Director, Technical Architecture – Oracle Cloud Fusion Integrations

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Taylor Corporation is seeking a highly experienced and collaborative Director, Technical Architecture to lead the design, development, and integration strategy for enterprise applications leveraging Oracle Cloud Fusion, including business functions such as quote-to-cash, order management, procure to pay, finance, tax, and ancillary sub-systems. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Enterprise Systems and Digital Transformation, this role is responsible for defining architectural standards for our enterprise-wide digital transformation initiative (code name: Horizon), ensuring seamless integration across Oracle Fusion ERP, Oracle Configure Price Quote (CPQ), Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), other homegrown and legacy 3rd party systems, and guiding engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with organizational goals.

To be considered for the Taylor opportunities, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Architect and optimize the systems and data landscape supporting end-to-end supply chain and finance processes.
  • Establish reference architecture, standard frameworks, and best practices for cloud-based integrations and middleware.
• Technical Oversight:
  • Position blends architectural design with delivery execution, requiring cross-functional architecture leadership across business units and the ability to manage a development team accountable for day-to-day enhancements and support.
  • Working with the business units, lead definition, design and development of new requirements and capabilities leveraging Oracle Fusion ERP, Oracle Configure Price Quote (CPQ), and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) modules.
  • Lead design and implementation of integrations, extensions, SOAP and REST APIs, middleware, and data flows between Oracle Fusion and other enterprise systems.
  • Lead the Horizon Architecture Review Board, driving issue resolution and disciplined architectural decision documentation.
  • Ensure compliance with Oracle standards, security protocols, and performance benchmarks.
  • Working with the data engineering team, develop and manage end-to-end data models connecting customer systems to the ERP, ensuring that data relationships, structures, and integrations support business processes and reporting needs.
  • Implement robust testing strategies for integrations and extensions, including for automated regression and performance testing.
  • Manage the enterprise environment plan to control costs while ensuring the availability of appropriate environments to support testing, validation, and quality assurance activities.
  • Own Dev Ops practices, enabling fully automated build and deployment pipelines that support continuous delivery.
  • Ensure adherence to data governance, compliance, and audit standards.
• Team Management:
  • Build and mentor a high-performing team of software engineers, architects, QA, Application Systems Specialists, and Dev Ops engineers.
  • Track and report on enterprise architecture KPIs to measure business value, risk reduction, and compliance.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Partner with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and other business units to understand integration requirements.
  • Work closely with Oracle consultants and vendors to optimize system performance and functionality.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• 5+…