Manager - Strategy And Enterprise Architecture

Emarat is seeking an experienced Strategy & Enterprise Architecture Manager to establish and lead the  Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice. This includes developing EA frameworks, standards, and tools, and leveraging them to design and implement architectural blueprints that support the organization’s current and future business needs.

The role is responsible for aligning business applications, digital technologies, and IT infrastructure with strategic objectives, ensuring a secure, efficient, and scalable environment. The successful candidate will also drive innovation and support Emarat’s growth and operational excellence.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Architecture Design:

• Analyze enterprise architecture across business, data, applications, and technology layers
• Develop and maintain EA frameworks, standards, and tools aligned with strategy
• Support digital transformation initiatives across downstream operations
• Monitor emerging technologies and assess relevance to business needs
• Create and implement EA roadmaps aligned with business objectives
• Identify optimization opportunities within the current technology landscape
• Drive adoption of new technologies to improve efficiency and performance
• Recommend and implement improvements in the IT environment

2.  Systems Interactions and Dependencies:

• Map system interdependencies and data flows across platforms
• Oversee integration of IT systems to ensure seamless operations
• Ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and cybersecurity standards
• Manage capacity planning and service continuity & recovery strategies

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assess IT investments through cost-benefit and ROI analysis
• Recommend strategies to optimize costs and maximize value
• Solve complex technical and business challenges with innovative solutions
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align architecture with business and IT needs
• Ensure solutions support business models, processes, and data standards
• Coordinate with teams and project stakeholders to deliver within scope, time, and budget

Knowledge

• Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, architectural principles.
• IT Infrastructure and Systems: Hardware, software, networks, systems integration.
• Emerging Technologies: Cloud computing, AI, machine learning, IoT.
• Business Processes and Operations: Aligning IT with business objectives.
• Financial Management: IT investment principles, budgeting, cost optimization.
• Regulatory Requirements: GDPR, SOX, compliance best practices.
• Project Management: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall methodologies.
• Innovation Management: Fostering a culture of innovation.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. 
• A Master’s degree is a plus while relevant domain certifications (e.g., TOGAF, ITIL) is a must.

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, with practical knowledge of TOGAF  implementations with focus on Retail and the Oil & Gas Downstream logistics and operations.
• Extensive experience with IT infrastructure, systems integration, and business process optimization.

Emarat is a multi-channel power and energy company with a much-loved network of service stations and fuel depots across Dubai and the Northern Emirates. We meet the day-to-day petrol and LPG needs of millions of people while also helping to keep the engines of Industry running with fleet solutions, aviation fuel and commercial fuel services.

The Emarat brand has earned its reputation for providing great value and high-quality products and services – which is why you can expect the expected, every time.

Our network spans right across the north of the UAE, from Dubai to Ajman, and from Fujairah to Sharjah, plus many other locations in between. Service and quality are incredibly important to us, which is why we are proud to provide our customers with high-quality fuel, lubricants, state-of-the-art car washing facilities, best-in-class terminalling, bulk fuel logistics and great franchise opportunities for ambitious businesses.

Oh, and we also serve superb freshly-ground Arabicca coffee for anybody with a taste for the real thing.

All our colleagues – from the barista to the car mechanic – are fully trained in how to deliver great customer service. We operate ethically and to the highest international and national HSE standards, making sure that employees, customers and business partners are happy and safe at Emarat.

Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, Emarat, serves millions of customers across Dubai and the Northern Emirates and Dubai with great value, high-quality fuel at modern service stations. We serve the nation’s businesses across multiple industries, including hospitality, construction, aviation and real estate with a wide range of commercial fuels and lubricants.

In addition, we distribute to our residential customers from our LPG bottling plants in the Jebel Ali Free Zone and our new distribution centre in Al Qusais, ensuring that residents across Dubai and further afield are never far away from a fast and reliable source of power. Through our modern, best-in-class terminals at Jebel Ali, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, we lease the latest, high-quality fuel storage and distribution facilities.

Across the entire Emarat network, from our service stations, terminals and to your doorstep, everything we do is driven by customer happiness.

We always provide service with a smile.