Manager IT Enterprise Architecture

CenterPoint Energy • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Manager of Enterprise Architecture leads a team of enterprise, domain, solution, and platform architects to define and implement the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and governance. The role oversees architectural blueprints and ensures they align with business objectives and technology standards. It partners with stakeholders across the organization to foster collaboration and innovation and to ensure architectural practices are consistent and effective.

The manager develops and maintains the enterprise architecture framework across cloud solutions, applications, data, and security; establishes standards and governance; and leads architecture reviews and governance forums. The role also advances the enterprise architecture roadmap, playbook, maturity models, tools, integration strategy, and organizational capabilities. It manages the financial and operational aspects of EA consultants and initiatives and communicates architectural priorities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• At least 15 years of experience in IT, including at least 10 years in an enterprise architecture role.
• Proven experience leading teams and managing architectural practices.
• Extensive expertise in enterprise architecture best practices, guiding principles, governance, and standards.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise architecture tools, specifically Ardoq or an equivalent tool for reference architectures and modeling, and familiarity with ServiceNow for data integration and quality.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or an equivalent tool for work tracking, user-story-level commitment management, sprint planning, reporting, capacity and allocation flagging, and tool optimization or migration.
• Experience leading architecture governance processes, including ARB, TIR, deviation reviews, and solution walkthroughs.
• Track record delivering EA roadmaps, playbooks, current- and future-state models, and governance process documents.
• Experience managing financial and resource aspects of EA consultants, including charge codes, budgeting, invoicing, and managed services.
• Experience building team capability through competency frameworks, goal setting and tracking, and intern or junior staff development programs.
• TOGAF certification and hands-on experience applying its principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of architects, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Coordinate enterprise, domain, platform, and solution architects to maintain alignment with the enterprise architecture strategy.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework across cloud solutions, applications, data, and security.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Lead architectural reviews to ensure compliance with best practices, governance standards, and enterprise policies.
• Manage the Architecture Review Board (ARB), Technical Integration Reviews (TIR), deviation reviews, solution walkthroughs, and other governance structures, including escalations and leadership reporting.
• Identify emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the enterprise technology landscape and roadmap.
• Drive innovation and support the development of minimum viable products to demonstrate value to stakeholders.
• Communicate strategic architecture themes and business drivers to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to gather requirements and align with the enterprise architecture landscape.
• Develop and document standards covering data, cloud and infrastructure, applications and integrations, business architecture, and security.
• Manage enterprise architecture tools and repositories, emphasizing Ardoq for reference architectures and L0/L1 modeling and ServiceNow integration for data quality and governance tracking.
• Lead the Architecture Community of Practice to promote thought leadership, industry trends, and best practices.
• Lead integration strategy efforts, including vendor assessment and selection, as-is workshops, and ongoing platform support.
• Oversee financial management of EA consultants and initiatives, including WBS tracking, Beeline maintenance, invoice processing, managed service reviews, budgeting, and governance-work back-charging.
• Develop and advance the EA roadmap, EA Playbook, maturity models, and current- and future-state architecture reports.
• Build organizational capability through competency framework development and tracking, goal setting, intern program management, and development of deputies across the architecture team.
• Drive operational rhythms, including DOR meetings, daily updates, and governance forum participation.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Paid training
• Benefits eligibility begins on the first day
• Transit subsidies
• Flexible work schedule
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Access to fitness club discounts
• Access to an on-site wellness center at the Houston headquarters
• Professional growth and development programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) Savings Plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of employee contribution

What This Job Offers

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