Vice President, Enterprise Solutions & Business Alignment

Vice President, Enterprise Solutions & Business Alignment

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

The VP, Enterprise Solutions & Business Alignment serves as the strategic liaison between assigned Lines of Business (LOBs) and the Corporate IT organization. This role ensures business strategies and priorities are translated into technology initiatives that align with enterprise architecture, drive innovation, and deliver measurable value. The person combines strong business acumen with deep enterprise architecture fluency and solution consulting expertise to guide LOB leaders toward technology decisions that maximize agility, scalability, and ROI.

• Partner with LOB executives to understand business goals, pain points, and emerging opportunities.
• Align business priorities with Shared IT roadmaps, standards, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, ensuring IT is positioned as an enabler of growth and innovation.
• Bridge business needs with enterprise technology strategies, ensuring consistency with corporate architecture frameworks.
• Evaluate solution options against architectural standards (e.g., cloud platforms, integration layers, data governance).
• Challenge and guide business stakeholders on long-term architectural implications of technology choices.

• Lead early-stage solution shaping and consulting, framing high-level architecture, scope, and options before handing off to solution delivery teams.
• Facilitate build‑vs‑buy analyses, vendor evaluations, and proof-of-concept efforts.
• Translate complex technology considerations into clear business terms for decision-makers.

• Serve as the intake point for LOB IT requests, facilitating prioritization in line with enterprise governance.
• Build and maintain a portfolio view of all IT initiatives supporting the LOB.
• Ensure value realization tracking post‑deployment.
• Act as the voice of the LOB within Shared IT and the voice of IT within the LOB.
• Provide clear, consistent communication on IT strategy, initiative status, risks, and service performance.
• Support organizational change management for technology-driven transformations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of IT/business experience, including at least 5 years in IT business partnering, solution consulting, or enterprise architecture.
• Experience in multinational or matrixed organizations strongly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent).
• Deep familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS ecosystems, and integration architectures.
• Proven ability to lead solution consulting engagements (business case, vendor assessment, high‑level design).
• Understanding of data architecture, security, compliance, and interoperability considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into IT roadmaps and actionable initiatives.

• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management…