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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

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TThis role reports to the Division Head of Enterprise Architecture (EA) aligned to Consumer & Small Business Banking (CSBB) and is responsible for enterprise architecture leadership, strategy, and governance across Consumer Banking portfolios such as Retail & Digital Channels, Deposits, Consumer Lending, Payments, Servicing, and Consumer Data & Analytics.

The Principal Architect has primary accountability for defining and executing an AI first, cloud first enterprise architecture strategy for Consumer Banking, including development of current state and future state architectures and a sequenced roadmap to modernize the consumer technology ecosystem. This includes consumer-facing channels (branch, digital, call center), core consumer platforms, data and analytics, integration, and shared services—while ensuring strong alignment with regulatory, risk, resiliency, and customer experience expectations.

The role focuses on business capabilities and platform architecture enterprise wide within Consumer Banking, leads development and enforcement of architectural standards, and provides architectural direction and governance for complex, cross domain initiatives. The Principal Architect partners closely with consumer business leaders, technology teams, risk, security, and data organizations to drive modernization, innovation, and AI enablement aligned to Truist’s Consumer Banking strategy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job.  Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.  Specific activities may change from time to time.  

1. Top-down enterprise design with focus on business model, digital transformation and innovation i.e. collaborate with business owners, technology leaders and risk partners to draft the tech strategy, reflecting the corporate objectives/strategy

2. IT Landscape design in the context of business capabilities of the organization supporting enterprise objective, cost and risk reduction.

3. Lead cross cutting enterprise solution design that span across multiple CIOs and domains

4. Set strategic direction for the assigned major business division in alignment with the Business Strategy and Technology standards and provide thought leadership in the development of an enterprise strategic IT plan.

5. Maintain a high level of awareness and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, as well as industry and bank issues, to effectively match them.

6. End to end accountability to review and approve design solutions that best meet the business needs of the enterprise, with a primary focus on innovation.

7. Lead or "jump start" initiatives deemed critical to IT Services and Truist's success

8. Provide thought leadership in new technology innovation, incubation, introduction, and implementation critical to Truist's technology and business strategy roadmaps and ongoing success.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Bachelor's degree in Business or IT, or equivalent education and related training

2. Twenty (20) years of architecture/design/delivery experience which includes fifteen (15) years of enterprise architecture experience or twenty years of solution architecture experience in technology and security, and ten