Enterprise Architect

• Craft and lead the execution of a comprehensive enterprise application strategy for our global omnichannel presence, including China, ensuring seamless alignment with business priorities and driving the modernization of our IT infrastructure. This includes championing cloud-native architectures and serverless technologies as appropriate.
• Define and maintain architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices in close collaboration with solution architects across global omnichannel teams and LVMH counterparts in China.
• Partner with solution architects to deliver robust technical application designs, including detailed diagrams, integration patterns, and comprehensive data documentation.
• Make informed decisions balancing state-of-the-art architectural ideals with practical budget and timeline constraints.
• Proactively engage with business stakeholders to anticipate their evolving technology needs, recommending forward-thinking solutions.
• Actively participate in cross-functional innovation workshops to identify and prototype new solutions.
• Collaborate closely with enterprise architects across different business domains and the Enterprise

• Architecture Director, guaranteeing consistency and alignment across the organization.

• Lead the Omnichannel Architecture Review Board, establishing efficient governance processes to ensure architectural compliance throughout project lifecycles, from initiation to post-launch.
• Focus on enabling rapid iteration and minimizing bureaucratic overhead.

• Actively contribute to the Enterprise Architecture repository (Sharepoint), ensuring the creation and maintenance of up-to-date content.
• Oversee the upkeep of our enterprise architecture tool (Smoteo), guaranteeing application owners maintain complete and current information.
• Offer guidance and support to maximize the value of the enterprise architecture tool, proposing enhancements that benefit both business and IT stakeholders.
• Continuously evaluate and recommend emerging methodologies to optimize efficiency and effectiveness

• Mentor solution architects, fostering excellence in design, architecture, and development standards.
• Cultivate strong relationships with a network of internal and external IT specialists, application directors, solution architects, project managers, and external solution providers, offering leadership and technical direction while expanding our enterprise architecture capabilities.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, integration, and data teams to establish cross-domain standards, ensuring seamless portability between tools and technologies.
• Partner with LVMH architecture teams and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to leverage and adapt best practices from the group and other brands to fit Tiffany & Co.'s unique requirements.

• Build trust with business teams, proactively providing insightful technology advisories.
• Champion innovation across the IT organization, challenging the status quo and conventional thinking and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Evangelize industry trends and best practices within the omnichannel domain, promoting awareness and inspiring innovation among IT and business teams.
• Collaborate with omnichannel solution experts and LVMH Group teams to introduce relevant innovations to Tiffany & Co., expanding our solution portfolio.

• Proven experience in enterprise architecture roles, with a strong background in IT enterprise architecture, company culture transformation, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex IT concepts into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills, with a pragmatic approach to architecture development.
• Experience in modernizing and simplifying information systems.
• Deep, hands-on technical and operational expertise with IT technologies and architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, ARCHIMATE).
• Expansive knowledge of end to end enterprise applications such as e-commerce, marketing automation, clienteling, PIM, POS, …
• Strong understanding of integration patterns, API management, and microservice-oriented architecture.
• Requires strong influencing / negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with specific technologies relevant to the luxury retail industry.
• Experience with global project management and distributed teams.
• Experience working in an Agile/DevOps environment.
• A proven track record of inspiring change and transforming IT culture in a large organization.
• Experience with Digital Platform implementations (e.g, e-commerce Salesforce Commerce Cloud, PIM Akeneo, DAM Adobe Experience Manager)
• Experience with CRM implementations (e.g. Salesforce Marketing Cloud)
• Experience with retail clienteling & Call center clienteling (e.g. Salesforce Sales Cloud & Service Cloud)
• Experience with Order Management Systems (e.g. IBM Sterling)
• Experience implementing microservices based applications
• Experience with integration solutions (e.g. Salesforce MuleSoft, IBM Integration Bus, Fivetran, Informatica PowerCenter ETL, and IBM MQ).
• Experience with ERP implementations (e.g. JDEdwards EnterpriseOne)
• Experience with data platforms integration
• Fluency in French is a plus.

Tiffany & Co.