Sr Manager - Enterprise Business Architect

Energy Transfer; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer in Dallas, TX seeks a Sr Manager - Enterprise Business Architect to establish and lead the business architecture discipline. This leader translates strategy into operating models, governs platforms, and aligns investments with long-term business outcomes across transformation programs.

You will engage senior leaders, design future-state models, and drive architecture governance for CLM, data apps, and related platforms, building a community of practice over time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 10 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise transformation, or management consulting.
• Experience establishing or maturing a business architecture function or practice.
• Expertise in capability modeling, value stream mapping, business process architecture, and operating model design.
• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience with enterprise platform implementations and governance.
• Familiarity with architecture or process tools such as LeanIX, Mega, Visio, ARIS.

Responsibilities

• Establish Energy Transfer's business architecture practice including frameworks, tools, and standards.
• Define and maintain the enterprise capability model, value stream maps, and business process architecture.
• Govern platform and technology investment decisions from a business architecture perspective.
• Ensure alignment between business capabilities, processes, data, and enabling technology across transformation programs.
• Partner with senior business leaders to translate strategic priorities into operating model changes.
• Design future-state operating models for key business domains undergoing transformation.
• Identify capability gaps, redundancies, and improvement opportunities across the enterprise.
• Support M&A integration planning by providing operating model analysis and architecture inputs.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Operating model design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

LeanIX

Mega

Visio

ARIS

Job description

Job Description - Sr Manager - Enterprise Business Architect (2610002944)

Job Description

Sr Manager - Enterprise Business Architect - ( 2610002944 )

We value all of our employees who make our growth and success possible. We are proud to offer industry leading compensation, comprehensive benefits,401(k) match with additional profit sharing,PTO and abundant career opportunities.

Come join our award winning 12,000 strong organization as we fuel the world and each other!

Summary

The Enterprise Business Architect Lead is responsible for establishing and leading the business architecture discipline at Energy Transfer. This role translates enterprise strategy into operating model design, capability frameworks, and platform governance — ensuring that technology investments, process transformations, and organizational changes are aligned to long‑term business outcomes.

The Business Architect Lead serves as a strategic advisor to senior business and technology leaders across the enterprise transformation portfolio including CLM, data applications, and future platform decisions. This is a foundational, build-from-scratch role that requires both the ability to establish the discipline and the credibility to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish Energy Transfer's business architecture practice including frameworks, tools, and standards
• Define and maintain the enterprise capability model, value stream maps, and business process architecture
• Govern platform and technology investment decisions from a business architecture perspective
• Ensure alignment between business capabilities, processes, data, and enabling technology across transformation programs
• Partner with senior business leaders to translate strategic priorities into operating model changes
• Design future-state operating models for key business domains undergoing transformation
• Identify capability gaps, redundancies, and improvement opportunities across the enterprise
• Support M&A integration planning by providing operating model analysis and architecture inputs

Platform & Product Governance

• Provide architectural oversight for enterprise platforms including CLM (Agiloft), data applications, and others
• Define standards for platform ownership, product governance, and lifecycle management
• Advise on build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions from a business capability standpoint
• Partner with IT to ensure business and technical architectures remain aligned

Stakeholder Engagement & Community Building

• Serve as a trusted advisor to VPs, Directors, and functional leaders across the enterprise
• Facilitate business architecture workshops to surface current-state challenges and inform future-state design
• Communicate complex architecture concepts in clear, business-facing language
• Build an internal business architecture community of practice over time

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience
• 10 years of experience in business architecture, enterprise transformation, or management consulting
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing a business architecture function or practice
• Expertise in capability modeling, value stream mapping, business process architecture, and operating model design
• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience with enterprise platform implementations and governance
• Proficiency with architecture or process tools (e.g., LeanIX, Mega, Visio, ARIS, or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree
• TOGAF or BIZBOK certification
• Experience in energy, midstream, or industrial sector
• Background in management consulting (Big 4, boutique strategy, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with CLM, ERP, or enterprise content management platforms
• Systems thinking and strategic operating model design
• Executive communication and executive-ready visualization
• Organizational influence without direct authority
• Platform governance and business-technology alignment
• Ability to build structure and discipline in ambiguous environments

Working Conditions

• Usually, normal office working conditions.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet

Energy Transfer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.

DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Primary Location

United States-TX-DALLAS

Other Locations

United States-TX-HOUSTON

Work Locations

Dallas TX Westchester (100000381) 8111 Westchester Dr Dallas 75225

Job

Other

Schedule

Regular

Full-time

Travel

Yes, 15 % of the Time

Job Posting

Aug 27, 2026, 4:00:00 AM

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