Director Enterprise Architecture

Overview

At HP, you’ll have the chance to create tools, technology, and solutions that reshape how the world works in the future. Our legendary culture fosters collaboration and drives innovation, guiding every employee toward success. HP operates in over 170 countries, constantly creating new services, products, and capabilities that provide opportunities for professional development and career mobility. We value every voice and create a culture where everyone is respected and can be themselves.

The Director, Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and governing the enterprise-wide technology architecture that enables business strategy, digital transformation, and AI-enabled innovation  Director leads the Enterprise Architecture function as a strategic advisory capability, setting vision, standards, and governance while partnering closely with executive leadership, business leaders, and technology teams across the enterprise.

• Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and target‑state roadmaps aligned to business strategy and long‑term objectives.
• Translate an AI‑forward and digital‑first strategy into actionable architectural blueprints spanning business, data, application, integration, and technology domains.
• Ensure architecture decisions enable scalability, security, resilience, and cost efficiency across the enterprise.

• Drive enterprise‑wide application portfolio rationalization using structured frameworks (e.g., TIME), reducing redundancy, technical debt, and operational complexity.
• Establish end‑to‑end application lifecycle governance to ensure new investments align with enterprise standards and strategic priorities.
• Guide build‑versus‑buy and platform decisions to maximize reuse, interoperability, and long‑term return on investment.

• Partner with data, platform, and security leaders to define reference architectures that enable scalable AI, analytics, and automation capabilities.
• Establish architectural patterns for integration, APIs, data platforms, and AI orchestration that support rapid innovation while maintaining enterprise‑grade controls.
• Ensure AI solutions are designed with economic sustainability, governance, and risk management in mind.

• Establish and lead enterprise architecture governance, including architecture review boards, standards, and decision frameworks.
• Embed security‑by‑design, data governance, and regulatory requirements directly into architecture standards to reduce risk and audit burden.
• Prevent fragmentation and shadow IT/AI by enabling compliant, self‑service architectural patterns.

• Lead and develop a high‑performing Enterprise Architecture organization, including senior architects and architecture leaders.
• Evolve the EA function from a standards‑focused role into a trusted strategic advisory capability.
• Promote modern ways of working, reusable patterns, and community‑of‑practice models across the technology organization.

• Influence and shape long‑term technology and digital strategy across multiple business units and functions.
• Makes final decisions on enterprise architecture standards, frameworks, and major architectural direction.
• Owns architectural policies and governance mechanisms that directly impact business agility, cost structure, risk posture, and technology outcomes.
• Accountable for effective delivery of enterprise architecture objectives and measurable business outcomes.

• Address highly complex, ambiguous, and enterprise‑wide challenges that span multiple domains, geographies, and platforms.
• Simplify large‑scale technology ecosystems to enable speed, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Anticipate emerging technologies and industry trends, translating them into practical architectural strategies.
• Balance competing priorities across speed‑to‑market, cost, security, and scalability.

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