Principal Enterprise Architect

About the role

Support enterprise-wide Application Portfolio Management (APM), Technology Portfolio Management (TPM), and modernization initiatives within a large financial services environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish portfolio frameworks, improve traceability across business capabilities and technology assets, and turn architecture information into structured data supporting investment and modernization decisions.
• Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Product, Engineering, and Portfolio Management teams using enterprise architecture platforms such as ARIS, Alfabet, or comparable tools.
• Evaluate application and technology portfolios for modernization, rationalization, lifecycle management, and technical health.
• Develop portfolio assessment criteria, modernization scorecards, metrics, guardrails, and governance standards.
• Translate architecture and portfolio data into actionable recommendations for technology and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Application Portfolio Management (APM) and Technology Portfolio Management (TPM).
• Experience evaluating application and technology portfolios for modernization, rationalization, lifecycle management, and technical health.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture modeling, metamodels, architecture repositories, and architecture as data practices.
• Hands-on experience with ARIS, Alfabet, or comparable Enterprise Architecture management platforms.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships between business capabilities, value streams, applications, technologies, and supporting processes.
• Experience developing portfolio assessment criteria, modernization scorecards, metrics, guardrails, and governance standards.
• Strong understanding of cloud modernization, preferably within AWS heavy enterprise environments.
• Experience translating architecture and portfolio data into actionable recommendations for technology and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.