Strategic Enterprise Architect: Capabilities & Transformation

Eaton; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 182,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

The Enterprise Business Architecture team at Eaton drives a single, authoritative view of enterprise capabilities by linking strategy to technology execution. This global role collaborates with business and technology leaders, potentially leading a team of architects to develop ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing strategies, blueprints, and governance across the enterprise.

You will shape the EBCM, lead capability taxonomies and value streams, and ensure alignment with APIs, data models, and

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 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
• Maintain authoritative architectural artifacts including capability maps, value streams, process models, and investment frameworks

Skills

Executive storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or master’s degree in business

Tools

TOGAF

BizBOK

ERP/SCM/Manufacturing architecture

Job description

The Enterprise Business Architecture team at Eaton drives a single, authoritative view of enterprise capabilities by linking strategy to technology execution. This global role collaborates with business and technology leaders, potentially leading a team of architects to develop ERP, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing strategies, blueprints, and governance across the enterprise.

You will shape the EBCM, lead capability taxonomies and value streams, and ensure alignment with APIs, data models, and