Lead IT Enterprise Architect

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Job Summary

In alignment with TOGAF® Standard, the Lead IT Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture is accountable for establishing and sustaining the Enterprise Architecture Capability that enables effective strategy execution, investment decision-making, and governed change across the enterprise.

This role ensures that architecture is:

               •             Actionable (used in delivery and investment decisions)

               •             Federated (across IT, OT, and business domains)

               •             Governed (with clear decision rights and compliance)

               •             Continuously evolved (not static documentation)

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish & Lead the Enterprise Architecture Capability

• Own Enterprise Architecture Vision & Principles

• Govern Target-State & Transition Architectures

• Architecture Governance & Compliance

• Support Portfolio & Investment Decisions

• Enable Federated Architecture Across IT & OT

• Maintain Architecture Repository & Knowledge Base

• Architecture Change & Continuous Improvement

Education & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a technical related field

• 15+ years of experience working in a similar global role

• Senior enterprise architecture leader with deep experience defining, operating, and maturing an enterprise-wide EA capability aligned to business strategy.

• Strong strategic and governance expertise, including setting EA vision and principles, chairing architecture governance bodies, and enforcing decision rights and standards.

• Proven transformation architect, able to define target-state and transition architectures across business, data, application, and technology domains while balancing risk, compliance, and value.

• Portfolio and investment advisor, providing architectural input to funding decisions, identifying duplication and risk, and ensuring alignment to approved target architectures.

• Experienced in federated and IT/OT environments, balancing global standards with local operational needs across manufacturing, R&D, supply chain, and corporate systems.

• Owner of EA knowledge and assets, ensuring architecture artifacts are current, discoverable, and actively used by delivery teams and executives.

• Executive-level communicator and people leader, capable of influencing senior stakeholders and leading enterprise, domain, and solution architects.

• Formally grounded in EA practices, typically with TOGAF® or equivalent certification and extensive, progressive architecture leadership experience.

Preferred:

• Previous or current DuPont expereince is strongly preferred

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