Senior Enterprise Architect, Tech Solutions

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WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

As part of the Technology Solutions Group at Bain, the Enterprise Architecture (EA) team has a vision to become a trusted advisor in technology. We ensure business value is defined, recognized, optimized, and realized by solving business process challenges through technology consultation. The EA team is a trusted partner to the business functions, addressing cross-functional challenges and focusing on end-to-end business outcomes.

As a firm, Bain’s strategy and mission to out-team, out-innovate, and out-grow as we play for #1, hinges on a world-class, customer-centric technology experience.

WHERE YOU'LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

As a Senior Staff Enterprise Architect within Bain’s Tech Solutions Group (TSG), you will play a critical role in shaping the firm’s business, data, and technology architecture. This position focuses on enabling seamless interoperability of high-value datasets across systems, guiding strategic platform decisions, and establishing technical frameworks that support consistent, scalable development across the enterprise.

You will help define system design and integration strategies, ensuring alignment across technology teams. Your responsibilities will include evaluating emerging technologies, leading build vs. buy assessments, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver forward-looking, impactful solutions. With strong business acumen, you will ensure that data, technology, and innovation efforts are aligned with firm-wide priorities. You will also provide technical leadership, mentorship, and governance across teams within and beyond TSG.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Strategy and Alignment (25%)

• Partner with business and technology leaders to define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy in alignment with organizational goals and business priorities
• Act as a bridge between business and technology, ensuring architectural decisions support strategic objectives and deliver business value.
• Develop an enterprise-wide blueprint for major domain interactions, highlighting crucial integration points and ensuring compatibility between current systems and new initiatives.
• Develop and communicate roadmaps for key architectural domains (data, application, infrastructure, security) to align stakeholders and guide execution.

Architecture Design and Governance (25%)

• Design the cross-domain blueprint for the Enterprise, including capabilities, functions and services required.
• Establish and enforce architectural frameworks, principles, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and security across the enterprise
• Lead the design of high-level architectures to guide and govern design and development for core systems, integrations, and platforms, ensuring a cohesive and efficient technology ecosystem.
• Govern and review technology initiatives to ensure alignment with architectural standards and long-term strategies, while addressing risks and gaps.

Data Integration and Interoperability (25%)

• Define strategies for data democratization and interoperability, breaking down silos and enabling seamless access and integration across teams and systems.
• Advise on design of APIs, integration layers, and scalable data architectures…