Director, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy

Hancock Whitney • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy is responsible for defining, governing, and executing the Bank's enterprise-wide technology strategy and architectural transformation roadmap. This role establishes the long-term vision for technology platforms, applications, data, artificial intelligence, and operating models to ensure alignment with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and emerging technology trends. Serving as a strategic bridge between business and technology leadership, this position drives platform modernization, application portfolio optimization, enterprise data capabilities, and technology investment decisions that support scalability, resiliency, innovation, and operational efficiency across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 12 years of progressive technology leadership experience, including enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or large-scale transformation initiatives.
• 6 years of enterprise architecture leadership experience with responsibility for enterprise-wide technology roadmaps and governance.
• Proven experience leading application portfolio rationalization, platform modernization, and enterprise technology transformation programs.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, governance models, and operating models.
• Strong understanding of cloud, hybrid, and on-premises technology environments, distributed systems, integration architectures, and enterprise platforms.
• Experience with enterprise data architecture, data governance, analytics platforms, and AI/ML enablement strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership, drive strategic decision-making, and lead high-performing technology organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline preferred.
• Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience preferred, including familiarity with risk, compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the Bank's enterprise technology strategy and target-state architecture, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, risk frameworks, and long-term growth priorities.
• Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards, principles, roadmaps, and governance processes across business capabilities, applications, data, infrastructure, integration, and emerging technology domains.
• Drive application portfolio strategy and rationalization efforts, including application assessment, modernization, consolidation, retirement planning, and technical debt reduction to improve efficiency and technology effectiveness.
• Lead platform modernization initiatives across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, establishing scalable, resilient, and secure technology foundations that support current and future business needs.
• Establish and guide enterprise data architecture and AI enablement strategies, including data integration, governance, analytics, machine learning, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
• Partner with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to translate strategic priorities into technology roadmaps, investment recommendations, and measurable business outcomes.
• Drive the evolution of technology operating models, enabling product- and platform-based delivery approaches through reusable services, platform ownership structures, engineering standards, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Provide enterprise-wide architecture oversight for major technology initiatives and investments, ensuring strategic alignment, risk management, operational sustainability, and value realization.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, risk, compliance, audit, and vendor management functions to ensure technology architectures meet regulatory expectations, control requirements, and operational resilience standards.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Enterprise Architecture organization, fostering innovation, architectural excellence, talent development, and continuous improvement across business, application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director