The Director, Architecture Operations runs the operating backbone of the
architecture function: the processes, data, tooling, reporting and budget that
turn architecture decisions into portfolio action. Portfolio and Practice
Architects own the architecture itself: standards, patterns, reference
architectures, future-state designs and the content of the business capability
model. This role owns how that work is requested, routed, decided, recorded,
published, measured and funded. It does not set technical direction. It makes
sure the direction that is set gets executed, on time and on the record, and
that the function operates as a practice rather than a collection of
individuals.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Governance Operations: Run the architecture review board as a process: intake
and triage, agenda and scheduling, the decision log, and action and exception
tracking through closure. Standards and the decisions themselves belong to
the architects; this role makes sure every request reaches the right owner,
is decided on time and is recorded
Portfolio Data & Tooling: Own the architecture management platform and the
data in it: application and technology inventories, ownership and lifecycle
data, and the mapping of business capabilities to applications and
technologies. Set the data model, quality rules and refresh cadence so
planning, rationalization and acquisition decisions run on one trusted
dataset. Own the publishing workflow for standards and patterns (templates,
review dates, retirement of stale content); authors own the content
Application Rationalization: Run the rationalization program: the inventory
baseline, the retire, consolidate and invest roadmap, business cases and
decommission plans, and tracking of realized savings and risk reduction
against plan
Technology Acquisition & Lifecycle: Own intake and governance for new
technology and vendor requests: overlap checks against the inventory, routing
to the owning architect for standards fit, coordination of third-party risk
review with Information Security and Procurement, and the renewal and
end-of-life calendar that keeps the inventory current
Innovation Intake: Run the front door for emerging technology: intake and
triage, proof-of-concept funding gates and exit criteria, pilot tracking, and
the hand-off from a successful pilot to the owning Practice Architect for
adoption as a standard. Technical evaluation sits with the architects
Operating Cadence & Reporting: Own the function's operating rhythm: the
annual planning calendar and its tie-in to the capital and budget cycle, the
operating review, offsite preparation, and the architecture scorecard
(decision cycle time, exception rate, portfolio health, rationalization
savings, acquisition throughput). Produce decision packages leadership can
act on
Budget & Capacity: Own the function's budget, tooling contracts and research
and advisory subscriptions, and the view of architecture demand and capacity
across portfolios: who is assigned where, utilization, and where the function
is short
People: Manage and develop the analysts and architects assigned to each area:
direction, performance, career development and hiring. Build the
analyst-to-architect pipeline
This is a remote position.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in
the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and
proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be
supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review
of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and
reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff,
employees, and business relationships.
Must be eighteen years or older
This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the
terms of the Company’s applicable plans.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without now
or in the future requiring sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., OPT,
CPT, H1B, EB-1, etc.)
Bachelor’s degree or higher in the information technology (IT) field. In lieu
of a degree, at least 12 years of experience in IT architecture.
9+ years in technology
3+ years of hands-on engineering or delivery work
5+ years in technology operations, IT governance, application portfolio
management, vendor management or a program office
5+ years leading analysts or program staff, including hiring and performance
management
Experience running an enterprise intake or governance process end to end:
triage, decision records, follow-through to closure, and the metrics that
show it works
Hands-on administration of an application portfolio or architecture
management platform: data model, data quality, integrations and reporting
Experience with technology acquisition: vendor evaluation, contract and
renewal management, and third-party risk review alongside Security and
Procurement
Financial fluency: total cost of ownership, business cases, savings tracking
and management of a departmental budget
Travel: 20%
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