Enterprise Architect, Investment Platform

About UsWellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.About the RoleEnterprise Architect, Technologywellington managementWellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.Tracing our roots to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1 trillion in assets under management as of 30 September 2025, we serve as a trusted adviser to institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in over 60 countries. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject matter expertise.THE POSITIONThe Enterprise Architect will play a senior role in Wellington Management’s Enterprise Architecture practice, helping shape the firm’s technology direction, architecture standards, platform strategies, and governance model. This role is responsible for developing architecture strategies, roadmaps, reference architectures, patterns, standards, and technology guidance that enable business-focused innovation, reduce complexity, manage technology risk, and optimize cost across the enterprise.The person in this role will work directly with Technology Platform CIOs, product owners, solution architects, architecture domain working groups, and governance partners to ensure that business and technology decisions are outcome-driven, capability-first, platform-centric, and aligned with Wellington’s enterprise architecture principles. The role requires a balance of strategic architecture leadership and practical solution engagement, with primary emphasis on enterprise-level direction, standards, reuse, risk management, and long-term platform evolution.The Enterprise Architect earns influence through credibility, judgment, collaboration, and demonstrated outcomes. They must be able to translate complex technology strategy into clear guidance for senior stakeholders, platform leaders, product teams, and architecture communities, while helping teams make better decisions that balance speed, cost, resiliency, security, and risk.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES1. Enterprise Architecture Strategy and RoadmapsDevelop and maintain architecture strategies and roadmaps for assigned platforms, domains, or enterprise capabilities, ensuring alignment with Wellington’s broader technology strategy and business priorities.Translate business outcomes and strategic objectives into practical architecture direction, target-state designs, transition plans, and sequencing recommendations.Partner with platform and product leaders to define capability-based roadmaps that prioritize business value before technology selection.Identify enterprise synergies, dependencies, architectural constraints, and opportunities for simplification across platforms and product areas.Provide strategic guidance for major technology initiatives, including data, AI, developer experience, integration, infrastructure, security, and platform modernization efforts.Create clear, consumable architecture communications that help senior leaders and delivery teams understand tradeoffs, risks, and decisions.2. Reference Architectures, Standards, and PatternsDefine and maintain enterprise reference architectures, architecture patterns, principles, and standards that enable consistent, scalable, secure, and resilient technology delivery.Promote standard technology stacks, reusable platforms, common services, governed data products, and consistent integration patterns across the enterprise.Ensure solutions are designed using approved architecture principles, including everything-as-a-service, everything-as-code, security by design, testability, observability, resiliency, strategic data usage, event-driven architecture, and responsible AI.Work with domain working groups across data, security, infrastructure, developer experience, and AI to create practical standards and patterns that support business execution.Contribute to the central architecture repository so that strategies, standards, patterns, reference architectures, and governance decisions are discoverable and reusable.Drive adoption of architecture standards through education, consultation, governance participation, and direct engagement with platform and product teams.3. Architecture Governance and Technology Risk ManagementParticipate in and support the Architecture Review Board and related governance processes to ensure significant technology decisions are reviewed, documented, and aligned with enterprise standards.Assess architecture risks, design gaps, technology debt, resiliency concerns, integration dependencies, and security considerations across platforms and major initiatives.Help teams prepare architecture reviews by clarifying decision points, documenting tradeoffs, and ensuring that recommendations are grounded in business outcomes and architecture principles.Provide governance oversight without creating unnecessary friction, helping teams move faster through clearer standards, better decision rights, and earlier risk identification.Support post-implementation architecture reviews and validations to confirm that delivered solutions remain aligned with approved architecture direction and non-functional requirements.Partner with technology risk, information security, infrastructure, data, and AI governance teams to ensure architecture decisions appropriately address control, compliance, resilience, and operational expectations.4. Platform and Product Architecture PartnershipWork directly with Technology Platform CIOs, product owners, technology leads, and solution architects to shape platform architecture roadmaps and product architecture runways.Provide architecture guidance for business applications, data platforms, AI platforms, API platforms, DevSecOps platforms, cloud infrastructure, integration services, and other enterprise capabilities.Help product teams move from business demand to approved architecture by connecting requirements, standards, patterns, governance, and delivery execution.Bridge enterprise strategy and product delivery by helping teams understand where to reuse existing platforms, where to simplify designs, and where custom development creates competitive advantage.Support solution architects and technical leads with guidance on solution design, non-functional requirements, integration patterns, cloud-native practices, data architecture, and architecture documentation.Identify opportunities to reduce duplication, retire redundant technologies, improve reuse, and align product-level decisions with enterprise architecture direction.5. Technology Evaluation, Innovation, and Industry ResearchLead or contribute to technology evaluations, proofs of concept, prototypes, and industry research that inform enterprise architecture direction and investment decisions.Assess emerging technologies against Wellington’s architecture principles, business capabilities, platform strategy, operational requirements, and risk posture.Provide structured recommendations on build-vs.-buy decisions, platform selection, modernization opportunities, and technology lifecycle considerations.Evaluate technologies for scalability, resiliency, security, observability, maintainability, cost, developer experience, data alignment, and enterprise fit.Help establish architecture guidance for strategic areas such as AI enablement, developer experience, data platforms, integration modernization, cloud infrastructure, and responsible AI.Communicate technology evaluation findings in a clear and decision-oriented manner for senior stakeholders and implementation teams.6. Architecture Community, Coaching, and Practice DevelopmentHelp build and mature Wellington’s architecture community by mentoring solution architects, technology leads, and engineers on architecture methods, standards, and governance expectations.Contribute to architecture training, certification, and practice development efforts, including architecture modeling, governance, roadmaps, patterns, standards, risk, and executive communication.Promote consistent architecture deliverables, templates, tools, and practices across the enterprise.Support architecture domain working groups by bringing enterprise context, cross-platform visibility, and practical decision-making discipline.Foster collaboration between enterprise architects, embedded solution architects, product teams, and platform leaders.Serve as a trusted partner who improves the quality, clarity, and consistency of architecture decision-making across Wellington.QUALIFICATIONSBachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or related field; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.10 or more years of experience in technology leadership, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, platform architecture, technology strategy, or large-scale technology transformation.Demonstrated experience developing architecture strategies, roadmaps, reference architectures, standards, patterns, and governance materials in a complex enterprise environment.Strong understanding of modern architecture practices, including domain-driven design, API and event-driven integration, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, data platforms, AI platforms, and reusable platform services.Experience assessing technology decisions through the lenses of business value, risk, resiliency, security, cost, operational impact, and long-term maintainability.Proven ability to work effectively with senior technology leaders, product owners, solution architects, engineers, risk partners, information security, infrastructure, data, and AI governance teams.Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into concise, business-aligned recommendations.Experience with architecture governance processes, architecture review boards, technology standards, non-functional requirements, technical debt management, and post-implementation validation.Ability to influence without relying solely on formal authority, building trust through expertise, collaboration, follow-through, and practical judgment.Familiarity with architecture frameworks, modeling approaches, TOGAF, Open Group standards, or related industry architecture practices is preferred.Demonstrated ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous problems while maintaining momentum across multiple stakeholders and initiatives.SUCCESS PROFILEA successful Enterprise Architect at Wellington Management will be a strategic thinker and practical collaborator who can connect enterprise direction to product execution. They will help teams make better technology decisions by clarifying outcomes, defining reusable patterns, simplifying complexity, and ensuring that architecture guidance is actionable. They will be comfortable operating across strategy, governance, platform architecture, and solution advisory work, while keeping the firm focused on scalable innovation, trusted data, responsible AI, resilient platforms, and disciplined technology risk management.Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:USD 120,000 - 225,000This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process. Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.SummaryLocation: Boston, MA, United States; NeedhamType: Full time