Senior IT Business Architect Locations: Columbus, OH Austin, TX Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Huntington Tower Detroit Mi Atlanta, GA Houston, TX Akron, OH Birmingham, AL Hagerstown, MD Charlotte, NC Indianapolis, IN Minneapolis, MN Pittsburgh Vision Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH time type Full time Hybrid job requisition id R0069442 Job Description: As a Senior IT Business Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our commercial bank by designing, optimizing, and aligning business capabilities with enterprise goals. You will serve as a trusted advisor to executives and cross-functional leaders—translating business strategies into actionable roadmaps, scalable processes, and well‑structured operating models. This role will be pivotal in driving application modernization, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture initiatives across the bank. The ideal candidate will have deep financial services experience, strong business acumen, and a proven ability to guide legacy-to-modern transitions in a regulated environment. You will collaborate closely with key business partners, product leaders, and IT partners to ensure that business decisions, investments, and transformation initiatives are grounded in clear architectural standards and aligned with enterprise strategy. This position is ideal for someone who excels at connecting the big picture with practical execution and enjoys influencing change at a broad level. Key Responsibilities: - Partner with various commercial business units to define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies aligned with banking goals. - Lead the development of business capability models, value streams, and process architectures tailored to financial services. - Drive application modernization efforts, including legacy system assessments, cloud migration strategies, and adoption of modern platforms (e.g., microservices, APIs, containers). - Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects, and engineering teams to ensure cohesive delivery of modernized applications. - Orchestrate the technical evaluation of new vendor products and build an architectural recommendation - Facilitate workshops to identify capability gaps, regulatory impacts, and transformation opportunities. - Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and portfolio governance for IT initiatives. - Ensure architecture compliance with banking regulations (e.g., FFIEC, OCC, FDIC), data privacy standards, and internal governance frameworks. - Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., AI, cloud-native platforms, low-code tools) for applicability in banking operations. Qualifications: Required: - Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, Finance, or related field. - 7+ years of experience in IT architecture or business analysis. - Proven experience leading application modernization initiatives in a regulated environment. - Strong understanding of business operations, products, and regulatory landscape. - Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and business capability modeling. - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences. - Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence strategic direction. Preferred: - Experience within banking or financial services. - Strong understanding of banking operations. - Certifications such as TOGAF, CBAP, Certified Business Architect, or PMP. - Experience with core banking transformation, digital onboarding, open banking, and cloud-native architectures. - Familiarity with architecture tools (e.g., LeanIX, Ardoq, Sparx EA) and agile delivery models Exempt Status: (Yes = not eligible for overtime pay) (No = eligible for overtime pay) Yes Workplace Type: Office Our Approach to Office Workplace Type Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team. Compensation Range: 93,000.00 - 189,000.00 USD Annual The compensation range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and education.  Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan.  In addition, Huntington provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plan, paid leave programs, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO). Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Tobacco-Free Hiring Practice: Visit Huntington's Career Web Site for more details. Note to Agency Recruiters: Huntington will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. All unsolicited resumes sent to any Huntington colleagues, directly or indirectly, will be considered Huntington property. Recruiting agencies must have a valid, written and fully executed Master Service Agreement and Statement of Work for consideration.

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