Principal Enterprise Architect, Core Retail Systems

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 163,280 - 244,920; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Principal EA to shape core retail systems and define enterprise technology vision. This role requires over 12 years of architectural experience and a deep understanding of enterprise architecture principles. The position focuses on aligning technology strategy with business goals and mentoring architects to enhance architecture maturity. The role offers a hybrid work schedule, allowing flexibility with in-person and remote workdays, and a competitive salary range between $163,280 and $244,920.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in architecture with demonstrated leadership across complex, multi-domain portfolios.
• Expertise in roadmap development and cost/value modeling.
• Exceptional communication and executive influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Align enterprise technology strategy to business objectives.
• Define enterprise blueprints integrating multiple viewpoints.
• Chair enterprise design authority to guide scope and quality.
• Advise executives on industry trends and emerging technologies.

Skills

Enterprise architecture practices

Communication

Leadership

GenAI & Agentic patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience

Tools

TOGAF

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

As the Principal EA, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our core retail systems across an ecosystem of commercial, supply chain, finance/HR, and corporate systems. In this high-impact role, you'll partner with the business, product, and engineering leaders to design and govern cutting-edge platforms that support our great.

Your contributions will drive the advancement of our record system platforms, supporting our business operations, customer engagement, and digital platform. This will help maintain store supply while enabling new, innovative approaches to serve and inspire shoppers.

This role requires a rare blend of strategic vision, architectural expertise, and a passion for innovation. You'll craft enterprise roadmaps that influence long-term strategy while ensuring solutions remain flexible, scalable, and aligned to the ever-changing needs of customers. By bridging business and technology, you'll enable platforms that don't just support retail - they redefine it.

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 & Quincy, MA.

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

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

Responsibilities

• Aligns enterprise technology strategy and roadmaps to business objectives and multi-year 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.
• Strong understanding of GenAI & Agentic patterns, including RAG, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, agent orchestration, and model serving approaches.

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: $163,280 - $244,920