Strategic Enterprise Architect: Aligning Business & Tech

CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA); Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

CLA is seeking an experienced Business Technology Architect to join our Information Technology team in the United States. You will connect business strategy with technology capabilities, develop enterprise capability models, and guide strategic roadmaps that align with organizational objectives.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to identify gaps, dependencies, and modernization opportunities, while promoting governance and standards across architecture domains.

Qualifications

• 6 years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in business/enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and product direction.
• Ability to map capabilities to applications, data, platforms, and processes.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and leaders.
• Strong communication and executive storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain capability models, heat maps, and roadmap artifacts linking business objectives to technology strategy.
• Map relationships among capabilities, processes, data, platforms, and enabling technologies.
• Create current-state and target-state architecture views aligned with strategic goals.
• Identify gaps, redundancies, and modernization opportunities; promote reuse and standardization.
• Partner with Enterprise, Application, Data, and Solution Architecture teams to align with standards.
• Translate strategy into prioritized architecture roadmaps and actionable investments.
• Assess technology environments and advise on scalability, security, and business value.
• Provide governance through clear principles, decision criteria, and ownership.
• Lead cross-functional workshops; influence decisions and build stakeholder alignment.
• Translate complex concepts for executives and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Business architecture

Enterprise architecture

Technology strategy

Solution architecture

Product strategy

Portfolio management

Digital transformation

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CLA is seeking an experienced Business Technology Architect to join our Information Technology team in the United States. You will connect business strategy with technology capabilities, develop enterprise capability models, and guide strategic roadmaps that align with organizational objectives.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to identify gaps, dependencies, and modernization opportunities, while promoting governance and standards across architecture domains.