VP Solutions and Data Architecture

SECU; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SECU seeks a senior leader to own enterprise application architecture, standards, and data strategy. The role drives the technology roadmap, solutions architecture, and business relationship management across IT and business lines.

You will oversee transformation, partner with vendors, and mentor the Enterprise Architecture team. Required: bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of direct experience, plus at least 1 year in a supervisory/mentoring role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field.
• Minimum 7 direct years of experience, plus 1 year in supervisory/lead role.

Responsibilities

• Develop joint strategic roadmaps aligned with enterprise architecture and patterns.
• Drive scalable application project design delivery and reuse of patterns.
• Promote technology innovation and staff training for future readiness.
• Align IT initiatives with SECU business lines and drive organizational change.
• Build and manage vendor relationships and ensure adherence to standards.
• Provide direct people management and coaching to the Enterprise Architecture team.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Strategic Roadmapping

Leadership & Mentoring

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Management

Cloud Architecture

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Tools

TOGAF

ArchiMate

Job description

If you are motivated and believe in the credit union philosophy of \"People Helping People,\" join our team!

This is a senior management leadership position responsible for enterprise application architecture, standards, patterns and data for the Credit Union. Scope includes strategic technology roadmap development, solutions architecture, data architecture, and business relationship management. Establish a vision that aligns with modern technology trends, mapping the vision to our current state, and drive transformation throughout the organization. Work closely with numerous operational business lines, IT departments, third party vendors, and transaction gateway partners to deliver projects and architectural solutions that meet the needs of the Credit Union.

Essential Responsibilities:

• (15 %) Strategy – Partner with key business lines/stakeholders and IT resources to develop joint strategic roadmaps that align with enterprise application architecture and patterns. Keep abreast of IT and business technology solutions available in the marketplace and how they align with the strategic roadmap of the organization. Conduct regular roadmap and capability reviews with partner IT and business units to ensure full coverage across the project portfolio.
• (20 %) Project Design Delivery - Drives application project design delivery in a scalable model aligned with organizational priority to ensure timely delivery of project and business initiatives. Leverage industry proven reference architectural frameworks to streamline reuse of architectural patterns, solution designs, and existing enterprise platforms.
• (10 %) Innovation – Promote and develop a culture which embraces technology innovation. Staying up to date on current trends and emerging technology solutions. Provide training opportunities for staff to ensure teams are prepared for the future. Support the modernization of technologies and solutions.
• (20 %) Organizational Alignment – Establishing ongoing relationships to ensure balance between Information Technology and SECU business line initiatives/roadmap. Maintain a large focus on organization change management and operational readiness, including effective challenges to legacy processes and practices. Build partnerships with infrastructure and security architects to ensure consistency across technology domains.
• (15 %) Relationship Management – Build and maintain strong vendor relationships through current and potential partnership engagements. Hold vendors accountable to defined SECU architectural standards, while maintaining professional working relationships.
• (20 %) Management/Coaching – Provide direct people management, coaching, and mentorship to the Enterprise Architecture team. Ensure architects receive proper training, development opportunities, and effective and timely feedback.

Required Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities):

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 7 direct years of experience, plus an additional 1 year in a supervisory, lead or mentor role

Preferred Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities):

• Preferred education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Preferred 2 years of experience directly managing a team of 5+ application development resources

Job Environment & Physical Requirements:

• Hybrid work environment with at least 2 days a week in office
• Sitting for prolonged periods
• Computer usage for prolonged periods
• Telephone usage for prolonged periods
• After hours escalation support

SECU provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law.

Disclaimer

State Employees' Credit Union reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower level based on business need.