Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture

Job Overview

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture who is proactive and highly collaborative to help guide our leaders, product managers, product owners and distributed product delivery teams to align the capabilities and technology strategies required to enable business goals and objectives. The Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture positions EA as a key enabler for driving and enhancing IT and business capabilities by providing a holistic view of the IT architecture and by communicating and measuring the value of Enterprise Architecture services.

This individual will drive the overall Enterprise Architecture programs, frameworks, guiding principles, and maintain technology standards and design best practices. This role is pivotal in shaping the company’s technology vision and ensuring that Enterprise Architecture initiatives directly support business growth and operational excellence.

• Establish metrics to demonstrate and advance the value of the Enterprise Architecture practice and coach and develop Domain Architects and Solution Architects to perform their roles.
• Promote alignment of the capabilities required to support KDP goals and objectives, target state architecture, and rolling three‑year capability roadmaps.
• Maximize IT investments by facilitating leverage and reuse of existing technology solutions and reducing cost, complexity, and future‑proofing the IT landscape.
• Develop an IT architecture that can scale and adjust to evolving business requirements and technological progress, while promoting Enterprise Architecture principles and technology standards to inform decision‑making.
• Formalize application portfolio management, technology rationalization, and technology life‑cycle management programs and identify cost optimization and technology/security risk opportunities and incorporate them into Annual Operating Plans.
• Guide solution architecture for product teams and AOP initiatives by understanding technical impact to the architecture, evolving conceptual architecture, developing high‑level design, and ensuring detailed designs align with Enterprise Architecture direction.
• Assess impact to the IT architecture and business benefits of emerging technologies and develop a realistic and actionable roadmap to adopt if appropriate.

• Expert knowledge of system development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, SAFe, Agile, rapid prototyping, Dev Ops, etc.).
• Proven mastery of Enterprise Architecture domains spanning SaaS, cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS), service‑oriented architecture, API integration, microservices, automation frameworks, and data analytics platforms.
• Ability to simplify complex technical topics and drive a culture of enablement and help accelerate the business and IT agenda while driving effectiveness and efficiencies across the organization.
• Expert knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost‑benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management.
• Deep knowledge of basic graphical modeling approaches, tools, and model repositories.
• Expert skills in maintaining collaborative relationships, influencing leadership, and executive communication that reaches the intended audience.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross‑functional teams, with the proven ability to communicate with and work across diverse stakeholders, including those in an outsourced environment.
• Proven ability to analyze and translate future‑state business capabilities and requirements into information architecture requirements.
• Proven ability to support development of teammates by sharing knowledge and experience.

• Salary Range: $240,000 – $264,000 (actual placement may vary based on experience, skills, and other factors).
• Benefits (subject to election and eligibility):
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time), 401(k) with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement.
• Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility.

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., Computer…