Enterprise Architecture Lead: Strategy & Governance

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,300,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Dis-Chem Pharmacies seeks an Enterprise Architecture Lead to guide the EA capability and ensure cohesive, high-quality architecture outcomes across application, data, integration, and infrastructure domains. You will translate enterprise strategy into actionable guidance and roadmaps, while enabling governance and safe delivery.

The role reports to the Head of Enterprise Architecture and focuses on architecture coherence, reuse, and risk reduction without owning delivery execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8–10+ years’ experience in enterprise or senior solution architecture roles.
• Proven experience designing and governing enterprise-scale architectures.
• Experience operating within formal architecture governance (e.g. ARB, design authority models).

Responsibilities

• Lead the Enterprise Architecture capability, including standards, methods, and quality of enterprise-level designs.
• Translate business strategy and CIO direction into target-state architectures and transition roadmaps.
• Drive simplification, reuse, and standardisation across platforms and vendors.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (security, resilience, scalability, operability) are embedded at enterprise level.
• Act as a senior authority within the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Review and assure solution designs for alignment to enterprise standards and target state.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Governance

Stakeholder influence

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies seeks an Enterprise Architecture Lead to guide the EA capability and ensure cohesive, high-quality architecture outcomes across application, data, integration, and infrastructure domains. You will translate enterprise strategy into actionable guidance and roadmaps, while enabling governance and safe delivery.

The role reports to the Head of Enterprise Architecture and focuses on architecture coherence, reuse, and risk reduction without owning delivery execution.