Architecture Operations Manager

F5•San Jose, CA

2d•$147,200 - $220,800•Hybrid

About The Position

You'll run the operating engine behind the AI & Enterprise Architecture organization — the rhythm, governance, and execution discipline that lets a team of enterprise architects and AI delivery move in one direction. This role turns the strategy into a calendar, a budget, and a tracked set of outcomes, and is the single point of accountability for how the function runs.

Requirements

8+ years in technology operations, business operations, or program management, including 3+ years supporting an engineering, architecture, or platform organization.

Nice To Haves

Background in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or a closely related technical discipline — enough fluency to push back on an architect's status report without losing credibility.
Experience operating enterprise vendor relationships and contracts (hyperscaler agreements, enterprise software licenses, professional services SOWs) end-to-end.
Track record of building the operating system for a newly formed or rapidly scaling function — playbooks, dashboards, and the first version of metrics that didn't exist before.
Working knowledge of Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), ServiceNow, and the standard portfolio and reporting tools that an EA org runs on.

Responsibilities

Own the operating rhythm: weekly staff meetings, monthly business reviews, quarterly OKR cycles, and the all-hands cadence — including the agendas, pre-reads, and follow-through that make them worth holding.
Run the financial and headcount operations for the org: budget planning, monthly accruals, vendor spend tracking, requisition pipeline, and the reconciliation work that keeps Finance and HR aligned.
Operate the architecture governance forums — Architecture Review Board (ARB), intake queues, exception requests, and standards publication — including the SLAs, metrics, and escalation paths.
Drive executive communications, SLT pre-reads, narrative decks, talking points, and the synthesis work that turns ten architect updates into one coherent story.
Lead cross-cutting programs that don't have a natural owner — capability assessments, org-wide tooling rollouts — and close them out without dropping threads.