Senior General Manager – Enterprise Architect Full Time NEW

Role Overview

SGM – Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and governing the organization’s technology architecture across applications, data, infrastructure, and integration layers. The role ensures platform scalability, system interoperability, cloud optimization, and future-readiness of the tech stack, while aligning architecture with evolving business models and digital strategy.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology Architecture Strategy

• Define the enterprise architecture blueprint across core systems, channels, and platforms.
• Align architecture principles with business strategy, scalability goals, and operational models.
• Build the roadmap for modernization of legacy systems and adoption of microservices, APIs, and cloud-native solutions.
• Ensure architecture supports omnichannel, data democratization, and customer experience priorities.
• Continuously evaluate tech trends and assess their relevance for the enterprise.
• Drive platform modernization roadmaps: cloud migration, technical debt elimination, and legacy rationalization.

2. Application & System Design Governance

• Define and govern standards for integration patterns, API design, cloud infrastructure, and data architecture
• Set standards for system design, application modularity, and technology selection across platforms.
• Review architectural decisions across engineering and product teams for scalability and compliance.
• Govern architecture across key platforms including POS, ERP, E-Commerce, CRM, and Customer Service Tech.
• Drive architectural consistency across mobile, web, store, and backend systems.
• Ensure modularity, reusability, and adherence to best practices in tech implementation.

3. Cloud, Integration & Infrastructure Architecture

• Lead architecture design for cloud migration, hybrid deployments, and containerized workloads.
• Define frameworks for API management, middleware integration, and secure data exchange.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to align architecture with reliability and risk frameworks.
• Optimize architecture for cost, performance, and future flexibility.
• Ensure network, CDN, and hosting frameworks meet business availability SLAs.
• Conduct architecture reviews for all major initiatives; approve technical designs and enforce target-state alignment
• Evaluate and recommend technology platforms across Commerce, OMS, WMS, SAP, CRM, Integration, and AI

4. Architecture Reviews, Documentation & Governance

• Own the enterprise technology architecture blueprint: target-state architecture and architecture decision records
• Conduct periodic architecture reviews with platform and engineering teams.
• Maintain architecture repository, design documentation, and tech standards registry.
• Define architecture KPIs and drive visibility through dashboards and review forums.
• Review technology proposals from vendors and evaluate alignment with internal architecture goals.
• Guide solutioning for high-impact programs and platform-level transformations.

5. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead a team of enterprise and solution architects across technology domains.
• Build team capability in architecture design, documentation, and governance processes.
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to mentor squads on scalable architecture choices.
• Define and drive adoption of architecture maturity models.
• Cultivate a culture of design-first thinking, architectural rigour, and innovation.
• Mentor domain technical leads; build a culture of architecture-first thinking across the engineering organization.