Head of Enterprise Architecture

SiteOne Landscape Supply•Roswell, GA

15h

About The Position

The Head of Enterprise Architecture is responsible for building, leading, and operating the enterprise architecture function to directly support business strategy and outcomes. This role sets the architectural direction for the company, defines future‑state architectures, and ensures technology investments drive measurable results in revenue growth, cost optimization, and risk reduction. The Head of EA ensures architecture priorities align with enterprise objectives and that EA guidance is practical, actionable, and integrated into business and IT decision‑making. What you’ll do: Evolve the EA Function Defines and evolves the EA charter, service portfolio, and value proposition to meet changing business and IT needs. Communicates EA services and expectations to secure stakeholder buy-in and consistent engagement. Positions EA as a strategic enabler of business strategy, capability decisions, and technology innovation. Establishes EA governance, decision rights, and operating model (in partnership with the CIO and IT leaders) to balance agility with risk and compliance. Drive Technology Modernization Identifies and advises on emerging technologies and innovation opportunities that enable business strategy. Leads current-state assessment and target-state roadmaps; identifies gaps, risks, and prioritized investments. Drives technology portfolio rationalization and technical-debt reduction, defines the modernization implementation plan aligned to delivery models. Establishes architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guardrails; enables effective decisions and reuse through communities and cross-functional partnership. Connect IT Investment Decisions to Business Outcomes Connects technology investments to business economics (revenue, cost, risk) using market, operating-model, and financial analysis. Leads cross-functional mapping of current and future business capabilities and value streams; identifies improvement opportunities and recommends solution options. Orchestrates delivery of future-state architecture across business and IT, ensuring decisions are communicated clearly and adopted in execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (or equivalent experience); master’s preferred.
10+ years in IT strategy/operating planning, enterprise-scale delivery, and stakeholder partnership.
5 Years in a Enterprise Architecture role regured.
10+ years across multiple architecture disciplines (business, data/information, solution/technical) in complex, multi-tier environments.
Strong business and financial literacy (operating models, cost/benefit, trade-offs, budgeting, risk management).
Broad technology knowledge (cloud/SaaS/PaaS, APIs/integration, microservices/event-driven architectures, data platforms/analytics).
Experience leading EA and delivery practices (e.g., TOGAF), SDLC, IT service management (e.g., ITIL), and scaled agile/lean approaches.
Comfort with emerging technologies (including generative AI) and EA tooling/modeling approaches.
Enterprise leadership: builds teams, influences executives, and drives outcomes through collaboration and clear decision-making.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills; able to translate between business and technical audiences.
Organizational savvy and change leadership, balances long-term architecture direction with near-term delivery needs.

Responsibilities

Defines and evolves the EA charter, service portfolio, and value proposition to meet changing business and IT needs.
Communicates EA services and expectations to secure stakeholder buy-in and consistent engagement.
Positions EA as a strategic enabler of business strategy, capability decisions, and technology innovation.
Establishes EA governance, decision rights, and operating model (in partnership with the CIO and IT leaders) to balance agility with risk and compliance.
Identifies and advises on emerging technologies and innovation opportunities that enable business strategy.
Leads current-state assessment and target-state roadmaps; identifies gaps, risks, and prioritized investments.
Drives technology portfolio rationalization and technical-debt reduction, defines the modernization implementation plan aligned to delivery models.
Establishes architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guardrails; enables effective decisions and reuse through communities and cross-functional partnership.
Connects technology investments to business economics (revenue, cost, risk) using market, operating-model, and financial analysis.
Leads cross-functional mapping of current and future business capabilities and value streams; identifies improvement opportunities and recommends solution options.
Orchestrates delivery of future-state architecture across business and IT, ensuring decisions are communicated clearly and adopted in execution.