Enterprise Architect

Position Purpose

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining, aligning, and governing enterprise architecture across business applications, data, integrations, security, cloud, and emerging technologies. This role partners with business and technology leaders to translate business strategy into technology roadmaps that improve scalability, operational efficiency, cybersecurity, acquisition integration, and enterprise value.

The Enterprise Architect provides architecture leadership across ERP, financial, HR, SaaS, integration, automation, and other enterprise platforms while establishing standards, governance practices, and future-state architecture. The role also serves as a trusted advisor and mentors architects and other technology professionals across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance framework.

• Develop and maintain business capability maps, application portfolio views, technology roadmaps, and current- and future-state architecture models.

• Cultivates strategic relationships with business unit leaders, serving as a trusted advisor to understand and address their evolving enterprise application needs and objectives.

• Lead architecture planning across enterprise applications, ERP, finance, HR, supply chain, logistics, cloud, and other technology platforms.

• Lead Architecture Review Board activities to ensure technology initiatives align with enterprise standards, business priorities, integration patterns, cybersecurity requirements, and approved roadmaps.

• Partner with business and technology leaders to understand business needs and provide strategic architecture guidance and recommendations.

• Partner with data and analytics teams to advance data architecture, master data management, governance, reporting, analytics, and AI readiness.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, automation, cloud services, and digital platforms, and recommend practical business applications.

• Advise project teams on solution design, balancing business value, cost, risk, scalability, maintainability, speed, and enterprise standards.

• Communicate architecture strategies, roadmaps, standards, and recommendations to executive, business, and technical audiences.

• Mentor architects, engineers, analysts, and technology partners to strengthen architecture practices across the organization.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Vice President, Enterprise Applications. This position does not have direct reports but provides leadership and influence across cross-functional and matrixed teams.

Travel Requirements

Approximately 10–20% travel may be required to business locations to collaborate with teams and stakeholders.

Physical Requirements

This position primarily involves standard office activities, including prolonged computer use and participation in virtual and in-person meetings. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment requiring adaptability to changing business needs and technology priorities. The position may operate in a hybrid office and remote work environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience across enterprise applications, technology platforms, solution architecture, and related IT disciplines.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in domain or solution architecture with responsibility for aligning enterprise applications with business requirements.

• Minimum of 3 years of enterprise architecture experience within a complex, multi-platform environment.

• Experience establishing architecture standards, governance practices, technology roadmaps, and cross-domain architecture direction.

• Experience supporting complex organizations with multiple ERP systems, distributed operations, acquisitions, integrations, or large-scale business transformation initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted advisor to business and technology leadership.

Technical and Professional Qualifications

• Expertise across enterprise architecture domains, including business, applications, data, integration, security, cloud, infrastructure, and technology.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise applications, ERP, finance and HR systems, SaaS solutions, cloud architecture, APIs, middleware, EDI, and application modernization.

• Knowledge of enterprise data architecture, master data management, data governance, analytics, reporting, and data quality practices.

• Experience with cloud and hybrid technology environments, including Azure, AWS, multi-cloud, and on-premise solutions.

• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into practical business recommendations.

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to influence and guide cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration or a related discipline.

• Experience within building products distribution, wholesale distribution, retail, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, construction services, or another branch-based or acquisition-oriented industry.

• Experience with enterprise architecture or application portfolio management platforms such as LeanIX, Ardoq, Sparx, MEGA, or similar.

• Experience with enterprise applications and SaaS platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Descartes, Esker, OneStream, or similar.

• Experience with AI architecture, responsible AI governance, intelligent workflows, and enterprise automation.

• Experience leading complex technology initiatives and organizational change.

Preferred Certifications

• TOGAF Certification

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert