Enterprise Architecture Dir

Old National Bank•Saint Paul, MN

2d•$127,900 - $258,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Old National Bank has been serving clients and communities since 1834. With over $70 billion in total assets, we are a regional powerhouse deeply rooted in the communities we serve. As a trusted partner, we thrive on helping our clients achieve their goals and dreams, and we are committed to social responsibility and investing in our communities through volunteering and charitable giving. We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals as our people are critical to our success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program are also included in our benefit suite. Old National also offers a variety of Impact Network Groups led by team members who are passionate about driving engagement, creating awareness of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and building inclusion across the organization. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, community and client-focused company that is firmly rooted in its core values.

Requirements

Master's or Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, systems analysis, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
Fifteen or more years of experience in some combination of the following disciplines: business or information solutions, technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, and database management.
Financial services / banking industry background, including familiarity with the regulatory environment governing financial institutions.
Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT service management, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks.
Hands-on experience with an EA governance framework (e.g., TOGAF or Zachman) and with facilitating an enterprise architecture governance committee or equivalent architecture review process.
Experience with application portfolio management tooling and practices.
Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT, predictive analytics, and emerging generative and agentic AI capabilities.
Willingness to travel occasionally as required to support enterprise initiatives and stakeholder engagement.
Applies active listening and skillful questioning to understand the situation, needs, and desired outcomes.
Effectively shares information and ideas with self-awareness and self-management.
Understands who will be affected by an issue or change and keeps all stakeholders informed.
Communicates proactively; confronts and overcomes resistance through influence and negotiation; able to justify technical strategy to a broad range of audiences.
Actively seeks, develops, and maintains trusted relationships to achieve business goals.
Proactively shares knowledge, ideas, and suggestions to accomplish mutual goals.
Actively seeks ways to improve current methods, systems, processes, and procedures.
Focuses on ways to succeed and monitors progress against performance expectations.
Committed to achieving goals, overcoming obstacles, and continuously learning.
Asks effective questions to understand and clarify needs and ensure the client is at forefront of everything the team does.
Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Relevant framework certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Defining and advancing the enterprise architecture strategy and vision across Old National Bank, in partnership with and reporting to the Chief of Architecture.
Maintaining core architecture artifacts across domains (e.g., capability maps, application maps, technology roadmaps).
Developing architecture vision and implementation roadmaps.
Accountable for the quality, consistency, and performance of the enterprise architecture.
Applying leadership and advice across multiple technologies and driving standardization, simplification, and integration in the bank's technical strategies.
Owning the architecture standards, governance, and review processes that guide how technology is built, executed, and delivered at the bank.
Identifying and applying key industry trends in processes, methodologies, and tools.
Leveraging strong communication and relationship-building skills, working with IT leaders and business executives across the bank to gain stakeholder buy-in through effective communication and influence.
Advising the Chief of Architecture and the CIO leadership team on matters of technical strategy to ensure the bank has a clearly defined technology and service strategy aligned with the long-term strategic goals of the business.
Ensuring the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work, and leading the development and execution of a communication and education plan for the enterprise architecture.
Leading and conducting technology governance of enterprise solutions through architecture review processes, including an enterprise architecture governance committee, establishing review thresholds, decision rights, and escalation paths.
Owning the enterprise application portfolio and its lifecycle, applying application portfolio management disciplines and tooling.
In partnership with business and IT owners, establishing metrics to measure the health of line-of-business application portfolios and driving rationalization, modernization, and investment decisions.
Supporting the delivery of key business initiatives from concept to implementation.
Driving ongoing improvements to quality, security, and application performance.
Providing subject matter expertise across technology domain areas, such as cloud, enterprise integration, security, core banking, and payments.
Maintaining an ongoing awareness of emerging trends and developments in technology.
Planning and driving short- and long-term strategies for retiring certain legacy tools, technologies, and applications.
Defining, publishing, and maintaining enterprise architecture standards, principles, and reference architectures, and ensuring their consistent application across lines of business.
Establishing and stewarding the architecture governance framework (e.g., TOGAF), including architecture compliance, architecture contracts, and roadmap alignment appropriate to a regulated financial institution.
Leading the architecture community of practice, coaching and aligning solution and domain architects to common standards regardless of their reporting line.
Managing resource utilization effectively and holding the architecture function accountable to achieve expectations.
Managing relationships with strategic partners to identify new and innovative ways to deliver business outcomes with technology.
Engaging and gaining the trust of all pertinent stakeholders including senior business executives, product managers, business analysts, development managers, and technical experts.
Assisting in the financial management of the department fiscal plan.
Conducting financial and estimation reviews, and reviewing vendor contracts/SOWs as needed.