GE Appliances, a Haier company
Director, Enterprise Architecture
GE Appliances, a Haier company, Louisville, Kentucky, us, 40201
Overview
Director, Enterprise Architecture at GE Appliances, a Haier company. The role aligns IT architecture with enterprise goals, focusing on functional alignment with business units, strategic planning across IT and operations, and governance over emerging technologies including GenAI. The Director guides architecture design, ensures platform and enterprise governance, and leads initiatives that drive innovation, efficiency, and digital transformation. Location: USA, Louisville, KY. Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Enterprise Alignment: Create actionable technology roadmaps in partnership with product owners and platform teams; drive strategic vs. operational planning and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives; develop architectural guardrails to guide solution architecture, including GenAI platform integration; design and maintain the future state architecture across business, application, data, and infrastructure domains. Functional Enablement & Alignment: Champion EA engagement with key business functions (Supply Chain, Finance, Manufacturing Engineering, Global Shared Services, Operations, and the Digital Technology Center of Excellence); lead architectural alignment in ERP transformation, smart factory architecture, IT/OT integration, BC/DR, Ops modernization, application rationalization, and consumer data governance; collaborate with functional leaders to map capabilities, define reference architectures, manage portfolios, and ensure investments meet operational goals; address cross-functional needs including privacy, security, and platform governance. Generative AI Development, Enablement & Governance: Establish and maintain enterprise-wide architectural governance for GenAI usage, ensuring compliance, security, and responsible AI adoption; define guiding principles for GenAI tool usage, API integrations, and application-level AI enablement; partner with cybersecurity, legal, and platform engineering teams to ensure secure, policy-compliant GenAI use. Governance & Architecture Services: Oversee the Architecture Review Board, project inductions, exception handling, and procurement reviews; drive updates to architecture policies, CAB workflows, CMDB integrations, and standards enforcement; promote governance in authentication, SaaS strategy, infrastructure design, and data privacy. EA Products, Tools, and Insights: Lead productization of EA services including Capability Center, Application 360, Architecture Repository, Tableau dashboards, and EA AI Applications; support cloud cost optimization, resource utilization tracking, and decision-support tooling; enable cross-functional data collection and insight generation for AI-driven automation and architectural insights. Cross-functional Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with ITSM, EPMO, security, and business stakeholders to standardize architecture practices; mentor architects and functional teams on EA practices, reuse strategies, and platform alignment; foster a culture of architecture reusability, policy education, and cross-team collaboration with reference architecture, standards, guidelines, and policies. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or technology leadership. Strong experience with strategic planning, functional alignment, and governing emerging technologies. Working knowledge of AI/ML, including hands-on with NLP platforms and GenAI tools (e.g., GPT-based models, GCP AI Stack). TOGAF Certified and familiarity with architecture platforms (e.g., Alfabet), DevOps tooling (e.g., GitHub), and cloud-native services. Experience creating AI governance policies and aligning with compliance and security standards. Proven ability to lead cross-functional architecture teams in complex enterprise environments. Our Culture
GE Appliances is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Appliances participates in E-Verify and will provide Form I-9 information to confirm work authorization in the U.S. If you need assistance or an accommodation to use our website or apply, please email ask.recruiting@geappliances.com. Job Details
Seniority level: Director Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Manufacturing
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Director, Enterprise Architecture at GE Appliances, a Haier company. The role aligns IT architecture with enterprise goals, focusing on functional alignment with business units, strategic planning across IT and operations, and governance over emerging technologies including GenAI. The Director guides architecture design, ensures platform and enterprise governance, and leads initiatives that drive innovation, efficiency, and digital transformation. Location: USA, Louisville, KY. Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Enterprise Alignment: Create actionable technology roadmaps in partnership with product owners and platform teams; drive strategic vs. operational planning and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives; develop architectural guardrails to guide solution architecture, including GenAI platform integration; design and maintain the future state architecture across business, application, data, and infrastructure domains. Functional Enablement & Alignment: Champion EA engagement with key business functions (Supply Chain, Finance, Manufacturing Engineering, Global Shared Services, Operations, and the Digital Technology Center of Excellence); lead architectural alignment in ERP transformation, smart factory architecture, IT/OT integration, BC/DR, Ops modernization, application rationalization, and consumer data governance; collaborate with functional leaders to map capabilities, define reference architectures, manage portfolios, and ensure investments meet operational goals; address cross-functional needs including privacy, security, and platform governance. Generative AI Development, Enablement & Governance: Establish and maintain enterprise-wide architectural governance for GenAI usage, ensuring compliance, security, and responsible AI adoption; define guiding principles for GenAI tool usage, API integrations, and application-level AI enablement; partner with cybersecurity, legal, and platform engineering teams to ensure secure, policy-compliant GenAI use. Governance & Architecture Services: Oversee the Architecture Review Board, project inductions, exception handling, and procurement reviews; drive updates to architecture policies, CAB workflows, CMDB integrations, and standards enforcement; promote governance in authentication, SaaS strategy, infrastructure design, and data privacy. EA Products, Tools, and Insights: Lead productization of EA services including Capability Center, Application 360, Architecture Repository, Tableau dashboards, and EA AI Applications; support cloud cost optimization, resource utilization tracking, and decision-support tooling; enable cross-functional data collection and insight generation for AI-driven automation and architectural insights. Cross-functional Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with ITSM, EPMO, security, and business stakeholders to standardize architecture practices; mentor architects and functional teams on EA practices, reuse strategies, and platform alignment; foster a culture of architecture reusability, policy education, and cross-team collaboration with reference architecture, standards, guidelines, and policies. Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or technology leadership. Strong experience with strategic planning, functional alignment, and governing emerging technologies. Working knowledge of AI/ML, including hands-on with NLP platforms and GenAI tools (e.g., GPT-based models, GCP AI Stack). TOGAF Certified and familiarity with architecture platforms (e.g., Alfabet), DevOps tooling (e.g., GitHub), and cloud-native services. Experience creating AI governance policies and aligning with compliance and security standards. Proven ability to lead cross-functional architecture teams in complex enterprise environments. Our Culture
GE Appliances is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Appliances participates in E-Verify and will provide Form I-9 information to confirm work authorization in the U.S. If you need assistance or an accommodation to use our website or apply, please email ask.recruiting@geappliances.com. Job Details
Seniority level: Director Employment type: Full-time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Manufacturing
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