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Truist · 1 month ago

Lead Architecture Governance and Compliance Strategist

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Truist Bank is seeking a strategic and detail-oriented professional to support the Enterprise Architecture team by managing key IT governance processes. The role involves ensuring architectural compliance throughout the software development lifecycle while collaborating with various stakeholders to drive operational excellence and regulatory alignment.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Collaborate with peer groups in Technology and LOBs to identify, document and communicate business governance needs and provide appropriate solutions

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with business process owners and other stakeholders to develop governance solutions

Establish project and work requests requirements using document, business process and workflow analysis

Ensure all stakeholders are involved in requirements gathering activities to facilitate requirements elicitation sessions and walkthroughs with business, Technology and other resources to plan, elicit, capture, analyze and validate business, functional and technical requirements

Understand the long-term business objectives and suggest strategies to meet those objectives and introduce technical innovations, as needed

Assist/coordinate pre-planning activities (e.g. business case, project estimate, project risk assessment, stakeholder analysis, draft charter)

Improve and optimize service delivery utilizing structured problem-solving methodology

Attend business unit management meetings, as needed and facilitate routine meetings with business stakeholders to provide updates on in-flight initiatives

Become deeply immersed and knowledgeable about core business functions, processes and workflows associated with assigned business areas and projects

Serves as Subject-matter expert (SME) who can easily identify and implement governance solutions

Ensure strict adherence to all Technology and Truist policies and standards (e.g. Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Change Management)

Qualification

IT GovernanceRegulatory frameworksSDLC methodologiesTechnical writingBusiness Process ManagementRelationship ManagementQuality ManagementServiceNow expertiseTOGAF certificationProject ManagementAnalytical thinkingCommunication skillsTeamworkProblem-solvingFacilitation skills

Required

Bachelor degree or ten years of information technology experience with significant experience in software development

Eight years of experience as a business analyst or related role/experience, with experience in one or more of the following areas: Project Management, Business Process Management, Relationship Management, Business Operations, Quality Management

Ability to work independently and autonomously, as needed to drive desired outcomes

Experience with traditional Waterfall SDLC and/or Agile/Lean methodologies

Extensive experience planning, facilitating, eliciting, documenting and managing business, functional and technical requirements

Ability to interact with management, business staff, and Technology professionals in order to gather, compile and exchange information on work requests/project requirements

Strong meeting facilitation, presentation, verbal and written skills and ability to resolve conflicts

Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints

Ability to effectively interface with staff at all levels

Exceptional communication, teamwork and influencing skills that foster a collaborative and continuous-improvement environment

Excellent facilitation and organizational skills

Strong critical and analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products

Understand core systems, applications and technical platforms

Preferred

Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks (e.g., FFIEC, NIST, OCC, Basel, GDPR) and their impact on architecture practices

Proven experience authoring technical policies and standards and designing compliance validation mechanisms

Strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies, IT Architecture concepts, best practices, quality control gates, and enterprise tooling (e.g., ServiceNow, Architecture repositories, CI/CD platforms)

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and business domains

MBA, Bachelor's, or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

Certifications such as TOGAF, Zachman, CISM, or CRISC are a plus

ITIL v3 certification and ServiceNow expertise

Exceptional communication skills, including extensive experience with executive communications

IT Governance experience, including successful closure of audit findings and proficiency with associated repositories (Archer/PPM)

Exceptional Power Point skills, including creation of compelling business case presentations for C-level stakeholders

Technical writing experience

Knowledge of IT Architecture concepts and best practices