Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager

Takamol Holding; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Takamol Holding in Riyadh seeks a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead governance and embed architecture principles into solution delivery and investment decisions.

The role requires 9+ years in architecture, TOGAF expertise, and strong leadership to align initiatives with strategic business objectives.

You will collaborate across departments to ensure consistent EA standards and drive continuous improvement across a large-scale enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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).

Responsibilities

• Participate in EA processes and architecture reviews.
• Assess proposals against EA principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Ensure changes are governed and compliant with EA standards.
• Review EA standards and monitor compliance across initiatives.
• Manage architecture exceptions, including documentation and impact assessment.
• Map applications to business capabilities and strategic objectives.
• Identify redundancies and opportunities for reuse and consolidation.
• Provide analysis to support cost-efficiency driven by EA.
• Promote practical use of EA principles and reference architectures.
• Design processes to improve EA activities.
• Document EA requirements and processes.
• Create and maintain EA standards, reference models, and artifacts with domain architects.
• Populate EA artifacts, views, and viewpoints.
• Communicate with departments during projects and changes.
• Support delivery teams to follow EA standards.
• Interface between EA governance and delivery teams.

Skills

Strong stakeholder communication and技n

Education

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

Tools

TOGAF

COBIT

PMP

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.

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).