Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager

تكامل القابضة; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

تكامل القابضة seeks a seasoned Enterprise Architect to lead governance, embed architecture principles and reference models into solution delivery and investment decisions in Riyadh. Responsibilities include managing EA standards, facilitating reviews, aligning applications to business capabilities, and ensuring compliant changes across initiatives in a large-scale enterprise.

Ideal candidates have 9+ years in architecture, TOGAF expertise, and strong stakeholder leadership to partner across

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of experience in architecture roles.
• Expertise in TOGAF and multi-domain architecture within large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in EA processes and architecture reviews.
• Ensure compliance with EA principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Align applications to business capabilities and strategic objectives.
• Monitor and improve EA standards across initiatives.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure EA requirements are met.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Technical leadership

TOGAF

Agile delivery

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

Job Description

Purpose

Responsible for executing and operationalizing Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance, and for ensuring that architecture principles, standards, and reference models are embedded into solution delivery and investment decision-making, in alignment with approved enterprise direction.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Governance

• Participate in EA processes and architecture reviews.
• Perform detailed assessments of architecture proposals against EA principles, standards, and reference architectures to ensure compliance.
• Ensure that changes within systems and new projects are governed and compliant with EA standards.
• Continuously review EA standards and monitor compliance across initiatives.
• Manage architecture exceptions, including documentation, impact assessment, and escalation.

Portfolio & Investment Alignment

• Map applications and initiatives to business capabilities and strategic objectives
• Identify:
• Redundancies
• Solution and Technology reuse opportunities
• Consolidation and rationalization candidates
• Provide analysis and evidence to support cost-efficiency initiatives driven by EA.

EA Enablement & Process Improvement

• Facilitate the practical use of EA principles, guidance, and reference architectures.
• Plan, design, and recommend processes to improve and support EA activities.
• Analyze and document EA requirements and processes.

Standards, Artifacts & Repository Management

• With the collaboration of domain architects:
  • Create, maintain, and manage EA standards, reference models, and artifacts.
  • Populate EA artifacts, views, and viewpoints.
• Ensure EA documentation is:
  • Clear
  • Usable
  • Consistent
  • Conformant with EA standards

Delivery & Change Collaboration

• Communicate and collaborate with relevant departments during projects and changes.
• Support delivery teams to ensure EA standards are understood and followed.
• Act as the working-level interface between EA governance and delivery teams.

Job Requirements

Qualifications & Competencies

• Master’s or Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of experience in architecture roles.
• Proven experience in architecture design and systems integration in:
  • Large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Multi-domain architecture.
  • Agile delivery models.
• Expertise in architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Expertise in application platforms, cloud services, and architecture standards.
• Strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership skills.
• Certifications: TOGAF, Solution Architect certifications, COBIT (preferred), PMP (optional).