Remote Senior Director of Solution Architecture & Delivery

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Cleveland (OH); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Senior Director of Solution Architecture to lead a team of solution and domain architects responsible for designing architecture across programs and technology platforms. The role owns people, practice, and capacity, guiding hiring, development, and delivery quality.

Reporting to Enterprise Architecture leadership, you will align target states with portfolio standards, coordinate architecture across business areas, and champion modern tooling and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in a relevant IT field or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in technology.
• 8+ years in architecture roles.
• 5+ years as a people manager of architects or senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the solution and domain architecture organization: hiring, development, performance and succession for the architects and the leaders of its groups.
• Own architect assignment and capacity: allocate architects to programs and projects by priority, balance load and surface capacity gaps.
• Own the quality and consistency of solution architecture: standards, peer reviews, conformance to target states.
• Bring architects from other groups into one operating model with common roles and career paths.
• Partner with Principal Portfolio and Practice Architects to ensure standards reach every design.
• Own the engagement model with portfolio/platform delivery leaders, prioritization and expectations.
• Raise the hands-on technical bar: prototype, AI code assist, and stay current in platforms.
• Report capacity, utilization and delivery outcomes to Enterprise Architecture leadership.

Skills

People management

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Capacity planning

Leadership

Hiring & development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Information Technology or equivalent

Job description

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Senior Director of Solution Architecture to lead a team of solution and domain architects responsible for designing architecture across programs and technology platforms. The role owns people, practice, and capacity, guiding hiring, development, and delivery quality.

Reporting to Enterprise Architecture leadership, you will align target states with portfolio standards, coordinate architecture across business areas, and champion modern tooling and