) customers in defining or designing business processes, functions and organizational structures, as well as in researching, identifying and internally marketing enabling technologies based on customer requirements. Facilitate agreement on organizational work models to meet business requirements. Consult with businessfacing projects and maintain knowledge of their progress. Participate in enterprise strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development. Participate in enterprise architecture development, including business architecture, information architecture, application portfolio and technical architecture. Collaborate with the enterprise program management office on reporting project status, issues, risks and benefits. Seek ways to apply new technology to, and reuse existing technology for, business processes; research and provide information on technical trends and competitors' practices relevant to assigned LOB customers. Assess nearterm needs, using structured interview processes, to establish business priorities; consult with technical subject matter experts and develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities. Collaborate with other IT functional areas to remain apprised of project status, and inform LOB customer management of progress; conversely, keep IT's technology and service managers aware of key LOB customer issues, identifying and resolving potential problems and conflicts. Facilitate development of crossLOB (enterprise) solutions that combine knowledge of particular business processes and issues, general technological options, and process facilitation techniques. Develop, motivate and direct staff to create a team environment, and enable staff to fulfill the LOB customer operating objectives. Bachelor's degree in business, information systems or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience; M.B.A. preferred. Five to seven years of experience in IT, with a minimum of two years in business process design. Indepth experience with process redesign methods (such as business process reengineering, Six Sigma or total quality management) and tools (such as Proforma, IDS Scheer, alfabet, Troux, or Mega). Knowledgeable in all aspects of designing and constructing business processes, functions and organizational structures. Comprehensive knowledge of facilitation and organization change management. Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs. Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence. Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects. Ability to analyze project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives and solve problems that involve remote and elusive symptoms, often spanning multiple environments in a business area. Conceptual knowledge of new computing architectures and the implementation of networked computing structures emphasizing distributed computing. experience with ecommerce, Web architecture, and Internet/intranet development and implementation a plus. Management experience in one or more of the following areas Strategic planning, leadership and relationship management. Program management efforts involving the coordination of resources and goals across multiple related projects. Leading multidisciplined, highperformance work teams. Developing and monitoring delivery of efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems. Understanding of business process management, workflow and integration methods and tools. Knowledge of finance, accounting, valuation and metrics development. Statistical analysis skills a plus.