Enterprise Architect

The Andersons Enterprise Architect

As a North American leader in agribusiness and renewable fuels, The Andersons operates in a unique space, bringing together agriculture, energy, and global markets. From the farm to customers around the world, we help move food, feed, and fuel where it's needed most. Our business spans the full value chain, which means the work we do directly supports farmers, customers, and communities every day.

Whether it's helping producers succeed, delivering essential products, or advancing more sustainable energy solutions, our impact is both local and global. What truly sets us apart is how we work together. We are a performance-driven, people-powered organization where employees are owners, sharing in our success and helping shape our future. We invest in our team through development opportunities, meaningful career paths, and a culture that encourages growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

At the core of everything we do is our Statement of Principles. We are committed to providing extraordinary service to our customers, helping our employees improve, supporting our communities, and increasing the value of the company for our shareholders.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for defining and maintaining the organization's overall architecture framework, ensuring that technology strategy aligns with business objectives. This role provides strategic guidance for technology investments, promotes architectural coherence across systems and processes, and drives innovation through enterprise-level design principles. The Enterprise Architect must have a holistic view of the organization's technology landscape and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, aligning IT strategy with business goals and defining roadmaps to guide architectural evolution
• Establish and enforce governance processes to ensure compliance with architecture standards, principles, and best practices
• Provide strategic guidance on technology investments and innovation, evaluating emerging technologies and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture
• Ensure cohesive integration of systems and technologies across the enterprise by collaborating with architects and addressing technical debt and alignment challenges
• Assess current-state architectures to identify gaps and opportunities and define target-state solutions with actionable transition plans for continuous improvement
• Collaborate with business and IT leaders to shape architectural strategy, provide guidance to teams, and influence technology decisions across the organization

What is Expected of You and Others at This Level

• Demonstrates expertise in own area within the organization
• Required specialized depth and/or breadth of experience
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions/best practices
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify solutions

Competencies Expected of You and Others at This Level

• Balances Stakeholders
  - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Business Insight
  - Applies knowledge of the business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
• Drives Results
  - Consistently achieves results, even under challenging circumstances
• Manages Ambiguity
  - Operates effectively in uncertain or unclear situations
• Organizational Savvy
  - Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people related organizational dynamics

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master's Degree preferred
• 7-10 years' relevant experience as an Enterprise or Domain Architect required
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SAP EA, Zachman, etc.).
• Experience with enterprise architecture management tools (e.g., LeanIX, Ardoq, MEGA etc.).
• Experience with leading digital transformation initiatives, cloud transformation, cloud computing, etc.
• Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., SAP EA, AWS, Azure) preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software

Physical Requirements and Working Environment

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working at a computer

This job description is intended to give you a general understanding of the role and the type of work involved, but it may not include every responsibility or requirement. Employment with The Andersons, Inc. is at will, which means both you and the Company can end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, consistent with applicable law, nothing in this description should be viewed as a contract.

The Andersons, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and consider candidates without regard to any…