Head of Enterprise Architecture & Platform Strategy

Comcast; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast’s FreeWheel Enterprise Architecture team partners with Product Management and Engineering to translate strategy into scalable architectures and roadmaps. The Senior Director leads a team of Enterprise Architects, shaping architecture strategy for AdTech platforms, establishing governance, and aligning across product and engineering.

The role focuses on defining architecture vision, driving engagement models, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions while balancing speed, security,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, or enterprise architecture, with significant leadership in distributed, high-scale platforms.
• 10+ years of people leadership experience managing senior architects, principal engineers, or equivalent senior technical contributors.
• Experience partnering with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define architecture strategy, roadmaps, and execution plans for complex product portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of Enterprise Architects aligned to product domains and partnered with engineering teams across AdTech platforms.
• Define and drive the Enterprise Architecture vision, operating model, and engagement approach, ensuring architecture work ties to business outcomes and delivery priorities.
• Serve as a strategic technology advisor to Product Management and Engineering leadership, translating market opportunities into actionable architecture direction and investment recommendations.
• Oversee creation of solution blueprints, reference architectures, ADRs, roadmaps, and target-state designs for consistency and reusable platforms.
• Establish and run architecture governance mechanisms, including design reviews, standards management, and lifecycle oversight.
• Guide architectural direction for distributed, cloud-native systems spanning ad serving, SSP, DSP, and data platforms.
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability, security, privacy, interoperability, and cost efficiency.
• Shape portfolio-level roadmaps that reduce technical debt and create golden paths for engineering teams.
• Influence build-buy-extend decisions by evaluating business value and risk.

Skills

Building high-performance teams

Stakeholder management

Enterprise software architecture

Business leadership

Product development

Strategic management

Advertising technologies

Education

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

Job description

Comcast’s FreeWheel Enterprise Architecture team partners with Product Management and Engineering to translate strategy into scalable architectures and roadmaps. The Senior Director leads a team of Enterprise Architects, shaping architecture strategy for AdTech platforms, establishing governance, and aligning across product and engineering.

The role focuses on defining architecture vision, driving engagement models, and delivering high-quality, scalable solutions while balancing speed, security,