Enterprise Business Architecture Lead

Northrop Grumman•New York, NY

1d•$133,200 - $199,800•Remote

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector Chief Information & Digital Office is seeking a Manager Computer Systems Architecture 2 to serve as the Enterprise Business Architecture Lead. The position leads the business architecture lane within the Strategy and Architecture team of the Governance & Strategy organization, connecting enterprise strategy, operating models, capabilities, processes, and transformation priorities to architecture direction and investment decisions. The role leads the business architecture segment of the CIDO portfolio and translates enterprise priorities into business architecture framing, cross-capability analysis, and business-outcome-focused architecture decisions. It is a peer lane to enterprise technical architecture and partners closely with the Enterprise Technical Architecture Lead and adjacent leaders. The role reports to the Head of Strategy and Architecture. This position is available as a virtual telecommuting role. The employee must live within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for ad hoc onsite meetings. Travel is 10% of the time. No relocation assistance is available. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance as a condition of continued employment. The primary level salary range is $133,200–$199,800. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus. The company also describes flexible work arrangements, learning opportunities, varied projects and customers, a friendly team environment, exceptional benefits and healthcare, an optional 9/80 schedule, and a 401(k) matching program.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a related field and at least 9 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and at least 7 years; or a Ph.D. and at least 4 years.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
Demonstrated experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, operating-model design, business process analysis, or strategy-to-technology alignment roles.
Experience leading teams or managing a functional segment responsible for business analysis, business architecture, transformation planning, or related enterprise initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to connect business priorities, process change, capability design, and architectural direction.
Strong facilitation, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional leadership skills across business and technology organizations.
Experience shaping enterprise roadmaps, business transformation priorities, or cross-functional trade-off decisions.
Knowledge of TOGAF ADM or other architecture frameworks.
Strong knowledge of the Aerospace and Defense business domain.
Experience integrating business architecture into a governance board and investment planning cycle.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading business architecture, enterprise transformation, operating-model, or strategic planning initiatives in a large organization.
Experience in defense, aerospace, federal, or other regulated environments.
Experience with capability modeling, process architecture or modeling, business operating-model design, or business transformation governance.
Experience working within strategy, governance, chief-of-staff, or enterprise-planning functions.
Strong executive communication skills and ability to frame architecture issues in business terms for senior leaders.
Experience managing exempt professionals or architect/analyst populations in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end Enterprise Business Capability Model.
Lead the business architecture lane within Strategy and Architecture and the business architecture organization reporting to the Head of Strategy and Architecture.
Assign work, set objectives, and ensure execution against agreed priorities for business-capability-aligned architects and assigned staff.
Define and maintain business architecture methods, expected outputs, capability-framing approaches, process-context expectations, operating cadences, and work priorities.
Translate enterprise strategy, operating-model needs, and business priorities into architecture framing, capability roadmaps, transformation priorities, and target-state decision support.
Guide business capability decomposition, process architecture analysis, cross-capability dependency mapping, and business-impact framing for major architecture and modernization decisions.
Lead and mentor business-capability-aligned architects, including mission-focused, enterprise-focused, and IT-management-aligned architecture resources as assigned.
Partner with the Enterprise Technical Architecture Lead, strategy stakeholders, business leaders, and peer leaders to align business direction with application, data, technology, and security architecture priorities.
Support executive and stakeholder decision-making by clarifying business outcomes, organizational impacts, capability dependencies, and transformation sequencing.
Help establish repeatable business architecture operating rhythms, governance inputs, and reporting within the broader Governance & Strategy context.
Support executive-facing communication and leadership visibility into business architecture priorities, trade-offs, and transformation implications.

Benefits

Health insurance coverage and healthcare benefits.
Life insurance.
Disability insurance.
Savings plan with a 401(k) matching program.
Company-paid holidays.
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Flexible work arrangements.
Optional 9/80 work schedule.
Learning opportunities and exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers.
Depending on the position, possible overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus.