The IT Director, Commercial Architect and IT Business Partner will be responsible for partnering within the Sensata organizations to develop and execute an IT Strategy and Roadmap aligned with business needs and priorities. Sensata has business processes that are at various levels of standardization which will benefit from technology simplification, alignment and utilization globally. This role is the key IT leader driving continuous improvement and program execution to improve the efficiency of our Commercial and Business Partner teams. This role is key in leading the respective teams across the global organization, supporting these functions today and serving as a single point of escalation for the business organizations and assisting with the prioritization of work that is needed to run day-to-day operations. Deploying standards, reducing complexity and adding value to our customers are key focus areas that this role will directly influence.

General Responsibilities

Coordinate with Business partners, IT leadership and other technical managers to oversee the strategic development of internal and cloud-based systems and help build and maintain 3-5-year roadmap for key business processes and systemsDirect the activities for the commercial business processes related to Information Technology in the company, involving the definition, development, maintenance and operation of technologyAdvises on the selection of hardware and software to meet business partners requirementsOversees and reports on allocation of IT budgetTransparently communicates throughout the IT organization and businessIdentify areas of improvements and concerns and accordingly develop action plansWork with business & IT to build solutions based on best practices, that utilize technologies already available where appropriate.Provide insights to Master Data Team for building MDM solutions around Customer, Supplier, and ProductProvide insights and design guidance as it relates to system integrations.Provide business architecture, systems architecture, and systems processing guidance to IT teams including Business Analysts, System Analysts, and Infrastructure teams.Assist in IT Integration for M&A as well as divesturesGuide team in templatizing data conversions activities to reduce project cycle time.Lead and approve design reviewsCreate and maintain System Architecture documentsAdjust architectures to support changing requirements, maintaining performance, reliability, and security.Lead team and guide them through the enhancement requestsWhere appropriate, leverage Agile and devOps methodologies

Experience / Qualifications

A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.Business ethics - Ability to practice and behave consistently and effectively in areas of business practice and conflicts of interestCommunication - Ability to communicate effectively by getting the right message across to the right people at the right time on a regular basisCustomer Orientation - Ability to meet customers’ expectations by identifying and anticipating customers’ needs and integrating these into work; ability to develop new added value for customers and act with the customer in mindResult orientation - Ability to take steps personally to ensure that mutual goals and performance targets are met within the appropriate timeframeTeamwork - Ability to work with others and work synergistically with fellow team-membersPlanning and Organizing - Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work and schedules in all areas to meet requirementsProblem solving - Ability to reach logical conclusions to situations by appropriately analyzing the situation. Balances the benefits, risks and consequences of actionsTime Management - Ability to assessing your ability to manage your time, and the effectiveness of your team to reach department objectivesConflict management - Ability to recognize and work towards a mutually agreeable solution when confronted with conflictDecision making - Ability to think through possibilities and make sound decisions with appropriate degree of risk; knows when he / she has enough data to make an informed decisionResilience - Ability to work under pressure and prioritizeStrategic thinking - Ability to turn strategy into action, to see the big picture and use this ability productivelyManaging objectives - Ability to decide what needs to be accomplished and design a plan to achieve the desired resultsTeam Management - Ability to delegate, motivate, mentor, develop and manage team to achieve objectives. Manage external resource against SLA and operational metricsBudget Management - Ability to project and present annual operation Expense and Capital budget in departmental budget process

The Commercial Applications Architect will be accountable for the platforms supporting the business in this process area. They act as a bridge between business needs and technology solutions, ensuring that all platform capabilities are designed and used to their fullest potential.  Example platforms to be supported include Salesforce, Oracle EBS, and a future migration to Oracle Cloud.

The IT Business Partner will work with Sensata’ s Solution Delivery Managers, Business Analysts, and Developers to recommend, design and confirm that business requirements align into Sensata’s platforms and are aligned to best practices.

This position will be subject to U.S. export control requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Employment is contingent on either verifying the U.S. Person status or obtaining any necessary export license.

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