Divisional Chief Architect - Consumer and Small Business Banking

Truist Bank • Atlanta, GA

17d

About The Position

Leads enterprise architecture (EA) teams dedicated to delivering architecture management and governance capabilities aligned to technology delivery divisions including:

• Responsibility for development, management, and updates to CSBB target state architectures to enable the divisions’ strategic plans and business objectives.
• Accountability for CSBB architecture governance and control function responsibilities including conduct of CSBB architecture reviews and approvals with an increasing focus on automation through architecture-as-code implementation.
• Strategic goal realization in CSBB through developing, instantiating, and maintaining Reference Architectures for utilization within CSBB and across Technology Delivery & Operations (TD&O).
• Leadership of CSBB aligned solution architecture capabilities enabling end-to-end product line architecture consistency and integration implementing standard architectures enabling scalability and reuse
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
1. Work with divisional technology leaders to evaluate the capabilities required for and implications of strategic planning (e.g., significant changes to architecture) on the divisions’ and Truist’s overall technology landscape.
2. Lead and manage technology division centered architecture governance and control activities including architecture working groups and timely fulfillment of EA Service Requests and EA Design Approvals.
3. Design target state architectures to accommodate technology changes in a way that maximizes value across function, cost, and risk while minimizing issues associated with changes.
4. Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principles and technology modernization while driving continuous improvement to minimize technical debt.
5. Manage teams of enterprise architects and solution architects across multiple technology delivery portfolios including goal setting, regular feedback, and annual review processes.
6. Develop enterprise architect talent through mentoring of existing architects, identification of emerging architects, and onboarding of strong experienced, architects.
7. Develop solution architect talent from onboarding through career evolution toward becoming enterprise architects or pivoting toward solution delivery leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in STEM or Business, or equivalent education and related training
• Twenty-five years of architecture/design/delivery experience which includes ten years of enterprise architecture experience or fifteen years' solution architecture experience in technology with a minimum of ten years in the banking/financial services domain
• Comprehensive experience with various architectural domains such as application, data, infrastructure, security, and integration
• Demonstrated experience leading development of strategic technology direction and architecture vision for a large organization
• Experience in developing technology target state and roadmaps that align to Short- and Long-term business goals
• Ten years of previous management experience
• Skilled in providing mentorship to senior architecture leaders
• Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models
• Demonstrated ability to drive decisions
• Strong analytical and broad architectural skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong negotiation/facilitation skills (both internally and with external Vendors)
• Significant knowledge of current and emerging architecture principles, methodologies, and tools
• Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking with ability to differentiate feasible from academic solutions
• Demonstrated thought-leadership skills with the ability to translate high-level business planning information into application needs/solutions
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products
• Ability to travel, occasionally overnight

Responsibilities

• Work with divisional technology leaders to evaluate the capabilities required for and implications of strategic planning (e.g., significant changes to architecture) on the divisions’ and Truist’s overall technology landscape.
• Lead and manage technology division centered architecture governance and control activities including architecture working groups and timely fulfillment of EA Service Requests and EA Design Approvals.
• Design target state architectures to accommodate technology changes in a way that maximizes value across function, cost, and risk while minimizing issues associated with changes.
• Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principles and technology modernization while driving continuous improvement to minimize technical debt.
• Manage teams of enterprise architects and solution architects across multiple technology delivery portfolios including goal setting, regular feedback, and annual review processes.
• Develop enterprise architect talent through mentoring of existing architects, identification of emerging architects, and onboarding of strong experienced, architects.
• Develop solution architect talent from onboarding through career evolution toward becoming enterprise architects or pivoting toward solution delivery leadership.

Benefits

• All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position.
• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

What This Job Offers

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