Who is ERM?
ERM is a leading global sustainability consulting firm, committed for nearly 50 years to helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges. We bring together a diverse and inclusive community of experts across regions and disciplines, providing a truly multicultural environment that fosters collaboration, professional growth, and meaningful global exposure. As a people-first organization, ERM values well-being, career development, and the power of collective expertise to drive sustainable impact for our clients—and the planet.

Introducing our new Global Delivery Centre (GDC)
Our Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in India is a unified platform designed to deliver high-value services and solutions to ERM’s global clientele. By centralizing key business and consulting functions, we streamline operations, optimize service delivery, and enable our teams to focus on what matters most—advising clients on sustainability challenges with agility and innovation. Through the GDC, you will collaborate with international teams, leverage emerging technologies, and further enhance ERM’s commitment to excellence—amplifying our shared mission to make a lasting, positive impact.Job Objective & Key ResponsibilitiesERM is building on a growing Enterprise Architecture (EA) function that sits within the Group IT organization and we are now looking to bring in a global Head of EA who will report into the CIO. The post holder will lead a team of Technical, Solution, Platform and Data Architects to guide the successful delivery of the technology platform supporting both internal and client-facing solutions.As the Head of EA you will provide leadership and strategic-level oversight as the chief architect for ERM. This includes overseeing the future state of information technology that supports global and/or regional priorities. As such, the Head of EA is responsible for shaping and leading a team of high performing architects and empowering the business strategy through developing a well thought out solutions and application roadmaps to support these aims.PROFESSIONAL knowledge, skills and experienceThis critical role requires a business-focused Head of Enterprise Architecture who can balance strategic leadership with hands-on demands. You will have proven experience in providing crucial support to key technology and business decision-makers and, through a deep understanding of the organization’s current business architecture and IT landscapes, you will provide the necessary insights into available options and alternatives.The successful individual will haveExperience with aligning strategic planning and the solution roadmaps that business and solution architects are developing.Talents and experience to design architecture models that will shape the digital platforms and that can be expanded into solution architectures for specific technology domains.Ability to provide high-level strategic advice for future investment in IT systems and processes to support business objectives.Application of enterprise level agile/DevOps principles that will be a foundation for managing planned changes and integrating these down into the delivery practices.Experience in developing IT architectures and standards for the organization that support the implementation of the IT strategy while promoting shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flows.Track record in providing leadership and encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, and self-organization.Oversee and lead effective cloud application and infrastructure optimization globally to reduce both capital and operational expenses, accelerating creation of shareholder value from recent M&A activity while managing business risk associated with the platform optimization journey.Plan and track achievement of business value through platform rationalization activities including license and tool optimization, application portfolio analysis, capacity planning, and performance measurementBuild global cloud standards and capabilities in collaboration with business, clients, partners and IT operations personnel.Assisting in the hiring of top talent and maintaining our commitment to our values, culture, and passion.Ensuring that the architecture team maintains high level of competence and operational excellence.Bringing a passion to stay on top of current trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor others within ERM community.Leadership CharacteristicsChange leader, able to define a vision, gain buy-in and drive execution, good at influencing a wide range of stakeholders.Pace, energy, commitment, adaptability, positive outlook, integrity, business ethics and drive, able to balance the creative qualities associated with entrepreneurial cultures with the professionalism, disciplines, and maturity of more established environments.Able to operate within a direct and straightforward environment, not afraid to voice their opinion, but equally able to collaborate and be open to other points of view.Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and communication skills (written & verbal).Excellent presentation, influencing and networking skills, able to explain new technology in simple terms and act as a security advocate both internally and externally. Able to build and maintain productive relationships with senior executives and management, influence effectively and gain buy-in for ideas.Bright, with a strong intellectual foundation and with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Calmness under pressure; the ability to handle stressful situations with perseverance and professionalism while multi-tasking efficiently.Strong people management and coaching skills, able to mentor and develop staff, a team player.Possess strong leadership with coaching skills, able to mentor and develop staff and motivate the team to perform at its best and deliver great products.Self-aware, understands own limitations and demonstrates the ability to learn from past experiences.Curious to lead and learn new technologies and adapt to change.Being an excellent communicator who sets realistic expectations with key clients, ERM leadership and delivery teams, provide constructive feedback to your team in order to guide and deliver on commitments.Excited about working at ERM and with your enthusiasm you are able to lead and guide the team, giving them confidence and motivation to deliver on promise.Thrive in collaborative agile teams and are ready to take on new and unexpected challenges while building the next wave of digital solutionsEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture with at least two of the following domains: business applications, software development, infrastructure and digital platforms.Architecture design experience with good knowledge of design patterns & their implementation.Developed and executed tactical and strategic architectural solutions for seamless integration of the cloud infrastructure with the existing IT platforms.Recommended cost reduction measures across information technology lines of businessExperience in leading architecture teams and defining enterprise architectures.Familiarity with common stacks. Relevant experience in web development .NET Core, ASP.NET, Nodejs, MEAN Stack and AngularJS/ React.Build resilient and reusable Microservices & API using latest technologies and patternsExperience in automated CI/CD, Containers and Cloud technologies and in working within an IT operations function.