CTRM Business Architect Lead

vor 3 Wochen


Genf, Schweiz Trafigura Vollzeit
Main Purpose:
We are seeking a delivery-focussed CTRM Business Architect Lead to take ownership of the front to back architecture for an in-house CTRM system. Focussing on the Metals, Minerals & Bulk divisions, you will be responsible for leading a small team of architects in transforming large, complex business initiatives into an architectural vision that will facilitate the structured delivery of functional capabilities. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation to facilitate the growth and optimisation of business operations by providing a clear picture of how the application landscape can enable delivery of roadmaps in current and future states, while supporting delivery teams in continuous improvement of our applications.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
  1. Lead a small team of architects, providing guidance and support to enable team members to achieve personal growth goals while also meeting organisational objectives.
  2. Co-ordinate architecture work across front, middle and back office areas, working closely with product owners and technical leads to understand and prioritise the backlog, mobilising the team for delivery.
  3. Lead by example in driving and following best practices, ensuring a high quality of output across the team.
  4. Identify and drive forward IT process improvements with senior stakeholders to implementation, enabling more effective delivery of business value.
  5. Transform high level business objectives into a clear, architectural vision that can be executed by application delivery teams to drive business outcomes.
  6. Create, maintain and continuously improve the functional application architecture and conceptual data models, facilitating an understanding of dependencies across the organisation by democratising information.
  7. Make recommendations on key strategic architectural decisions such as buy vs. build options.
  8. Balance strategic initiatives with tactical demands, providing a clear functional roadmap across current, interim and target states to communicate a coherent journey for the Business and IT.
  9. Support application delivery teams throughout the SDLC, facilitating alignment with detailed design work and accommodating architectural change where required.
  10. Collaborate closely with technical leads to align functional and technical architecture, ensuring that technical implementation enables business expectations to be met.
  11. Keep up with industry trends, using this knowledge to identify ways to help better meet business goals.
  12. Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion and excellence across the IT organisation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  1. 10+ years of experience working in a business analyst and/or architect role
  2. 3+ years experience leading others in a high-performance environment
  3. Strong domain knowledge in the commodity trading industry covering the end to end physical trade lifecycle
  4. Track record working in widely distributed global team delivering large scale applications
  5. Strong interpersonal and communication skills both with business and IT leaders
  6. Ability to plan and execute work independently with a pro-active approach
  7. Comfortable working in a matrix management structure with a flat hierarchy
  8. Excellent verbal and written communication in English
  9. (Preferred) Experience with a range of CTRM systems

Key Attitudes / Competencies:

  1. Delivery focus with a can-do attitude
  2. Clear and engaging communicator
  3. Ability to take ownership of decisions in a fast-paced environment
  4. Collaborative and inclusive mindset
Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Key Relationships

  1. Senior business stakeholders
  2. Trading IT organisation – Product managers, delivery leads, business analysts, functional architects, technical architects, developers, QA and project managers.

Reporting Structure

Reporting into Lead Functional Architect in Geneva, Switzerland

Department Overview

Trafigura is committed to building and maintaining world class IT applications and infrastructure. The Trading IT group directly supports the Trafigura trading business, and this business has started a far-reaching programme to enhance and improve its trading applications using an innovative architecture to support business growth across the full range of business lines and geographies, and to enable the sharing of systems across different businesses.

This programme is aimed at delivering functional capabilities, enhancements and technical infrastructure upgrades to enable continued business growth and enhanced profitability for the firm.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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