Principal Enterprise Architect, Core Retail Systems

Overview As the Principal EA, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of our core retail systems across an ecosystem of commercial, supply chain, finance/HR, and corporate systems. In this high‑impact role, you’ll partner with the business, product, and engineering leaders to design and govern cutting‑edge platforms that support our business operations, customer engagement, and digital platform. Your contributions will drive the advancement of our record system platforms, maintaining store supply while enabling innovative approaches to serve shoppers. Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in‑person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Core office locations are Salisbury, NC; Chicago, IL; and Quincy, MA. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Primary Purpose Sets the enterprise technology vision and operating model, orchestrating cross‑domain roadmaps, standards, and governance to ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value. Duties and Responsivities Aligns enterprise technology strategy and roadmaps to business objectives and multiyear funding plans. Defines enterprise blueprints that synthesize business, information, application, integration, infrastructure, and security viewpoints. Establishes architecture principles, reference architectures, technology standards, and rationalization guidelines. Chairs enterprise design authority/governance to guide decisions on scope, quality, risk, and total cost of ownership. Measures the value of enterprise architecture services; reports outcomes, adoption, and technical debt trends. Advises executives on industry trends and emerging technologies; shapes build/buy/retire decisions. Mentors principal/solution/domain architects; raises architecture maturity, methods, and tooling across Tech. Drives alignment across major transformation initiatives, ensuring architecture consistency across portfolios, domains, and strategic programs. Partners with product, engineering, and platform leaders to embed architecture practices into delivery, ensuring solutions adhere to enterprise standards and long‑term technology strategy. Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience. 12+ years in architecture with demonstrated leadership across complex, multi‑domain portfolios. Expertise in enterprise architecture practices (principles, standards, governance), roadmap development, and cost/value modeling. Exceptional communication, executive influence, and decision framing skills. Strong understanding of GenAI & agentic patterns, including RAG, fine‑tuning, prompt engineering, agent orchestration, and model serving approaches. Preferred Qualifications Experience with architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), modeling (e.g., ArchiMate/UML), and portfolio governance. Background spanning cloud, data, integration, security, and end‑user domains. Salary Range US$163,280–244,920 #J-18808-Ljbffr Loyalty360