Enterprise Architect

Pay Range: $103,944 - 167,382 annually (based in experience and location)

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

Step into a highly visible role where you'll shape the future of technology at NFM. As our Enterprise Architecture and a trusted advisor to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), you'll connect business strategy with a clear, sustainable technology vision across applications, integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, security, and emerging technology. You'll define target-state direction, establish practical standards and guardrails, and help ensure NFM's technology investments work together as a cohesive enterprise ecosystem. Partnering with General Managers, business leaders, and solution architects across Technology Solutions and Technology Operations, you'll align roadmaps, guide modernization, simplify complexity, and resolve decisions that span the organization. This is an opportunity to make an enterprise-wide impact through influence, facilitation, sound judgment, and clear communication-without responsibility for day-to-day delivery organizations. This position requires the candidate to reside in NE, IA, KS, MO, or TX. Final candidates will be required to come on-site prior to receiving an offer or on their first day of employment.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

Lead: Direct the continuous evolution of NFM's enterprise architecture strategy, target-state direction, principles, and multi-year architecture roadmap in alignment with business strategy and technology prioritiesCollaborate: Work with the CIO, General Managers, senior business leaders, and technology leaders to translate business strategy, strategic initiatives, and business capabilities into technology direction and architectural prioritiesGovern: Guide enterprise architecture principles, reference architectures, technology standards, patterns, guardrails, and decision practices that promote consistency while allowing appropriate flexibility within delivery teamsFacilitate: Lead architecture reviews and decision forums for significant technology initiatives, ensuring cross-domain impacts, enterprise standards, security, resiliency, data, integration, supportability, cost, and lifecycle considerations are addressed earlyCoordinate: Provide functional architecture leadership across solution architects assigned to the Technology Solutions and Technology Operations divisions, creating consistency in methods, expectations, documentation, and enterprise alignmentAlign: Collaborate with both General Managers and their solution architects to resolve cross-domain architecture questions, dependencies, ownership gaps, and design decisions that span organizational boundariesModernize: Partner with the CIO and General Managers to identify and prioritize enterprise transformation opportunities, including legacy retirement, platform simplification, technical-debt reduction, integration improvement, cloud evolution, and technology lifecycle needs

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love-because that's what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, a related field, or equivalent experience10+ years of progressively responsible technology experience, including significant experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology strategy, or comparable cross-functional technology leadership7+ years of architecture experience with demonstrated success designing and influencing complex enterprise solutions across multiple technology domains.Demonstrated experience building, maturing, or leading enterprise architecture practices, standards, governance, reference architecture, roadmaps, and technology decision processesBroad working knowledge across application architecture, integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, identity, DevOps, reliability, and emerging technology concepts; deep specialization in every domain is not required.Demonstrated experience translating business strategy and capabilities into target-state architecture, technology roadmaps, modernization priorities, and investment recommendationsExperience leading architecture reviews, workshops, complex design discussions, and technology evaluations involving multiple business and technical stakeholdersStrong understanding of solution evaluation and build-versus-buy decisions, including business value, total cost, architecture, integration, security, supportability, vendor considerations, and long-term maintainabilityExperience influencing senior leaders and technical teams without relying on direct reporting authority; proven ability to build alignment across organizational boundaries and resolve competing perspectivesExcellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language for senior and executive audiencesStrong analytical thinking, systems thinking, judgment, negotiation, and problem-solving skills; ability to work effectively through ambiguity and make recommendations when information is incompleteExperience with architecture frameworks and methods such as TOGAF, capability-based planning, reference architecture, technology standards, or architecture decision records preferred; relevant architecture certifications are a plusRetail or other complex multi-location enterprise experience preferredValid driver's license and acceptable driving record; ability to travel between NFM locations as business needs requireApplicants must be currently authorized to work in the USA on a full-time basis. NFM will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this positionAbility to work nights, weekends, early mornings, or provide leadership support outside normal business hours when significant business or technology needs requirePre-employment screening includes, but isn't limited to, criminal background check

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