Senior Director Architecture Enterprise Applications &…

As Senior Director, you own the enterprise-wide architecture strategy for Financial Systems and Enterprise Applications, guiding a global team to deliver a scalable, compliant financial core. You shape long-term technology roadmaps, balance cross-brand needs, and drive multi-year, high-capital transformations with measurable ROI. You engage senior leaders to evaluate options, ensure SOX integrity, and align with FinTech and Finance-wide objectives. This role blends architecture governance with hands-on leadership to accelerate delivery while maintaining controls and resilience.

• Lead the architecture function for Financial Systems and Enterprise Applications, defining long-term strategy and roadmap
• Direct a central team of architects and provide matrixed leadership to global engineering teams
• Establish global best practices, architectural standards, and compliance frameworks across brands
• Own financial accountability for the enterprise application technology portfolio and ROI of transformations
• Develop viewpoints on technology trends and their impact on Financial Systems and FinTech
• Identify and analyze business drivers to derive BITS requirements (business, information, technical, solution)
• Advocate data/IT strategy for FinTech and translate into specific FS requirements
• Exercise final decision rights on global architectural standards and risk mitigation, ensuring SOX integrity
• Ensure project outcomes align with architecture guidelines and communicate progress to stakeholders

• Senior solution architect or senior technical leader in a large global company
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience in high-volume transaction marketplaces
• Comfort operating in a highly ambiguous environment
• Experience leading matrixed architectural organizations in a global, publicly traded setting
• Ability to coach and influence across non-reporting teams and set clear targets
• Background in technology strategy development for large global businesses
• Experience with payments and/or financial services in a large company
• Experience with SAP and its applications
• Knowledge of online (CNP) payment processes (cards and wallets)

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• strategic mindset
• SAP and its applications
• FinTech and financial systems architecture
• Enterprise/Solution architecture