Head of Enterprise Architecture

Job Description Summary

The Head of Enterprise Architecture is responsible for establishing and advancing the Bank’s enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring technology investments, capabilities, and roadmaps aligning with business objectives and product strategies. This leader will guide the development of domain architecture, influence major transformation initiatives, and drive architectural consistency, technical excellence, and scalable solutions across the enterprise. The position provides leadership to the Enterprise Architecture team, fosters strong partnerships across business, product, engineering, and technology organizations, and establishes accountability for architecture decisions and outcomes. Success requires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate business priorities into actionable technology direction that enables innovation, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth within a highly regulated banking environment.

Primary Functions of the Position:

• Direct and develop the enterprise architecture organization, including domain and data architects and the EA Governance Lead, establishing clear accountability for architecture outcomes.

• Guide the documentation of current-state and target-state domain architectures and establish actionable technology roadmaps aligned with business strategies, product priorities, and delivery backlogs.

• Shape technology direction for strategic transformation across Private Banking, Commercial Banking, Deposits and Treasury Management, digital client experiences, and enterprise data and integration capabilities.

• Partner with business, Product, Engineering, Operations, Risk, Security, and Raymond James technology leaders to align investment priorities, resolve cross-domain dependencies, and enable delivery of business value.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership for significant architecture decisions, evaluating complex designs, challenging assumptions, guiding tradeoffs, and coaching architects and engineers.

• Provide accountability for effective architecture governance while supporting the EA Governance Lead’s management of governance activities; oversee the disposition process for Requests for Comments (RFCs) and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), including engagement with the Technical Design Forum (TDF).

• Identify and prioritize architectural risks, technical debt, modernization opportunities, and reusable capabilities to improve scalability, resilience, and long-term technology effectiveness.

• Establish meaningful measures of architecture effectiveness, including roadmap alignment, decision timeliness, design quality, standards adoption, and contribution to predictable delivery.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• 7–10+ years of progressive technology and architecture experience, including substantive hands-on design responsibility.
• 2+ years leading architects or technical teams and developing technical talent.
• Demonstrated experience shaping enterprise technology direction and enabling complex, multi-platform transformation.

• Banking or regulated financial services experience strongly preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Deep technical knowledge across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, integration, APIs, data architecture, infrastructure, security, and modern engineering practices.

• Ability to translate business objectives, product strategies, and operating models into actionable architecture direction, roadmaps, and technology investment priorities.

• Strong people leadership, coaching, and talent-development skills, with the ability to build accountability and elevate architecture practices.

• Sound technical judgment to evaluate complex designs, challenge assumptions, assess tradeoffs, and guide practical decisions.

• Understanding of enterprise modernization, platform rationalization, emerging technologies, and approaches that improve scalability, efficiency, and adaptability.

• Knowledge of architecture frameworks, governance, security, operational resilience, and regulatory expectations in complex technology environments.

• Exceptional executive communication, relationship-building, and influence across business, Product, Engineering, Operations, Risk, and technology partners.

• Ability to connect architecture direction and decisions to business outcomes, cross-domain dependencies, and effective execution of strategic priorities.

Bachelor’s - Completed: Computer and Information Science, Bachelor’s - Completed: Data Science, Bachelor’s - Completed: Information TechnologyGeneral Experience - 6 to 10 years, Manager Experience - 13 months to 3 years

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The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave.  Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.

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