Solution Architecture, Vice President

Job Summary

The Business & Solution Architect is a senior, enterprise-level role responsible for aligning business strategy with technology execution. This position works across business and technical domains to design and deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions that support organizational transformation and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise business architecture, including:

  • Capability models
  • Business process frameworks
  • Align business strategy, operating models, and technology investments
  • Define and evolve business and technology roadmaps
  • Analyze organizational needs and identify opportunities for transformation and optimization
  • Apply structured business architecture methodologies and best practices

• Design end-to-end enterprise solutions across:

  • Cloud platforms
  • Applications
  • Data and integration layers
  • Infrastructure and networking

• Translate business requirements into technical architecture and implementation designs

• Define:

  • Application components
  • Interfaces and integration patterns
  • Platforms and development tools

• Lead architecture for distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented environments

• Ensure alignment with security, scalability, performance, and operational requirements

• Partner with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure successful implementation

• Optimize solutions for performance, cost, and scalability

• Conduct risk assessments and ensure adherence to quality and governance standards

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Communicate architecture vision and solutions to:

  • Business stakeholders
  • Technical teams
  • Executive leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor across business and technology domains

• Drive alignment to target architecture across stakeholders

• Mentor and guide architects, engineers, and analysts

• Lead cross-functional collaboration in complex environments

Architecture Governance & Innovation

• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies

• Introduce modern architecture practices and frameworks

• Improve architecture processes, tools, and governance

• Promote reuse of architecture artifacts as enterprise assets

Requirements

• 10-15 years of experience in business and solution architecture

• Experience across enterprise, application, and information architecture

• Proven ability to operate at both:

  • Strategic business level (capabilities, processes, operating models)
  • Technical solution level (systems, applications, cloud architecture)

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise solutions

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), security, and networking

• Experience with distributed systems, SOA, APIs, and modern application architectures

• Strong understanding of business processes, capability modeling, and transformation

• Experience aligning business strategy to technical delivery

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (financial services preferred)

• Strong programming or development background

• Functional & Leadership Skills:

  • Ability to translate business strategy into architecture and implementation roadmaps
  • Experience developing:
  • Business architecture artifacts (capability models, value streams, process flows)
  • Technical architecture designs (application, data, integration, infrastructure)
  • Expertise in defining and managing:
  • Functional and non-functional requirements
  • Target-state enterprise architecture roadmaps
  • Strong experience with:
  • Cloud platforms and modern architecture patterns
  • Workflow automation and process optimization
  • Architecture modeling tools and frameworks
  • Ability to design end-to-end solutions across all architecture layers
  • Strong communication skills with ability to convey complex concepts through:
  • Diagrams
  • Executive presentations
  • Documentation

  Core Competencies

  • Strategic thinking with a systems mindset

  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Strong leadership and stakeholder management

  • Ability to influence senior leadership and technical teams

  • Ability to operate in complex, ambiguous environments

  • Collaborative, cross-functional mindset

  • Trusted advisor with strong decision-making ability

  • Continuous learning and innovation mindset

  • High integrity and accountability

  Education

  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience