Enterprise Architecture – Data & Security Lead

Enterprise Architecture, Data & Security Lead

Reports to

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Operating Context

This role operates in a Private Equity-backed environment, working closely with portfolio company leadership teams to assess current technology capabilities, identify value creation opportunities, and design scalable, secure target operating models that support growth, integration, and exit readiness.

Role Purpose

The Enterprise Architecture, Data & Security Lead is accountable for assessing, designing, and governing enterprise technology, data, and security architectures across portfolio companies. The role translates current-state capabilities into clear target operating models that enable value creation, operational scalability, and risk reduction.

Portfolio Assessment & Value Identification

• Rapidly assess "as-is" technology, data, and security capabilities across portfolio companies

• Identify structural constraints to growth, AI adoption, and operational efficiency

• Translate findings into clear value creation hypotheses and technology-enabled levers

• Support investment, integration, and exit-readiness agendas

Target Operating Model Design

• Define future-state technology and data operating models aligned to investment theses

• Design scalable enterprise and platform architectures suitable for multi-entity environments

• Establish pragmatic standards that balance speed, cost, and control

• Enable repeatable patterns across portfolio companies where appropriate

Architecture, Data & Security Governance

• Own reference architectures, integration patterns, and technology standards

• Define data governance models that support analytics and AI while maintaining compliance

• Establish security-by-design principles suitable for regulated and international environments

• Reduce dependency on individuals and legacy vendors

Enablement of Delivery & Third Parties

• Act as architectural authority for delivery initiatives and third-party SOWs

• Ensure technology decisions scale beyond individual projects

• Reduce rework, duplication, and post-deal technical debt

• Partner with delivery leadership without owning execution

CIO & Investor Enablement

• Provide CIO and VP Tech Value Creation with system-level visibility of risk and opportunity

• Translate technical complexity into decision-ready options

• Support diligence, integration planning, and post-acquisition transformation

• Contribute to board-level technology discussions where required

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, technology transformation, or platform leadership

• Desirable experience working with PE-backed or multi-entity organizations

• Proven ability to assess as-is states and design target operating models

• Strong data, platform, and security architecture background

• Comfortable operating with senior executives and investors

Measures of Success

• Clear technology target operating models defined and adopted

• Reduced technology risk and fragmentation across portfolio companies

• Improved scalability and exit readiness

• Faster, lower-risk delivery of value creation initiatives