JOB DESCRIPTION

Role Purpose

The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for defining and governing the enterprise technology architecture across Apparel Group, ensuring alignment between business strategy, digital transformation initiatives, and technology investments. The role will serve as a strategic advisor to business and technology leadership, driving modernization, standardization, scalability, and innovation across the Group's retail, e-commerce, supply chain, customer, and corporate functions.

The Enterprise Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping the future-state architecture, enabling omnichannel retail capabilities, AI-driven innovation, enterprise data platforms, and cloud transformation while ensuring architectural governance and long-term sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain the Group's Enterprise Architecture strategy, target-state architecture, and multi-year technology roadmap aligned with business objectives and transformation priorities.
Partner with business leaders, transformation teams, and technology stakeholders to translate strategic initiatives into scalable business and technology capabilities.
Establish architecture principles, standards, frameworks, and governance processes to guide technology decision-making across the organization.
Lead architecture reviews for major business initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, scalability needs, and long-term technology strategy.
Drive application portfolio rationalization by identifying opportunities to consolidate systems, reduce technical debt, eliminate redundancies, and optimize technology investments.
Define enterprise integration architecture and promote API-first, event-driven, and reusable integration patterns across business platforms.
Collaborate with data and analytics teams to establish enterprise data architecture principles, governance frameworks, master data strategies, and AI-ready data foundations.
Partner with digital, omnichannel, and customer experience teams to architect solutions that enhance customer engagement, loyalty, personalization, and retail operations.
Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI, Generative AI, automation, cloud platforms, and intelligent retail solutions, and provide recommendations for adoption and business value realization.
Develop technology reference architectures, capability maps, architecture blueprints, and future-state operating models for key business domains.
Provide architectural leadership and guidance across ERP, POS, e-commerce, supply chain, merchandising, CRM, HR, finance, and corporate systems landscapes.
Work closely with solution architects, product teams, project managers, and vendors to ensure successful implementation of architecture standards and transformation initiatives.
Identify technology risks, architecture gaps, and dependencies, and proactively recommend mitigation plans to support business continuity and scalability.
Drive cloud modernization and enterprise platform transformation initiatives to improve agility, performance, security, and cost optimization.
Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by providing strategic insights on technology trends, architecture investments, and digital transformation opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
Master's degree preferred.
12+ years of experience in technology leadership, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or digital transformation roles.
Minimum 5 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture or a senior architecture leadership capacity.
Experience in retail, consumer, omnichannel, e-commerce, or large multi-brand organizations is highly preferred.
Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and modern integration architectures.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale transformation programs and enterprise technology modernization initiatives.

Preferred Expertise

Retail ERP platforms (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
POS and store technology ecosystems
E-commerce and omnichannel platforms
CRM and loyalty platforms
Enterprise integration and API management
Data lakehouse and analytics platforms
AI, Generative AI, and intelligent automation solutions
Enterprise data governance and master data management
Supply chain and merchandising systems

Key Competencies

Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy
Business Capability Modeling
Digital Transformation Leadership
Retail & Omnichannel Domain Knowledge
Stakeholder Management & Executive Communication
Architecture Governance
Innovation & Emerging Technology Evaluation
Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Influencing Without Authority

Success Measures

Alignment of technology investments with business strategy
Reduction in technology complexity and technical debt
Increased platform standardization and reusability
Successful delivery of transformation initiatives
Improved enterprise scalability, resilience, and agility
Adoption of architecture standards and governance practices
Enhanced business capabilities through digital and AI-driven solutions

Enterprise Architect - AI & Digital Platforms