Enterprise Business Architecture Lead

Energy Transfer LP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer LP in Houston is seeking a driven Enterprise Business Architect Lead to establish and lead the business architecture discipline across the enterprise. You will translate strategy into operating model design, capability frameworks, and governance to align investments with long-term outcomes.

You will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, shape platform governance for CLM and data applications, and build cross-functional credibility without formal authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience
• 10 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise transformation, or management consulting
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing a business architecture function or practice
• Expertise in capability modeling, value stream mapping, business process architecture, and operating model design
• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience with enterprise platform implementations and governance
• Proficiency with architecture or process tools (LeanIX, Mega, Visio, ARIS, or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Establish Energy Transfer's business architecture practice including frameworks, tools, and standards
• Define and maintain the enterprise capability model, value stream maps, and business process architecture
• Govern platform and technology investment decisions from a business architecture perspective
• Ensure alignment between business capabilities, processes, data, and enabling technology across transformation programs
• Partner with senior business leaders to translate strategic priorities into operating model changes
• Design future-state operating models for key business domains undergoing transformation
• Identify capability gaps, redundancies, and improvement opportunities across the enterprise
• Support M&A integration planning by providing operating model analysis and architecture inputs
• Provide architectural oversight for enterprise platforms including CLM (Agiloft), data applications, and others
• Define standards for platform ownership, product governance, and lifecycle management
• Advise on build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions from a business capability standpoint
• Partner with IT to ensure business and technical architectures remain aligned
• Serve as a trusted advisor to VPs, Directors, and functional leaders across the enterprise
• Facilitate business architecture workshops to surface current-state challenges and inform future-state design
• Communicate complex architecture concepts in clear, business-facing language
• Build an internal business architecture community of practice over time

Skills

Business architecture

Enterprise transformation

Executive stakeholder engagement

Architecture tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA (preferred)

Tools

LeanIX

Mega

Visio

ARIS

Job description

Energy Transfer LP in Houston is seeking a driven Enterprise Business Architect Lead to establish and lead the business architecture discipline across the enterprise. You will translate strategy into operating model design, capability frameworks, and governance to align investments with long-term outcomes.

You will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, shape platform governance for CLM and data applications, and build cross-functional credibility without formal authority.