Sr Manager - Enterprise Business Architect - 2610002944

Energy Transfer; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Performance bonus

Vacation/PTO

Job summary

Energy Transfer is seeking an Enterprise/Business Architect Lead to establish and lead the architecture discipline across the enterprise. You will translate strategy into operating models, capability frameworks, and platform governance, ensuring alignment of investments, processes, and technology with long-term business outcomes.

You will advise senior leaders, design future-state operating models, and drive M&A integration inputs while building a community of practice around business

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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).

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

Communication

Leadership

Enterprise architecture

Value stream mapping

Operating model design

Business process modeling

Strategic advisory

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

MBA

TOGAF or BIZBOK certification

Tools

LeanIX

Mega

Visio

ARIS

Agiloft CLM

Job description

Energy Transfer, recognized by Forbes as one of America's best large employers, is dedicated to responsibly and safely delivering America’s energy. We are driven to inspire our employees to create superior value for our customers, our investors, a sustainable future and giving back to the community where we have long-standing commitments to causes including MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital, The Salvation Army, The American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House and many more.

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!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

Requirements

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:

• 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

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• 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 classified as such.