Lead Enterprise Architect, Strategy

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is looking for a Lead Enterprise Architect to develop and govern enterprise IT strategy and architecture. The role requires 12+ years of architectural experience and expertise in enterprise practices.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule with in-person days in Chicago, IL, and a salary range of $160,000 to $240,000 depending on qualifications. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in architecture with demonstrated leadership.
• Expertise in roadmap development and cost/value modeling.
• Strong communication and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Align enterprise technology strategy with business objectives.
• Define enterprise blueprints across various viewpoints.
• Establish architecture principles and technology standards.
• Chair design authority to guide project decisions.
• Advise on industry trends and emerging technologies.

Skills

Enterprise architecture practices

Leadership across complex portfolios

Exceptional communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Architecture frameworks (TOGAF)

Modeling (ArchiMate/UML)

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

In the role of Lead Enterprise Architect, Strategy, you will spearhead the development, implementation, and governance of ADUSA's enterprise IT strategy and architecture, ensuring alignment with our business strategy and vision. This position calls for a forward-thinking leader who will set the destination and architecture runway and guardrails to guide the IT organization. We are seeking a candidate with a strong engineering mindset and extensive architectural experience, who can offer visionary leadership and articulate strategic guidance. Your expertise will be instrumental in fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continual improvement across the IT organization.

Sets the enterprise technology vision and operating model, orchestrating cross domain roadmaps, standards, and governance to ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, & Quincy, MA.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Aligns enterprise technology strategy and roadmaps to business objectives and multiyear funding plans.
• Defines enterprise blueprints that synthesize business, information, application, integration, infrastructure, and security viewpoints.
• Establishes architecture principles, reference architectures, technology standards, and rationalization guidelines.
• Chairs enterprise design authority/governance to guide decisions on scope, quality, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Measures the value of enterprise architecture services; reports outcomes, adoption, and technical debt trends.
• Advises executives on industry trends and emerging technologies; shapes build/buy/retire decisions.
• Mentors' principal/solution/domain architects; raises architecture maturity, methods, and tooling across Tech.
• Drives alignment across major transformation initiatives, ensuring architecture consistency across portfolios, domains, and strategic programs.
• Partners with product, engineering, and platform leaders to embed architecture practices into delivery, ensuring solutions adhere to enterprise standards and long-term technology strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.
• 12+ years in architecture with demonstrated leadership across complex, multi domain portfolios.
• Expertise in enterprise architecture practices (principles, standards, governance), roadmap development, and cost/value modeling.
• Exceptional communication, executive influence, and decision framing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), modeling (e.g., ArchiMate/UML), and portfolio governance.
• Background spanning cloud, data, integration, security, and end user domains.

Salary Range: $160,000- $240,000. Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.