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Senior Director, Front-End Architecture
Comcast
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Senior Director, Xfinity Mobile Front-End Architecture
Job Summary:
Responsible for directing a team of Software Architects. Provides vision and leadership for developing and implementing strategic initiatives for customer- and agent-facing systems across multiple sales and care channels. Directs needs analysis, planning, and business review of enterprise IS systems in support of business operations to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and business development. Monitors emerging technologies/technology practices for potential use within the company. Designs and develops updated infrastructure in support of one or more business processes. Helps to ensure a balance between tactical and strategic technology solutions. Considers business problems end-to-end including people, process, and technology, both within and outside the enterprise, as part of any design solution. Identifies and drives issues through closure. Provides leadership and direction for diverse and complex functions. Contributes to the development of the organization's business strategy. Interprets business strategy and develops organizational objectives to align with this strategy.
Core Responsibilities:
• Ensures programs are envisioned, designed, developed, and implemented across the enterprise to meet business needs. Interfaces with the Senior leadership team, Executive leadership, CIO, and other functional areas to ensure that most efficient solution is designed to meet business needs.
• Ensures solutions are well engineered, operable, maintainable, and delivered on schedule. Develops, documents, and ensures compliance with technical best practices.
• Tracks and documents requirements for enterprise development projects and enhancements.
• Monitors current and future trends, technology, and information that will positively affect organizational projects; applies and integrates emerging technological trends to new and existing systems architecture. Mentors team members in relevant technologies and implementation architecture.
• Contributes to the overall system implementation strategy for the enterprise and participates in appropriate forums, meetings, presentations, etc. to meet that goal.
• Gathers and understands client needs, finding key areas where technology leverage is possible to improve business process; defines architectural approaches, and develops technology proofs. Communicates technology direction.
• Monitors the project lifecycle from intake through delivery. Ensures the entire solution design is complete and consistent from the start and seeks to remove as much re-work as possible.
• Develops and communicates system/subsystem architecture. Develops clear system requirements for component subsystems.
• Contributes to and supports efforts to further build intellectual property via patents.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Job Specification:
• Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
• Engineering, Computer Science
• Generally requires 12+ years related experience
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