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Head of Enterprise Architecture
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PPL Corporation
Overview This is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence three days per week at one of our local offices, located in Allentown, PA (Lehigh Valley), Louisville, KY, or Providence, RI. #INDPPL LI-HY
The
Director-Enterprise Architecture
will oversee the development and governance of enterprise-wide architectural strategies, ensuring alignment between IT and business goals for new and existing Enterprise Technology platforms. This role leads a team of platform engineers, owns the central Enterprise Architecture function and collaborates with Value Stream architects to define and build new generation platforms and provide an architectural governance model for the company. Maximizing value, minimizing risk and leading transformation of business/digital strategy are key enterprise goals for this position. This role is critical in enabling digital transformation, optimizing IT investments, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and agility of technology platforms that support utility, power and corporate operations. Candidate would have experience defining and implementing complex enterprise architectures across the following key areas: Business Architecture, Data and Information Architecture and Governance, Enterprise Architecture Operating Model, Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Planning, Enterprise IT Governance, Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, Integration Architecture, Security Architecture, Solution and Application Architecture, Technology and Platforms. This position reports to the Sr Dir Enterprise Technology. LI-Hybrid
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Responsible for a $1.5 billion portfolio
Develop Point of Views on technology, industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise, and set go forward strategies to move towards the utility of the future vision.
Drive innovation by aligning the mindset towards moving from technology driven to business outcome driven architecture
Collaborate with Value Stream Enterprise Architects on the creation and/or evolution of the EA function or program.
Collaborate with IT and Business leaders to develop digital vision and build the digital strategy
Analyze the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement
Lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solution (BITS) architecture requirements
Consult with application/infrastructure development projects to fit systems to architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate project needs
Understand, advocate and lead the enterprise's information technology strategies
Responsible for the development and ongoing support of key architectural solution components
Drive the continual development of the architectural runway for each of the value streams
Manages and is accountable for driving the development of solution of cross value stream architecture issues
Architecture Governance
Establish and maintain architecture principles, frameworks and governance processes.
Define standards for solution architecture, integration, and data management across platforms.
Drives the development and ongoing facilitation of the enterprise architecture process driving processes like: New Technology Approval Process and Architecture Review Board.
Solutions Architecture
Assesses wider industry technology trends (e.g., artificial intelligence, robot process automation, internet of things, cloud, dev ops, microservices etc.) and best practices to identify best-in-class technology and architecture direction and is responsible for high level architectural design as well as playing a crucial role in identifying new technologies that could affect overall business strategy. Additional responsibilities include:
Contribution towards the improvement of the Architecture process
Architectural technology standards within their specific discipline
Governance of architecture standards
Technology strategy
Works with various Technology teams to champion the adoption of patterns, platforms, and tools to support the usage and conformity of solution architecture
Platform Engineering
Defines and builds the next generation platform to support a myriad of needs from integration to API centralization across all portfolios
Leads a team of engineers to build, scale, and adopt common APIs, tools, and systems supporting several other products and portfolios
Continues to drive innovation and modern technologies to simplify and streamline effort required to build new capabilities
Maintains existing Enterprise Architecture applications and solutions
Platform Oversight (SAP & Non-SAP)
Oversight of the end-to-end architecture across SAP (S/4HANA, SAP, SAP BTP, SAP CPI) and non-SAP systems
Ensure seamless integration between platforms using APIs, middleware and microservices.
Guide ERP consolidation and cloud migration strategies.
Risk & Compliance
Ensure enterprise architecture complies with cybersecurity, data privacy, and industry regulations
Design architecture that is resilient, secure, and supports disaster recovery strategies.
Stakeholder Management
Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in IT, operations, and business.
Work with project managers, solution architects, and delivery teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s degree.
Masters degree highly preferred.
10-year background in delivering scalable, compliant, Enterprise Architecture.
SAP landscape knowledge (SAP BTP, S/4HANA, IS-U) and integration with non-SAP systems desirable.
Proven experience with cloud platforms, hybrid architecture.
Utilities Enterprise Architecture experience/knowledge a plus.
Skills & Competencies
Strategic thinking and business acumen.
Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns and middleware tools.
Excellent knowledge of utility industry processes and regulatory requirements.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Familiarity with modern architecture trends.
Core skills:
SAFe Agile
Application Design & Architecture
Big Data Technologies
AI (AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic)
Cloud Fundamentals
Data Structure & Entity Modeling
Data Security
DevOps Practices
Distributed Systems & Messaging
Event Driven Architecture
Lean User Experience
Roadmap Creation and Product Vision
Security Fundamentals
Software Architecture
UI/UX Concepts
Vendor Landscape
Application Architecture
N-Tier
Microservices
Domain Driven Design
Collaboration Tools
Agile work management tooling expertise.
Data Architecture
NoSQL
Relational Databases
Data Platforms (e.g. Data Bricks, MSFT Data Fabric)
Architecture/Framework
API / System Integration
Cloud Architecture
Containerization – Docker, Kubernetes
Data Lakes
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Microsoft Operating Framework
Purpose Built Analytics
Microsoft Azure
Operations & Deployment Architecture
Git
Azure Application Service
KPIs / Success Metrics
Alignment of IT strategy with business objectives
Reduction in technology complexity and operational costs
Uptime and performance of integrated enterprise platforms
Successful delivery of strategic transformation programs
Compliance with architecture, governance and standards
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Head of Enterprise Architecture
role at
PPL Corporation
Overview This is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence three days per week at one of our local offices, located in Allentown, PA (Lehigh Valley), Louisville, KY, or Providence, RI. #INDPPL LI-HY
The
Director-Enterprise Architecture
will oversee the development and governance of enterprise-wide architectural strategies, ensuring alignment between IT and business goals for new and existing Enterprise Technology platforms. This role leads a team of platform engineers, owns the central Enterprise Architecture function and collaborates with Value Stream architects to define and build new generation platforms and provide an architectural governance model for the company. Maximizing value, minimizing risk and leading transformation of business/digital strategy are key enterprise goals for this position. This role is critical in enabling digital transformation, optimizing IT investments, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and agility of technology platforms that support utility, power and corporate operations. Candidate would have experience defining and implementing complex enterprise architectures across the following key areas: Business Architecture, Data and Information Architecture and Governance, Enterprise Architecture Operating Model, Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Planning, Enterprise IT Governance, Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, Integration Architecture, Security Architecture, Solution and Application Architecture, Technology and Platforms. This position reports to the Sr Dir Enterprise Technology. LI-Hybrid
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Responsible for a $1.5 billion portfolio
Develop Point of Views on technology, industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise, and set go forward strategies to move towards the utility of the future vision.
Drive innovation by aligning the mindset towards moving from technology driven to business outcome driven architecture
Collaborate with Value Stream Enterprise Architects on the creation and/or evolution of the EA function or program.
Collaborate with IT and Business leaders to develop digital vision and build the digital strategy
Analyze the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement
Lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive enterprise business, information, technical and solution (BITS) architecture requirements
Consult with application/infrastructure development projects to fit systems to architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate project needs
Understand, advocate and lead the enterprise's information technology strategies
Responsible for the development and ongoing support of key architectural solution components
Drive the continual development of the architectural runway for each of the value streams
Manages and is accountable for driving the development of solution of cross value stream architecture issues
Architecture Governance
Establish and maintain architecture principles, frameworks and governance processes.
Define standards for solution architecture, integration, and data management across platforms.
Drives the development and ongoing facilitation of the enterprise architecture process driving processes like: New Technology Approval Process and Architecture Review Board.
Solutions Architecture
Assesses wider industry technology trends (e.g., artificial intelligence, robot process automation, internet of things, cloud, dev ops, microservices etc.) and best practices to identify best-in-class technology and architecture direction and is responsible for high level architectural design as well as playing a crucial role in identifying new technologies that could affect overall business strategy. Additional responsibilities include:
Contribution towards the improvement of the Architecture process
Architectural technology standards within their specific discipline
Governance of architecture standards
Technology strategy
Works with various Technology teams to champion the adoption of patterns, platforms, and tools to support the usage and conformity of solution architecture
Platform Engineering
Defines and builds the next generation platform to support a myriad of needs from integration to API centralization across all portfolios
Leads a team of engineers to build, scale, and adopt common APIs, tools, and systems supporting several other products and portfolios
Continues to drive innovation and modern technologies to simplify and streamline effort required to build new capabilities
Maintains existing Enterprise Architecture applications and solutions
Platform Oversight (SAP & Non-SAP)
Oversight of the end-to-end architecture across SAP (S/4HANA, SAP, SAP BTP, SAP CPI) and non-SAP systems
Ensure seamless integration between platforms using APIs, middleware and microservices.
Guide ERP consolidation and cloud migration strategies.
Risk & Compliance
Ensure enterprise architecture complies with cybersecurity, data privacy, and industry regulations
Design architecture that is resilient, secure, and supports disaster recovery strategies.
Stakeholder Management
Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in IT, operations, and business.
Work with project managers, solution architects, and delivery teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s degree.
Masters degree highly preferred.
10-year background in delivering scalable, compliant, Enterprise Architecture.
SAP landscape knowledge (SAP BTP, S/4HANA, IS-U) and integration with non-SAP systems desirable.
Proven experience with cloud platforms, hybrid architecture.
Utilities Enterprise Architecture experience/knowledge a plus.
Skills & Competencies
Strategic thinking and business acumen.
Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns and middleware tools.
Excellent knowledge of utility industry processes and regulatory requirements.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Familiarity with modern architecture trends.
Core skills:
SAFe Agile
Application Design & Architecture
Big Data Technologies
AI (AI/ML, GenAI, Agentic)
Cloud Fundamentals
Data Structure & Entity Modeling
Data Security
DevOps Practices
Distributed Systems & Messaging
Event Driven Architecture
Lean User Experience
Roadmap Creation and Product Vision
Security Fundamentals
Software Architecture
UI/UX Concepts
Vendor Landscape
Application Architecture
N-Tier
Microservices
Domain Driven Design
Collaboration Tools
Agile work management tooling expertise.
Data Architecture
NoSQL
Relational Databases
Data Platforms (e.g. Data Bricks, MSFT Data Fabric)
Architecture/Framework
API / System Integration
Cloud Architecture
Containerization – Docker, Kubernetes
Data Lakes
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Microsoft Operating Framework
Purpose Built Analytics
Microsoft Azure
Operations & Deployment Architecture
Git
Azure Application Service
KPIs / Success Metrics
Alignment of IT strategy with business objectives
Reduction in technology complexity and operational costs
Uptime and performance of integrated enterprise platforms
Successful delivery of strategic transformation programs
Compliance with architecture, governance and standards
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