Business Architect-2

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. seeks a Senior IT Business Architect to shape the strategic direction of our commercial bank by designing and aligning business capabilities with enterprise goals.

You translate strategies into actionable roadmaps, driving modernization and digital transformation within a regulated environment. You will partner with executives, product leaders, and IT teams to ensure investments align with architectural standards and enterprise strategy, balancing big-picture thinking

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT architecture or business analysis experience in banking or financial services.
• Proven experience leading application modernization initiatives in a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of banking operations, products, and regulatory landscape.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, BIZBOK) and business capability modeling.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Partner with various commercial business units to define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies aligned with banking goals.
• Lead the development of business capability models, value streams, and process architectures tailored to financial services.
• Drive application modernization efforts, including legacy system assessments, cloud migration strategies, and adoption of modern platforms (e.g., microservices, APIs, containers).
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, and engineering teams to ensure cohesive delivery of modernized applications.
• Orchestrate the technical evaluation of new vendor products and build an architectural recommendation
• Facilitate workshops to identify capability gaps, regulatory impacts, and transformation opportunities.
• Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and portfolio governance for IT initiatives.
• Ensure architecture compliance with banking regulations (e.g., FFIEC, OCC, FDIC), data privacy standards, and internal governance frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI, cloud-native platforms, low-code tools) for applicability in banking operations.

Skills

IT architecture

Banking domain knowledge

TOGAF

BIZBOK

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / business / finance

Tools

LeanIX

Ardoq

Sparx EA

Job description

Job Summary

As a Senior IT Business Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our commercial bank by designing, optimizing, and aligning business capabilities with enterprise goals. You will serve as a trusted advisor to executives and cross-functional leaders—translating business strategies into actionable roadmaps, scalable processes, and well-structured operating models. This role will be pivotal in driving application modernization, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture initiatives across the bank. The ideal candidate will have deep financial services experience, strong business acumen, and a proven ability to guide legacy-to-modern transitions in a regulated environment. You will collaborate closely with key business partners, product leaders, and IT partners to ensure that business decisions, investments, and transformation initiatives are grounded in clear architectural standards and aligned with enterprise strategy. This position is ideal for someone who excels at connecting the big picture with practical execution and enjoys influencing change at a broad level.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with various commercial business units to define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies aligned with banking goals.
• Lead the development of business capability models, value streams, and process architectures tailored to financial services.
• Drive application modernization efforts, including legacy system assessments, cloud migration strategies, and adoption of modern platforms (e.g., microservices, APIs, containers).
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, and engineering teams to ensure cohesive delivery of modernized applications.
• Orchestrate the technical evaluation of new vendor products and build an architectural recommendation
• Facilitate workshops to identify capability gaps, regulatory impacts, and transformation opportunities.
• Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and portfolio governance for IT initiatives.
• Ensure architecture compliance with banking regulations (e.g., FFIEC, OCC, FDIC), data privacy standards, and internal governance frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI, cloud-native platforms, low-code tools) for applicability in banking operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT architecture or business analysis within banking or financial services.
• Proven experience leading application modernization initiatives in a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of banking operations, products, and regulatory landscape.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and business capability modeling.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence strategic direction.

Preferred

• Certifications such as TOGAF, CBAP, Certified Business Architect, or PMP.
• Experience with core banking transformation, digital onboarding, open banking, and cloud-native architectures.
• Familiarity with architecture tools (e.g., LeanIX, Ardoq, Sparx EA) and agile delivery models.

Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay) Yes

Workplace Type

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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