Enterprise Architect, Investment Platform

About Us Wellington 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 Role Enterprise Architect, Technology wellington management

Wellington 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 POSITION The 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 RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Roadmaps Develop 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…