Head of Platform Architecture

Role Summary

At T. Rowe Price, the mission of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) function is to empower the firm to achieve its strategic objectives through the optimal use of technology. The EA function will align technology with business capabilities to enable effective strategy execution and business transformation. By monitoring and adopting emerging technologies, EA will drive technology enabled innovation and keep the firm ahead of industry disruption.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Platforms Architecture to join our team. This role will provide enterprise-level leadership and direction for platform and infrastructure architecture, with accountability for strategy, standards, roadmaps, governance, and operating model alignment across multiple technology domains and teams. The role will lead directly and through senior architects, engineering leaders, and cross-functional partners to deliver scalable, secure, and business-aligned technology platforms. This role will also be playing a lead role in M&A technology due diligence and integration planning, applying platform architecture to accelerate integration and synergy generation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in enterprise architecture, excellent leadership abilities, and a comprehensive understanding of both technical platform ecosystems that accelerate software delivery, and underlying infrastructure design, including but not limited to cloud, networking, compute, storage, and end user computing.
 

Focus:

• Oversee enterprise perspective on common enterprise platforms that are leveraged firm-wide to unlock scalability and improved productivity.
• Drive for common standards and usage of platforms and infrastructure across the firm while pushing to eliminate legacy redundancy.
• Leverage the voice of engineers and software development lifecycle as a guide, to define the future state of technical platforms, which absorbs heaving liftings of solving recurring technical problems into the platform layer, and free up developers to focus on business features.
• Focus the future state architecture across public cloud and on premise infrastructure at the conceptual and logical level, and partner closely with platform engineering, and infrastructure teams to translate into physical design.
• Design and oversee the operating model for platform and infrastructure architecture across multiple teams, ensuring clear ownership, decision rights, review forums, and lifecycle accountability for enterprise technology platforms.
• Spearhead M&A technology due diligence, integration planning, execution of integrating infrastructure and technology landscape between T Rowe Price and target entities.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning and Development:
  • Develop and maintain the technical platform and infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap.
  • Ensure alignment of platform architecture with the organization’s business objectives and IT strategy to increase speed of delivery.
  • Ensure alignment of infrastructure architecture with the organization’s business growth ambition for scalability and flexibility.
  • Advise and provide consulting for new technologies to modernize infrastructure capabilities and improve efficiency.
  • Make architecture decisions guided by long-term business strategy, enterprise priorities, risk posture, and approved operating plans, balancing near-term delivery needs with long-term scalability, resiliency, and total cost of ownership.
• Architecture Design and Implementation:
  • Lead the design and deployment of robust, scalable, and secure technology platforms and infrastructure.
  • Ensure technical platforms and infrastructure adhere to enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
  • Oversee the integration of various platforms and infrastructure components within the enterprise technology landscape.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Provide leadership and direction to architects, engineers, and technology leaders, including leadership through subordinate managers or senior technical leads, to deliver enterprise platform and infrastructure outcomes across multiple teams.
  • Collaborate with IT leaders, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure the successful delivery of platform and infrastructure modernization projects.
  • Provide expert guidance on technology platform and infrastructure architecture to various teams within the organization.
  • Build and maintain a wide internal and external network across business, technology, vendor, and industry communities, leveraging those relationships to influence architecture direction and deliver outcomes.
• Governance and Compliance:
  • Establish and enforce policies, standards, and guidelines for technology platform and infrastructure architecture.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies for all platform and infrastructure solutions.
  • Conduct regular reviews and audits of platform and infrastructure architecture to ensure compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Articulate broader business, risk, control, and regulatory considerations impacting platform and infrastructure architecture, including data privacy, resiliency, cybersecurity, financial controls, and applicable regulatory expectations.
  • Establish and manage architecture review practices for major platform and infrastructure initiatives, ensuring in-flight work remains aligned to enterprise standards, target-state architecture, risk requirements, and business objectives.
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives in technology platform and infrastructure architecture, focusing on optimization and modernization.
  • Stay informed about the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Implement best practices for platform and infrastructure performance tuning and optimization.
     

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field and 12+ years of relevant technology experience, including 5+ years of management experience leading architecture, engineering, or technology teams in large, complex environments.
• Proven experience leading technology platform architecture and infrastructure modernization projects in large, complex environments, and managing team of architects.
• Deep understanding of platform architecture, infrastructure design and engineering principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with a variety of technical platforms (e.g., APIM, Messaging Middleware, DevSecOps, Observability, Developer Portal or Experience Platform, etc ).
• Experience with major enterprise software platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Workday, Appian, etc.)
• Proficiency in multi-cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their platform services.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns and practices (e.g., , design patterns for microservices, loosely coupled architecture, DevSecOps practices, etc. ).
• Experience with a variety of infrastructure technologies (e.g., networks, servers, storage, virtualization, cloud services). 
• Proficiency in a multi-cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related services. 
• Demonstrated ownership of one or more enterprise architectural disciplines, with accountability for standards, roadmaps, lifecycle decisions, and long-term operational outcomes.
• Extensive experience in M&A IT due diligence, integration planning and execution.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, guide teams and develop global teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders while building trust
• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to building, developing, mentoring, and retaining technical talent, while fostering inclusive partnerships and a culture of collaboration across architecture and engineering teams.

Preferred:

• TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architecture Practitioner certification.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, developer tools, infrastructure, and data center operations.
• Knowledge of security and compliance standards relevant to technology platforms and infrastructure components.

FINRA Requirements
FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.
 

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to three days per week from home.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status).

Base Salary Ranges

Please review the job posting for the location of this specific opportunity.

$201,000.00 - $342,000.00 for the location of: Maryland, Colorado, Washington and remote workers
$221,000.00 - $350,000.00 for the location of: Washington, D.C.
$251,000.00 - $350,000.00 for the location of: New York, California

Placement within the range provided above is based on the individual’s relevant experience and skills for the role.  Base salary is only one component of our total compensation package.  Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.

Benefits

T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.