Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager

About This Role

Job Description Purpose: Responsible for executing and operationalizing Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance, and for ensuring that architecture principles, standards, and reference models are embedded into solution delivery and investment decision-making, in alignment with approved enterprise direction.

Key Responsibilities Architecture Governance

• Participate in EA processes and architecture reviews.
• Perform detailed assessments of architecture proposals against EA principles, standards, and reference architectures to ensure compliance.
• Ensure that changes within systems and new projects are governed and compliant with EA standards.
• Continuously review EA standards and monitor compliance across initiatives.
• Manage architecture exceptions, including documentation, impact assessment, and escalation.

Portfolio & Investment Alignment

• Map applications and initiatives to business capabilities and strategic objectives

• Identify:

• Redundancies
• Solution and Technology reuse opportunities
• Consolidation and rationalization candidates
• Provide analysis and evidence to support cost-efficiency initiatives driven by EA.

EA Enablement & Process Improvement

• Facilitate the practical use of EA principles, guidance, and reference architectures.
• Plan, design, and recommend processes to improve and support EA activities.
• Analyze and document EA requirements and processes.

Standards, Artifacts & Repository Management

• With the collaboration of domain architects:

• Create, maintain, and manage EA standards, reference models, and artifacts.
• Populate EA artifacts, views, and viewpoints.

• Ensure EA documentation is:

• Clear
• Usable
• Consistent
• Conformant with EA standards

Delivery & Change Collaboration

• Communicate and collaborate with relevant departments during projects and changes.
• Support delivery teams to ensure EA standards are understood and followed.
• Act as the working-level interface between EA governance and delivery teams.

Job Requirements Qualifications & Competencies

• Master’s or Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of experience in architecture roles.
• Proven experience in architecture design and systems integration in:

• Large-scale enterprise environments.
• Multi-domain architecture.
• Agile delivery models.

• Expertise in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Expertise in application platforms, cloud services, and architecture standards.
• Strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills.
• Certifications: TOGAF, Solution Architect certifications, COBIT (preferred), PMP (optional).