Senior Enterprise Business Architect: Strategy to Execution

Eaton; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 182,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Business Architecture leader to guide the development of the EBCM and drive capability-driven transformation across ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing domains. You will partner with executives across Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate strategy into architecture, establish standards, and mentor a high-performing team of business architects.

This role anchors enterprise-wide decision velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Business Architecture, Strategy, Enterprise Technology Strategy, or equivalent transformation roles.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior thought partner to executives, translating complex business, product, and technology strategies into clear architectural narratives that guide enterprise decisions
• Shape and socialize the Enterprise Business Capability Model (EBCM) through compelling executive storytelling, ensuring alignment across Product, Engineering, Technology, Operations, and Business units
• Lead/support the evolution of the EBCM, capability taxonomies, value streams, and cross-enterprise operating frameworks that link strategy to execution
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to align Enterprise Business Capabilities with company domain, certified APIs, data models, applications and integration patterns
• Lead business architecture for high-impact enterprise use cases including foundational technology/API Strategy alignment, partner onboarding transformation, Ways of Working transformation, multiyear investment planning, M&A process simplification, platform rationalization, cross-platform modernization
• Conduct capability-to-technology mapping and journey/process analysis to identify synergies, redundancies, and modernization opportunities
• Guide leaders through operating model changes required for scalable, future-ready platforms and agentic system enablement
• Maintain authoritative architectural artifacts including capability maps, value streams, process models, and investment frameworks
• Executive Engagement & Communication: Represent Business Architecture in senior forums, investment councils, roadmap discussions, and enterprise transformation steering groups
• Cross-Functional Alignment & Enterprise Transformation: Drive alignment across senior stakeholders to shape integrated architectures that reduce redundancy, enable reuse, and accelerate modernization
• Innovation, Emerging Technology & GenAI Integration: Identify and promote opportunities to leverage Generative AI, automation, and advanced analytics to modernize processes and improve operational performance
• Measurement, Value Realization & Regulatory Alignment: Define measurement frameworks to track transformation success, regulatory compliance and enterprise value

Skills

Executive storytelling

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder alignment

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or master’s degree

Tools

TOGAF

BizBOK

SAP (ECC/S4)

Oracle EBS

QAD

Infor

Job description

Eaton is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Business Architecture leader to guide the development of the EBCM and drive capability-driven transformation across ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing domains. You will partner with executives across Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate strategy into architecture, establish standards, and mentor a high-performing team of business architects.

This role anchors enterprise-wide decision velocity.