Head of Architecture Strategy, TPPA Transformation and Business Architecture

Company: Truist Bank
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

The position is described below. If you want to apply, click the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this page. After you click Apply Now and complete your application, you'll be invited to create a profile, which will let you see your application status and any communications. If you already have a profile with us, you can log in to check status. Need Help? If you have a disability and need assistance with the application, you can request a reasonable accommodation. Send an email to Accessibility (accommodation requests only; other inquiries won't receive a response). Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency: English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Please review the following job description: Drive the strategic transformation and enterprise-wide adoption of Truist’s Architecture Strategy anchored on the Truist Product & Platform Architecture (TPPA). Develop, evangelize and institutionalize TPPA as the unifying construct for Truist’s enterprise model and blueprint for aligning business products, services, and processes directly with technology capabilities. Define and manage the enterprise taxonomy and business architecture components underpinning TPPA to drive consistency and provide aligned insights to guide enterprise-wide strategic, operational, technical, and risk focused decisions and execution. 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. Codify and govern the TPPA layered architecture model (Business Consumables, Enabling Platforms, Enterprise Platforms, Enabling Functions). 2. Create and maintain the TPPA registry and business architecture taxonomy and meta model linking products, platforms, processes, and costs. 3. Establish TPPA as the “Rosetta Stone” linking Truist’s business products and their required external/internal services to the Truist process inventory and capability models. 4. Align business consumable products (e.g., Commercial Real Estate) maps to enabling platforms (e.g., Origination, Servicing) and enterprise platforms (e.g., Cloud, Data, Integration). 5. Drive end-to-end traceability across the business, operations, and technology stack such as from client journeys to APIs, data contracts, and infrastructure patterns. 6. Inform Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) and activity-based costing for architecture and platform investments in support of total-cost-of-ownership optimization and platform rationalization. 7. Incorporate TPPA into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from agile product cadences through architecture guardrails and compliance automation. 8. Serve as TPPA Business Product Owner to drive instantiation of TPPA into ServiceNow and the implementation of standardized lineage and evidence collection via Common Services Data Model (CSDM). 9. Serve as talent manager for the Architecture Strategy team with responsibility for building and maintaining the team from the ground up through hiring (internal/external) and ongoing teammate management and growth development. 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 STEM or Business, or equivalent education and related training. 2. Proven experience mapping business products and processes to technology capabilities at scale. 3. Familiarity with BIAN, ISO 20022, and agile delivery frameworks (e.g. SAFe). 4. Strong financial acumen for investment planning and cost optimization. 5. Twenty years of architecture, design, delivery, or service planning and management experience, with a minimum of ten years in the banking/financial services domain. 6. Comprehensive experience with various architectural domains such as application, data, infrastructure, security, and integration. 7. Demonstrated experience leading development of strategic business or technology direction and architecture vision for a large organization. 8. Experience in developing target states and roadmaps that align to short and long-term business goals. 9. Ten years of previous management experience. 10. Skilled in providing mentorship to senior architecture leaders. 11. Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models. 12. Demonstrated ability to drive decisions. 13. Strong analytical and broad architectural skills. 14. Strong verbal and written communication skills. 15. Strong negotiation/facilitation skills (both internally and with external vendors). 16. Significant knowledge of current and emerging architecture principles, methodologies, and tools. 17. Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking with ability to differentiate feasible from academic solutions. 18. Demonstrated thought-leadership skills with the ability to translate high-level business planning information into application needs/solutions. 19. Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products. 20. Ability to travel, occasionally overnight. General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site . Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work. Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace. EEO is the Law E-Verify IER Right to Work

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