Remote Enterprise Architecture Director – Retail Tech

Ross Stores; Dublin (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ross Stores in Dublin, CA seeks a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead IT strategy and roadmaps for retailers, planning, supply chain, and stores. You will manage a team of architects, coordinate with IT partners, and drive enterprise solutions that align with Ross’s business goals.

The role requires deep retail knowledge and strong leadership across distributed teams. You will influence technology decisions, oversee budgets, and evangelize architecture practices within the organization,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture in Retail industry and 15+ years combined in delivering IT Technologies, Solution architecture, or systems.
• Experience supervising enterprise architects, solution architects, consultants and external vendor resources.
• Experience in Retail domain areas (Merchandising, Planning, Forecasting, Supply chain, Stores, Marketing, Digital, etc), SaaS/Package solutions, Cloud platforms, Business capability modeling, Advanced Analytics, AI/ML, Gen AI.
• Solid understanding of industry best practices in Retail and Ent. Arch – ARTS, NRF models, TOGAF, Archimate.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, negotiate solutions, and resolve conflicts.
• 5+ years of experience managing a team of architects and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain strategic technology roadmap and plans.
• Participate in IT 5-year planning and annual budgeting process.
• Provide architecture consultancy for Application and Technology portfolio planning; deliver architecture on projects.
• Supervise architects in developing roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Provide enterprise architecture leadership to a cohesive team of architects and external experts.
• Lead architecture metrics and reporting to executive leadership.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Team management

Retail domain knowledge

TOGAF/Archimate

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in information systems or computer science

Master’s degree (plus)

Tools

Cloud platforms

Analytics tools

Job description

Ross Stores in Dublin, CA seeks a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead IT strategy and roadmaps for retailers, planning, supply chain, and stores. You will manage a team of architects, coordinate with IT partners, and drive enterprise solutions that align with Ross’s business goals.

The role requires deep retail knowledge and strong leadership across distributed teams. You will influence technology decisions, oversee budgets, and evangelize architecture practices within the organization,