Vice President Enterprise Architecture

Newrez LLC • Coppell, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive - and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact. Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions and recognizing great performance. POSITION SUMMARY The VP Enterprise Architecture (EA) is responsible for building, leading, and continuously evolving the Enterprise Architecture function to deliver measurable business and technology outcomes. This role ensures that enterprise and future state architectures enable strategy execution, technology modernization, and sound investment decisions that support revenue growth, cost optimization, and risk mitigation. Acting as a strategic partner to the senior business and IT leaders, the Vice President EA positions the EA function as an internal management consultancy—providing advisory services, governance, and actionable guidance that connect business strategy to technology execution. The role leads and develops a high performing team of enterprise, business, and IT architects and ensures EA remains aligned with evolving business priorities and the external technology landscape.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in strategic planning, business analysis, or enterprise architecture.
• 10+ years of experience across multiple architecture or technology disciplines (e.g., business, enterprise, application, solution, infrastructure, data, or operations).
• Strong knowledge of business and operating models, financial analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
• Deep understanding of modern technology ecosystems, including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, APIs, microservices, event driven architectures, and analytics.
• Familiarity with EA frameworks, IT service management, agile and lean methodologies, and scaled agile practices.
• Awareness of emerging technologies, including generative AI and their enterprise applications.
• Experience with EA tools, modeling techniques, and architecture repositories.
• Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
• High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms.
• Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgment.
• Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong project management and time management capability.
• Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information.
• High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.
• Working on-site at assigned office location.
• Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership.
• Flexibility to work occasionally adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand.
• Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations.
• Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time.
• Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls.
• Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.
• All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Microsoft Authenticator.
• Employment will be contingent on this requirement.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and Lead Enterprise Architecture Function
• EA Strategy, Charter, and Value Proposition
• Team Leadership and Talent Development
• EA Operating Model and Governance
• Drive Technology Modernization and Innovation
• Technology Trends and Disruption Analysis
• Technology Modernization Planning
• Support for Solution Delivery
• Connecting IT Investment Decisions to Business Outcomes
• Strategy and Business Alignment
• Strategy to Execution Enablement
• Stakeholder Engagement and Value Communication
• Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others.
• Performs related duties as assigned by management

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition & Certification reimbursement
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program
• The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a program to support our team members experiencing hardships
• 1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception)
• Matching Gifts Program - dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000
• Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities
• More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020
• 1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG)

What This Job Offers

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