Enterprise Architect; Enterprise Data Archtiect

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success.

As an Enterprise Architect within PNC's Enterprise Technology Architecture organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Strongsville, OH or Dallas, TX or Phoenix, AZ or Lakewood, CO.

An Enterprise Architect position that collaborates with key data and technology stakeholders to build out the enterprise data architecture practice. The objective is to execute PNC's data strategy by establishing data architecture models and standards that enable data observability, interchangeability, integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

This staff‑level role requires creative‑thinking as well as hands‑on expertise to guide teams to build out the semantic and object standards that are the foundation for data taxonomies, data models, data flows, lineage diagrams, and entity relationship models.

This role operates within a TOGAF‑oriented Enterprise Architecture practice that is accountable for producing and maintaining enterprise data architecture artifacts, supporting architecture governance, and guiding data‑related decisions from strategy through implementation.

• Strategy
  • Create usable architecture artifacts that measure and demonstrate progress against a strategy
  • Measure progress against strategic data objectives and produce results analysis with follow‑up
  • Articulate the business impact of complex data flows and data duplication decision making
• Architecture
  • Identify and document data flows that form the basis for optimizing data lineage and retention
  • Produce data architecture analysis with supporting artifacts for technology recommendations
  • Develop architecture patterns that drive common data flows and standardized integration
• Modeling
  • Design data entity and flow models that enable operational reporting, analytics, and modeling
  • Lead the development, standardization, and evolution of canonical and conceptual data models
  • Ensure data models comply with data architecture policies and standards with validation checks
• Classification
  • Design ontologies and semantic models for driving the adoption of data mesh and virtualization
  • Drive alignment of data ontologies and data semantics that support regulatory requirements
  • Serve as the principal authority for metadata standards collaborating with Data Owners/Stewards
• Collaboration
  • Work with enterprise and solution architects to implement data observability capabilities
  • Work closely with data architects and guide how data products are aligned to the data standards
  • Partner with architecture teams to align solution architectures with data architecture standards
• Governance
  • Ensure adherence to best practices, data principles, and semantic data governance
  • Establish and govern enterprise standards for ontology modeling and naming conventions
  • Define auditability and traceability standards for financial and operational data with metrics

• Enterprise systems thinking & broad understanding of managing to a capability model
• Experience working in financial services organizations with AI and Cloud technologies
• Strong personal skills:
  Communication, Relationship Building, Collaboration, Influencing
• Certifications in DCAM, CDMP, DMC, TOGAF, or SAFe are desirable but not required

• Creates strategic roadmaps for transitioning to target enterprise future state, in alignment with business and technology goals while analyzing client requirements and collaborating with R&D divisions to provide ongoing support.
• Creates strategic roadmaps, and aligns these with enterprise strategies, business objectives, enterprise standards, processes and methodologies.
• Analyzes enterprise capabilities and IT opportunities in enterprise business processes; provides resolutions for enterprise architecture improvements by utilizing new technological applications.
• Enables businesses and technology partners to drive…