Head of Enterprise Architecture

Job Description

At U. S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best.

Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U. S.

Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job DescriptionHead of Enterprise Architecture The Enterprise Architect Leader is responsible for designing, maintaining, and evolving the bank’s enterprise architecture strategy to align technology investments with business goals and ensuring the enterprise-wide technology architecture to support digital banking transformation, regulatory compliance, and customer-centric innovation. This role ensures that IT systems and infrastructure align with the strategic goals of the bank, enabling secure, scalable, and efficient banking operations. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSStrategic Architecture Leadership:Develop and maintain a comprehensive enterprise architecture strategy aligned with banking business objectives.

 Modernize the architecture practices, methods and digitize the architectural processes within the organization.  Develop the framework for reference architectures, patterns and best practices to enable rapid solution delivery. Technology Governance & Compliance:Ensure architectural compliance with financial regulations (e.

g. , FFIEC, PCI-DSS, GDPR).

Establish and enforce architecture standards, policies, and governance frameworks. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:Partner with business units, risk management, and compliance teams to align technology with operational needs. Facilitate architecture review boards and guide solution architects across banking domains (e.

g. , retail, commercial, payments). Innovation & Emerging Technologies:Evaluate and implement emerging technologies such as AI/ML in fraud detection, blockchain for secure transactions, and cloud-native banking solutions.

Drive innovation in areas like open banking, API ecosystems, and real-time payments. Team Leadership & Development:Lead a team of enterprise and solution architects, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence. ResponsibilitiesShape the Operations Digital priorities: in partnership with Operations leaders define the roadmap and program to drive digital maturity across products.

Data & experience-first leadership: Lead with data insights and a CX/EX mindset to reimagine client journeys, improve client experience, and drive DIY/DIT adoption. Digital Servicing: Deliver on inflight initiatives and demonstrate measurable impact. High Performance Team Leadership: Manage a team of talented product managers/owners driven to gain a deep understanding of merchants and partners to generate new ideas on solutions to drive growth.

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