Senior Staff Enterprise Architect, Bread Financial

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience
• 12+ years of experience in architecture and IT strategy roles
• 2+ years of experience leading large-scale transformation projects
• 1+ years of experience influencing AI-related enterprise directions
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Agentic AI
• Databricks Platform
• Machine Learning Operations
• Data Analysis
• AWS AI Services

Desirable

• Reports To: Senior Manager and above
• The Senior Staff Enterprise Architect will define and drive the organization's architectural vision and roadmap for enterprise use-cases in the following areas: Agentic AI, GenAI, Machine Learning, Data strategies for AI needs
• This role will also play a pivotal role in aligning IT strategies with long-term business objectives and contribute to the architectural vision for enterprise platforms used to govern and oversee AI implementations
• Serve as the technical liaison between business units and IT departments. - (20%)
• Establish and enforce architectural best practices and standards. - (20%)
• Define the enterprise AI reference architecture including GenAI/Agentic AI patterns, agent frameworks, ML pipelines, data foundations and AI services. - (15%)
• Shape AI adoption roadmap balancing innovation with architectural integrity and operational readiness. - (10%)
• Align AI initiatives with business capabilities, value streams and enterprise architecture standards. - (10%)
• Lead efforts to modernize and streamline legacy architecture. - (10%)
• Provide executive-level presentations on architecture initiatives. - (10%)
• Lead independent research on upcoming AI technologies, their usage patterns and industry impacts. - (5%)