Enterprise Technology Architect

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We’re not in the wing business. We’re in the flavor business. It’s been our mission to Serve the World Flavor since we first opened in 1994, and we’re just getting started. 1997 saw the opening of our first brand partner operated Wingstop location, and by 2002 we had served the world one billion wings. It’s flavor that defines us and has made Wingstop one of the fastest growing brands in the restaurant industry.

Above all else – our success is largely due to our people and our core values, or what we call The Wingstop Way of being entrepreneurial, service-minded, fun, and authentic. We believe having a strong people foundation centered on these collective values creates a crave-worthy culture and talented team, as well as ensures our brand is poised for accelerated growth.

We we all win together.

WHAT WE'LL NEED

The Enterprise Technology Architect will be responsible for the definition, creation, and maintenance of a holistic enterprise architecture roadmap and its alignment with the business strategy, enabling business innovation, high user satisfaction, and operational excellence. You will define and implement best-in-class enterprise architecture capabilities and governance across Wingstop and plan the use of enterprise architectural resources. They will play a lead role in technology standardization, reducing technical debt and shaping, and adopting the technology stacks and platforms while enabling high-velocity business innovation, economies of scale and compliance.

Your specific areas of responsibility will also include building an effective EA capability for Wingstop; advising stakeholders on technology implications (feasibility, costs) of business decisions; guiding investment decisions with business capability models and mapping; aligning technology/architecture roadmap with business outcomes; guiding execution of digital change initiatives. You will report to the VP, Restaurant, Corporate Tech & Enterprise Architecture. You must have the EQ and business acumen to navigate a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders.

• Define, create, and maintain the enterprise technology architecture framework, standards, policies, and best practices.
• Analyze the current technology landscape and identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Define and support product/technology roadmaps, solution architecture blueprints, technical requirements & templates for reuse across the organization.
• Integrate Architecture Processes into other workflows in the organization
• Lead by example and collaborate with internal teams, and suppliers, to deliver and support the technology solutions.
• Define in-depth technical requirements. Ensure the technology solutions are compliant with the industry regulations, security standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend new and emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to technology team members and stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field required; master's degree preferred; focus in computer science preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in leading large-scale technology architecture and/or software engineering – transformational leader with proven architecture/engineering track record in modern tech stacks and agile frameworks.
• 5+ years in leading a large-scale enterprise architecture function.
• A track record of having “institutionalized” a modern enterprise architecture model in highly agile and distributed environments and with a data science capability that has led to a set of “production” use cases for machine learning, and other artificial intelligence technologies, which have had a meaningful impact on core business operations and outcomes.
• Master of EA frameworks (i.e. TOGAF, Zachman Framework).
• Expertise in leading digital transformation and automation, customer and team member experience, and enterprise technology transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in leading the development of enterprise-wide systems that are highly scalable, performant, reliable, and secure in…