Manager IT Enterprise Architecture

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CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

The Manager of Enterprise Architecture is responsible for leading a team of enterprise architects, domain architects, solutions architects, and platform architects to define and implement the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and governance. This role oversees the development of architectural blueprints and ensures alignment with business objectives and technology standards. The manager will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to facilitate collaboration and innovation, ensuring that architectural practices are consistent and effective.

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of architects, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Serve as a bridge between enterprise, domain, platform, and solution architects to ensure alignment with the enterprise architecture strategy.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, emphasizing cloud solutions, applications, data, and security.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality across all technology implementations.
• Lead architectural reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, governance standards, and enterprise policies.
• Manage the Architecture Review Board (ARB), Technical Integration Reviews (TIR), deviation reviews, solution walkthroughs, and other governance structures to oversee architectural compliance, including timely escalations and leadership reporting.
• Identify emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the enterprise technology landscape and roadmap.
• Drive the innovation process and support the development of minimum viable products (MVPs) to demonstrate value to stakeholders.
• Communicate strategic themes and key business drivers for architecture to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to gather requirements and ensure alignment with the broader enterprise architecture landscape.

• Develop and document comprehensive standards for architects to refer to, covering all domains of data, cloud/infrastructure, applications/integrations, business architecture, and security.
• Maintain and manage enterprise architecture tools and repositories, with emphasis on Ardoq for reference architectures and L0/L1 modeling, plus Service Now integration for data quality and governance tracking.
• Drive the Architecture Community of Practice to promote thought leadership, industry trends, and best practices within the enterprise.
• Lead integration strategy efforts, including vendor assessment and selection, as-is workshops, and ongoing platform support.
• Oversee financial management of EA consultants and initiatives, including WBS code tracking, Beeline maintenance, invoice processing, managed service options review, budgeting, and back-charging of governance work.
• Develop and advance the EA roadmap (aligned with studies such as PWC), EA Playbook, maturity models, and key deliverables including current and future state architecture reports.
• Build organizational capability through EA competency framework development and tracking, goal setting, intern program management, and development of deputies across the architecture team.
• Drive operational rhythms such as DOR meetings, daily updates, and governance forum participation to ensure visibility and alignment.

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in IT, with at least 10 years in an enterprise architecture role.
• Proven experience in leading teams and managing architectural practices.
• Extensive expertise in enterprise architecture best practices, guiding principles, governance, and standards.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise architecture tools, specifically Ardoq (or equivalent) for reference architectures and modeling, plus familiarity with Service Now for data integration and quality.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure Dev Ops (or equivalent) for work tracking, user-story-level commitment management, sprint planning, reporting, capacity/allocation flagging, and tool…