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Job Summary

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.

 

Essential Job Functions

• 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%)

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect

• TOGAF Certification

• Cloud Technologies

• 3+ years of experience in AI-related architecture.

Skills

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Agentic AI

• Databricks Platform

• Machine Learning Operations

• Data Analysis

• AWS AI Services

Reports To: Senior Manager and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

• Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 20% annually

Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.

• Communicate/Hearing

• Communicate/Talking

• Typing/Writing

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):

$155,600.00 - $333,300.00

Full Salary Range for position:

California: $178,900.00 - $416,600.00

Colorado: $155,600.00 - $349,900.00

New York: $171,100.00 - $416,600.00

Washington: $163,300.00 - $383,300.00

Maryland: $163,300.00 - $366,600.00

Washington DC: $178,900.00 - $383,300.00

Illinois: $155,600.00 - $366,600.00

New Jersey: $178,900.00 - $383,300.00

Vermont: $155,600.00 - $333,300.00

Ohio: $155,600.00 - $333,300.00

 

Maine: $155,600.00 - $333,300.00

The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors, which may include, but are not limited to, work location, education, experience, and skills.

Bread Financial offers medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medica