Manager, Enterprise Acrhitecture

Insight Global is currently looking for an Enterprise Architect for one of our largest retail and sporting goods clients in the Katy, TX area. This individual will be responsible for defining and implementing enterprise architecture standards, principles, and roadmaps across business, application, integration, and platform domains while partnering with business and IT leadership to align technology strategy with organizational objectives. They will develop business capability models, value streams, and target-state architectures, evaluate emerging technologies, drive architecture governance, provide guidance on architectural decisions and technical debt reduction, and support enterprise transformation initiatives across customer engagement, supply chain, merchandising, commerce, and digital platforms. This individual will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to simplify complex technology landscapes, enable scalable omni-channel experiences, and ensure

alignment between business priorities and technology investments. The ideal candidate will have experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, cloud and hybrid environments, strong executive communication skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders. Experience within retail, unified commerce, supply chain, merchandising, customer engagement, or digital platforms is highly preferred. This position is a contract-to-hire opportunity working 5 days onsite per week with half-day Fridays in Katy, TX. The pay rate for this position will be between $75-90/hr., Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field 6+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or technical leadership 2+ years of people leadership or matrix leadership experience Experience developing architecture across business, application, integration, and platform domains Experience working within cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, GCP, or similar) Experience creating architecture standards, principles, reference architectures, and strategic roadmaps Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills Ability to influence cross-functional business and technology teams without direct authority Working knowledge of business, application, and integration architecture Experience with architecture modeling and visualization tools such as Visio, ARDOQ, BizzDesign, or Abacus Master’s degree TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification Retail, omni-channel, supply chain, merchandising, logistics, or POS platform experience Experience with MarTech, customer engagement, and personalization platforms Experience leading architecture governance and enterprise transformation initiatives