VP Enterprise Architecture: Lead Tech Architecture

Farm Credit Services of America; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Additional Benefits

Job summary

Farm Credit Services of America is seeking a VP Enterprise Architecture to lead the EA team, establish architecture standards, and govern technology initiatives across the enterprise. The role ensures secure, scalable, and aligned solutions while guiding incremental modernization and value delivery.

The leader will drive architectural discipline, provide guidance to cross-functional teams, and communicate standards to stakeholders, balancing risk, investment, and business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field.
• 10+ years of Technology experience with prior leadership experience.
• Experience leading enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Enterprise Architecture team.
• Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards, principles, and reference architectures.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and governance processes for technology initiatives.
• Champion technical excellence, engineering quality, and architectural consistency across technology teams.
• Promote the evolution of enterprise solutions through incremental modernization approaches balancing needs and risk.
• Provide architectural guidance to application, data, infrastructure, security, and AI teams.
• Promote reusable, secure, scalable, and maintainable technology solutions.
• Maintain visibility into the technology landscape and identify opportunities to reduce complexity.
• Partner with technology leaders to ensure solutions align with architecture standards.
• Evaluate technology risks and recommend improvements.
• Communicate architecture decisions and standards to stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture governance

Enterprise architecture

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business or related field

Tools

Enterprise Architecture Tools

Cloud technologies

Job description

Farm Credit Services of America is seeking a VP Enterprise Architecture to lead the EA team, establish architecture standards, and govern technology initiatives across the enterprise. The role ensures secure, scalable, and aligned solutions while guiding incremental modernization and value delivery.

The leader will drive architectural discipline, provide guidance to cross-functional teams, and communicate standards to stakeholders, balancing risk, investment, and business needs.