What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Enterprise Architect position at Charles Schwab Inc.?
Your Opportunity
The Schwab Enterprise Architecture (EA) team is looking for a director/principal level Enterprise Architect (Individual Contributor role). The EA team is responsible for developing and maintaining the organization’s enterprise architecture function, leading the firm’s technology strategy, ensuring architectural consistency and coherence, and managing Schwab’s Architecture & Technology Governance (ATG) framework. The ATG framework encompasses three core areas: Architecture Governance, Technology Governance, and Service Governance. These areas are governed through a combination of central and federated boards, with federated boards established within each development and engineering organization.
This role is responsible for leading the Architecture Governance function, enhancing the Architecture Governance model, driving architectural consistency, and guiding solutions to align with strategies and target state architectures. Additionally, this role oversees the Architecture Review Board and facilitates architecture review sessions.
What you are good at
- Establishing and refining Enterprise Architecture practices and Architecture & Technology Governance Frameworks
- Leading and operating Architecture Review Boards
- Working closely with various risk management functions to fulfill regulatory obligations
- Using and evolving Application Platform Model, Architecture Patterns, Building Blocks, Reference architectures, Guidelines, etc. and demonstrating them to drive consistence architecture outcomes across the enterprise
- Using your extensive technical expertise and advanced architectural thinking to drive complex architecture and technology decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term goals
What you have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Demonstrated expertise in defining and operating enterprise architecture practices, with a strong enterprise architecture background
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture, particularly in guiding Architecture & Technology Governance processes at the strategic, blueprint, and project level
- Demonstrated expertise in collaborating effectively with risk management functions, including internal and external auditors
- Proven success and career progression as a technology professional in a large commercial enterprise, preferably within financial services or other highly regulated industries
- Demonstrated effectiveness in executive presentation and escalation management
- Strong leadership skills, particularly in influencing others, adapting to various management styles, and navigating different decision-making authorities
- Ability to work independently as a contributing member in a fast-paced, focused team
- Broad and deep knowledge of IT/software technology trends; domain knowledge and experience in application architecture, cloud-based application development, web services, middleware, infrastructure architecture, and security architecture
- Agility to work across multiple levels of the organization, from developers to senior leaders
- Excellent technical, analytical, and project management skills
