Senior Enterprise Architect Banking & Financial Services

We are hiring a Senior Enterprise Architect to join the central Enterprise Architecture (EA) team of a leading US regional bank, TowneBank. The bank is transitioning from a federated architecture model to a hybrid model with a stronger central EA function.

The role will focus on business capability modelling, Architecture Review Board (ARB) governance, ServiceNow Enterprise Architecture implementation, architecture standards, and AI-enabled architecture reviews. The candidate will work closely with US-based business and technology stakeholders, domain architects, security, risk, and compliance teams.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Business Capability Modelling

• Develop, validate, and maintain the enterprise business capability model.
• Use BIAN and industry frameworks to validate banking capabilities and decompose priority domains into Level 2 sub-capabilities.
• Map applications to business capabilities and identify gaps, duplication, redundancy, and risks.
• Develop capability heat maps, scoring models, and management dashboards.

Architecture Governance & Review Board

• Review business initiatives, technology solutions, and vendor proposals against architecture standards and reference architectures.
• Strengthen Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes, assessment criteria, and governance.
• Implement Architectural Significance Assessment and Architecture Review Assessment, including fast-track reviews for low-risk initiatives.
• Establish Architecture Decision Records (ADR), decision logs, and decision tracking.
• Evaluate vendor solutions for hosting, tenancy, data residency, integration, cloud, security, and third-party risks.
• Present architecture recommendations and support formal ARB decisions and voting.

ServiceNow Enterprise Architecture

• Lead the design of Enterprise Architecture data models and workflows in ServiceNow.
• Work with ServiceNow Enterprise Architecture Workspace, Application Portfolio Management (APM), business capabilities, business applications, and CSDM.
• Collaborate with the ServiceNow platform team on configuration, data quality, workflow automation, and reporting.
• Define application and capability scoring models, dashboards, and architecture metrics.

Architecture Standards & AI Enablement

• Develop and maintain reference architectures and technology standards across applications, data, integration, cloud, and security.
• Define structured inputs, review rules, and outputs for AI-assisted architecture assessments.
• Partner with the EA lead to enhance AI/LLM-based architecture review and governance automation.
• Track KPIs including review cycle time, capability coverage, application redundancy, and risks identified before contract signing.

Stakeholder Management & EA Practice Development

• Support the transition from a federated to a hybrid Enterprise Architecture operating model.
• Define roles and responsibilities between central EA and domain architects.
• Work with senior business and technology stakeholders across the US and India.
• Mentor junior architects and contribute to the enterprise architecture community and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall IT experience, with 7+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, or related architecture roles.
• Hands-on experience in business capability modelling and application-to-capability mapping.
• Experience with Architecture Review Boards, architecture governance, or enterprise design review forums.
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow APM, Enterprise Architecture Workspace, and CSDM, or comparable tools such as LeanIX, Ardoq, or Bizzdesign.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, OCI), SaaS, APIs, integration, data platforms, identity, and security.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate, and enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Knowledge of banking and financial services architecture, third-party risk, data privacy, data residency, and operational risk.
• Excellent communication, documentation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with US-based stakeholders and maintain 34 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern Time.

Preferred Skills

• BIAN framework experience.
• TOGAF certification.
• ServiceNow APM / SPM certification.
• Experience with AI, LLMs, or automation in architecture governance.
• Experience working with a US/UK bank or a consulting organisation serving banking clients.

Work Requirements

• Hybrid work arrangement from Gurgaon or Noida.
• Daily overlap with US Eastern Time, approximately 6:30 PM10:30 PM IST.
• Occasional travel to the United States may be required.