Domain Enterprise Architect Downstream Business (Retail)
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Job Summary
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purposeFeeding the Future is the reason we come to work each day. Were guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26000 employees we operate a world-class network of production distribution and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers needs and strive to provide a more profitable sustainable and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.
The Domain Enterprise Architect - Downstream is accountable for the architecture of Nutriens Retail and grower-facing business domain. The role connects business strategy customer and grower outcomes value streams and capabilities to information applications and technology; maintains the domain target state and transition roadmap; and provides architecture direction before significant investment commitments. Working within a centralized EA CoE this architect brings a One Nutrien perspective to the Downstream portfolio while recognizing legitimate regional market and operating differences.
What Youll Do:
Business outcomes and capability architecture
- Develop and maintain business capability maps taxonomies and value streams in partnership with business leaders
- Translate business strategies operatingpriorities and measurable outcomes into capability implications and architecture requirements
- Assess capability maturity strategic importance differentiation pain pointsduplication and investment needs using common EA CoE methods
- Connect business outcomes and value streams to information applications integrations technologyplatforms and organizational dependencies
- Create concise decision-ready views that make cost risk complexityopportunity and trade-offs understandable to business and IT leaders
- Domain architecture and strategic roadmaps
- Own andmaintain the domain current-state target-state and transition architectures at an appropriate level of detail for strategic decision-making
- Develop an actionable multi-year domain architecture roadmap aligned with enterprise strategy the ERP Five-YearPlan and approved investment priorities
- Define transition states sequencing assumptions dependencies architecturerisks and decision points required to move from current to target state
- Provide domain capability requirements and business context to Application Data Integration Technology Security and ERP architects; collaborate on integrated enterprise roadmaps
- Maintain architecture products decisionsdependencies and roadmaps in the approved EA repository and refresh them when business strategy investment priorities or the technology landscape materially changes
- Some of the above responsibilities involve working within the EA team and collaborating with otherCoEs
- Domain specific knowledge and industry experienceis required to streamline the collaboration with BRM and business stakeholders as needed
- Working closely with the BRMs and business stakeholders to support their strategic technology needs
Investment shaping and portfolio transparency
- Provide architecture point of view (PoV) for material investments before solution or vendor commitments are made covering target-state fit reuse duplication options dependencies lifecycle risk technical debt and total-cost drivers
- Partner with BRM during demand shaping: BRM owns demand sponsorship valuecase and outcome continuity; the Domain EA owns architectural fit options and enterprise coherence
- Support/Partner with Portfolio and Finance to make capability gaps architecture dependencies lifecycleexposure and investment trade-offs visible; Portfolio and Finance retain prioritization funding and financial-validation authority
- Identify opportunities to reuse consolidate modernize or retire capabilities and applications and route recommendations to the accountable business product platform and portfolio owners
- Maintain a domain view of architecture-related technical debt and exceptions including business impact accountable owner remediationpath and review date
Architecture governance and assurance
- Apply enterprise principles standards reference architectures and approved patterns through early risk-based engagement
- Determine whether proposed changes conform to the approved domain target state within delegated authority; recommend material exceptions and unresolved cross-domain decisions to the EA Design Authority or Architecture Review Board
- Document architecture decisions conditions risks exceptions and expiry or review dates in the approved system of record
- Provide architecture assurance at agreed lifecycle points and verify that material decisions and conditions are reflected in solution designs and delivery evidence
- Use pre-approved patterns proportionatereview and governance by exception to improve decision speed without weakening enterprise accountability
- Collaborationinfluence and EA practice development
- Serve as a trusted architecture advisor to senior business and IT leaders framing options and recommendations in terms of outcomes cost risk resiliencespeed and value
- Facilitate cross-functional decisions and surface conflicting assumptions duplicatedactivity and ownership gaps early
- Collaborate with other Domain EAs to manage end-to-end value streams and cross-domain dependencies
- Contribute domain analysis to merger acquisition divestiture and separation assessments using EACoE playbooks and governance
- Help mature EACoE methods reusable assets service measures communities of practice and architecture literacy across Nutrien
Domain-specific accountabilities
- Maintain the architecture view for customer and grower engagement account and channel management commercial programs pricing product and service offers agronomy services retail branch enablement digital commerce customer service and the Downstream portions of order-to-cash and fulfillment
- Identify opportunities to simplify customer vendor and channel processes and reduce branch-level or regional workarounds while protecting capabilities that legitimately differentiate markets or customer experiences
- Represent Retail seasonality multi-site operations grower experience commercial agility and channel considerations in enterprise ERP data integrationsecurity and technology roadmaps
- Co-own architecture interfaces with the Midstream Domain EA for inventory visibility availability order promising fulfillmentdelivery and customer-service dependencies
- Provide Downstream capability and transition implications for acquisitions divestitures branch integrations and separations
Measures of success
- Priority business outcomes and investments are traceable to endorsed capabilities target states and roadmap decisions
- Architecture guidance is delivered early enough to influence demand shaping funding vendorselection and solution direction
- Domain roadmaps are current jointlyunderstood and used in planning and portfolio decisions
- Material cross-domain dependencies architecture risksexceptions and technical debt have named owners and transparent disposition
- Reuse consolidationmodernization and retirement opportunities are identified and progressed through accountable portfolio owners
- Stakeholders report improved clarity decisionquality and confidence in the EA engagement model
- EA repository content for the assigned domain is complete currentconnected and usable for decision-making
What Youll Bring:
- Undergraduate degree from a recognized university in Business Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent experience
- Minimum 15 or more years of progressive experience across enterprise architecture business architecture domain architecturestrategy or large-scale transformation in a complex organization
- Demonstrated experience developing capability models value-stream views current and target architectures transitionroadmaps and executive decision materials
- Demonstrated ability to connect business outcomes with technologysecurity and operating-model implications
- Practical experience with architecture governance standards exceptionmanagement and architecture repositories
- Business and financial literacysufficient to discuss value drivers total-cost implications investment trade-offs and risk
- Ability to translate business impactcost and risk from enterprise technology lens perspective
- Strong executive communication facilitation structured problem-solving and influence without authority
- Strong knowledge of Retail or customer-facing value chains including customer and channel management pricing commercial programs order-to-cash and service processes
- Experience inagriculture retail distribution or another complex multi-site customer-facing environment will be an asset
- Solid understanding of Order to Cash cycle andits variations from sales perspective
- Ability and willingness to travel15-20% as required by the role
- Great communication and visual storytelling skills
- Ability and desire tocollaborate facilitate and constructively challenge ideas
- Strongcuriosity and learning agility about business and technology
- Willingness to learn work and deliver across enterprise teams outside of your domain
Preferred Qualifications:
- Graduate degree in Business Finance Supply Chain Engineering Information Systems or a related field
- TOGAF Certified Business Architect ArchiMate or equivalent architecture certification
- Experience helpingestablish or mature an EA practice service catalogue governance model or design authority
- Priorconsulting or systems-integration experience in complex multi-business environments
- Experience supporting mergers acquisitions divestitures carve-outs or enterprise integration
- Exposure to digital commerce CRM customer-experience platforms and retail operations
- Purpose-Driven Work Make an impact as part of a global team feedingthe future and support farmerslocally and around the world
- Excellent Benefits Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage plus a retirement program with generous employer matching foryour future
- Grow Your Career Tuition assistancefor future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathwaysacross the organization
- Support When it Matters Employee Assistance Programs inclusive leaves and paid time for holidays volunteering vacation and wellness
- Thrive in a Strong Culture Guided by our core valueswe put safety first act with integrity are stronger together and deliver with excellence in a collaborative high-performing environment
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Nutrien is a leading crop inputs and services provider that is helping to safely and sustainably feed a growing world.
