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TIAA · 1 day ago

Senior Director, Portfolio Architect – Corporate Technology

Charlotte, NC, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$146K/yr - $175K/yr

8+ years exp

TIAA is a market-leading retirement company focused on delivering secure financial futures for clients. The Portfolio Architect for Corporate Technology will lead the architectural strategy and design for TIAA's Corporate Technology ecosystem, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles while driving business transformation and operational excellence.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the development and evolution of the Corporate Technology architecture roadmap, encompassing Law and Policy, Risk & Compliance, Finance, Audit, Corporate Services and People Team technology ecosystems

Define and maintain capability maps for Corporate Technology functions, identifying current state, target state, and transformation pathways

Create reference architectures and design patterns that promote consistency, reusability, and scalability across the corporate portfolio

Partner with Enterprise Architecture team to ensure Corporate Technology architectures align with/contributes to enterprise-wide architectural principles, patterns in support of company standards

Collaborate with business stakeholders and delivery organizations across Legal, Risk & Compliance, Finance, and People teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and architectural solutions

Lead business process modeling and value stream analysis to understand current state processes across Corporate Technology functions, identifying optimization opportunities and supporting process improvement initiatives

Create models for mapping Corporate Technology functions as compositions of platform capabilities, supporting TIAA’s evolution toward a product-centric operating model

Define principles for Build/Buy decisions and technology selection criteria specific to Corporate Technology needs

Drive architectural governance processes to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, strategic objectives and good architecture practices

Influence without authority to drive architectural best practices and standards adoption across diverse stakeholder groups

Develop and maintain business capability models and capability maturity assessments for Corporate Technology functions, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement while supporting capability-based planning and investment decisions

Establish and maintain architectural documentation, standards, and guidelines for Corporate Technology

Support project delivery by providing architectural guidance, oversight and governance throughout the development lifecycle

Represent the Corporate Functions Technology team in the Technical Architecture Governance and the AI Center of Excellence (COE) processes

Qualification

Enterprise ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureCloud TechnologiesFinancial Services ExperienceDomain Driven DesignTechnical LeadershipAgile MethodologyData AnalysisCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or related technical leadership roles

Experience in financial services, with preference for experience in Legal, Risk & Compliance, Finance, or HR technology domains

Experience with cloud technologies, modern architecture patterns, and/or enterprise integration approaches

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant field

Preferred

10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or related technical leadership roles

Proven track record of leading architectural initiatives in complex, regulated environments

Experience with enterprise architecture tenants including Technical Debt Management, Application Lifecycle Management, Products Portfolio Management

Ability to influence without authority and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups in fast paced evolving environments

Experience with Domain Driven Design, Data Mesh, AI, Gen AI, Agentic and capability-driven architecture methodologies

Excellent communication and presentation skills with experience in executive stakeholder management

Experience working in individual contributor roles while providing technical leadership across multiple teams

Benefits

Superior retirement program

Highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings

Company

TIAA

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TIAA is a financial services company that specializes in providing retirement plans, IRAs, mutual funds, and life insurance.

Founded in 1918

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiaa.org

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