Enterprise Architect (Business Architecture Specialization)

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!Key Responsibilities:IMPORTANT INFORMATION:All CVs should be submitted in English.This position is open to candidates based in countries where World Vision International is legally registered to operate.Provide architectural leadership across multiple initiatives or domains, ensuring solutions are coherent, reusable, and aligned with enterprise direction.The Enterprise Architect balances business outcomes, technical risk, cost, and sustainability, operating beyond individual solution delivery to shape enterprise-wide outcomes.This role focuses on enterprise and portfolio-level architecture, not day-to-day solution design.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Enterprise architecture & alignmentShape architecture across multiple initiatives, products, and domains to ensure enterprise coherenceEnsure solution designs align with enterprise standards, target architectures, and transition roadmapsIdentify cross-domain dependencies, systemic risks, and opportunities for reuseContribute to the development and continuous evolution of enterprise standards and patterns (ownership at Principal Architect level)Maintain and curate enterprise architecture views, inventories, and roadmap inputs within the EA repositoryIdentify and prioritize architectural risk and technical debt reduction opportunities across initiativesLead development of segment and enterprise architecture views in collaboration with the EA practiceAct as Solution Architect on exceptionally complex or strategic initiatives where requiredMentor and guide Solution and Lead Architects to raise architectural maturityContribute to refinement and application of ADS artefacts within EA governance cyclesBridge enterprise architectural direction with solution-level execution needs and mitigationsAct as a trusted architectural advisor to business and technology leadersOperate as a generalist enterprise architect with depth across multiple BDAT domainsAdvisory & assuranceProvide architectural input during idea shaping, business case development, and planningReview solution architectures for enterprise alignment, risk, and long-term sustainabilityMake architectural trade-offs, risks, and implications explicit to decision-makersSupport resolution of architectural issues that span domains or teamsTechnical debt & transitionIdentify and assess architectural risk and technical debt across initiativesDevelop and maintain transition architectures (Now → Next → Later)Support prioritization of architectural improvements aligned to organizational strategyPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS & CAPABILTIES:The Enterprise Architect is expected to demonstrate the following behaviors:Strategi

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