Chief Portfolio Architect

Soni; Hazlet Township (NJ); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni is seeking a Head of Architecture to lead the architectural vision and technology roadmap for a designated business unit. You will coordinate with executives and technology leaders to align capabilities, data, cloud, AI, and digital experiences with business goals.

The role demands extensive leadership across products, platforms, and programs, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term sustainability and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive architecture, technology strategy, engineering leadership, or related roles.
• Proven success leading architecture functions within large, highly regulated organizations.
• Experience developing technology roadmaps, transformation strategies, and enterprise‑scale architecture initiatives.
• Deep expertise across business architecture, applications, data management, integration, cloud platforms, security, digital capabilities, and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders on technology strategy and investment decisions.
• Experience leading architecture teams and driving complex organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the strategic architecture vision and future-state roadmap for the business unit.
• Provide leadership across multiple products, platforms, programs, and business capabilities to ensure integrated end-to-end solution design.
• Establish architecture priorities that support organizational growth, modernization, operational efficiency, and innovation.
• Ensure portfolio roadmaps align with enterprise architecture principles and business strategy.
• Guide architectural decisions that support scalable, secure, and sustainable technology ecosystems.
• Lead and develop a team of architects supporting the business unit's delivery portfolio.
• Serve as the senior architecture advisor to business and technology leadership within the portfolio.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to shape technology strategy, transformation initiatives, and investment priorities.
• Translate business objectives into capability-based architecture plans and technology roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment between business needs, customer experiences, operational processes, and technology investments.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture leaders to balance business unit requirements with broader organizational priorities.

Skills

Strategic architecture leadership

Portfolio and roadmap planning

Enterprise technology strategy

Business and technology alignment

Investment planning and prioritization

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related discipline

Job description

Soni is seeking a Head of Architecture to lead the architectural vision and technology roadmap for a designated business unit. You will coordinate with executives and technology leaders to align capabilities, data, cloud, AI, and digital experiences with business goals.

The role demands extensive leadership across products, platforms, and programs, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term sustainability and risk management.