Vice President Enterprise Architecture

Newrez•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. DESCRIPTION Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities Evolve and Lead Enterprise Architecture Function EA Strategy, Charter, and Value Proposition Define, communicate, and continuously adapt the EA function’s charter, service portfolio, and value proposition in response to changing business and technology needs. Promote EA as a strategic enabler of business outcomes, digital strategy, and technology innovation. Secure stakeholder alignment, sponsorship, and resources required to deliver EA services effectively. Team Leadership and Talent Development Build, lead, and manage a diverse team of enterprise, business, and IT architects. Recruit, develop, and retain talent with strong technical, business, and behavioral competencies. Establish clear career paths and mentoring programs, emphasizing storytelling, influence, design thinking, and executive communication. Foster a culture of collaboration, learning, innovation, and accountability across the EA function and broader architecture community. EA Operating Model and Governance Define and evolve the EA operating model, including organizational structure, decision rights, governance processes, and engagement models. Partner with the CIO and senior IT leaders to balance agility, autonomy, risk, and compliance. Establish outcome driven metrics (ODMs) to measure EA effectiveness and business value. Drive Technology Modernization and Innovation Technology Trends and Disruption Analysis Enable continuous assessment of technology, economic, regulatory, social, and environmental trends and their impact on business and IT strategy. Provide practical, actionable guidance on emerging and innovative technologies, including generative AI. Technology Modernization Planning Assess current state architectures, technology portfolios, and investment roadmaps. Identify gaps and technical debt and lead rationalization initiatives to improve reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency. Develop and guide execution of technology modernization roadmaps aligned to business capabilities and delivery models. Support for Solution Delivery Establish and maintain architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures. Enable adaptive, context driven governance that empowers delivery teams while ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy. Partner with product, delivery, infrastructure, and data leaders to ensure cross functional alignment and reuse of shared platforms and capabilities. Connecting IT Investment Decisions to Business Outcomes Strategy and Business Alignment Collaborate with business and IT leaders to translate enterprise strategy into executable architecture and roadmaps. Assess organizational readiness for change and support strategy formulation and execution. Strategy to Execution Enablement Facilitate alignment between business capabilities, value streams, and IT architecture. Orchestrate future state architecture delivery across business units and IT functions. Provide diagnostic and consumable architecture deliverables that support decision making and execution. Stakeholder Engagement and Value Communication Act as a trusted advisor to executives and senior leaders. Lead outcome focused conversations on investment tradeoffs, risks, and enterprise impacts. Build strong cross functional relationships and resolve conflicts between local optimization and enterprise outcomes. Clearly communicate the value and impact delivered by the EA function. Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others. Performs related duties as assigned by management

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.

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
Newrez NOW: Through Newrez NOW, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, you’ll have opportunities to give back, lead, and make a difference.
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)