Senior Lead - Architecture Governance

Job Purpose: Lead the Architecture Strategy and Governance Office and provide product ownership for the Architecture Governance Platform across Global Supply Chain (GSC). Establish and operate consistent governance that enables timely, transparent and well-informed architecture decisions while maintaining standards, decision records, exceptions and compliance visibility. Connect architects, product teams, programmes and senior stakeholders through effective review forums, workflows, reporting and communications. Continuously improve governance processes and tools, drive adoption across GSC, and provide the insight and traceability needed to manage architecture risk and align technology delivery with GSC strategy. Key Responsibilities: Serve as Product Owner for the Architecture Governance Platform, including its vision, roadmap, priorities and adoption.  Coordinate and facilitate the GSC Architecture Review Board and related governance activities, while managing architecture intake, review, approval, decision-making, and exception processes to ensure effective architectural oversight and governance. Maintain architecture decision logs, Architecture Decision Records and governance repositories.  Define, document and continuously improve architecture governance processes, standards and working practices.  Track compliance with architecture principles, standards, approved decisions and agreed exceptions.  Develop governance metrics, dashboards and reporting that provide visibility of demand, decisions, risks and process effectiveness.  Train architects, product teams and stakeholders on governance processes, accountabilities and tools.  Drive adoption and effective use of architecture governance capabilities across GSC.  Lead architecture communications, knowledge management and stakeholder engagement for the governance office.  Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in information technology (IT), Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related discipline. Minimum 5 years of experience in architecture governance, enterprise architecture, technology governance, process management, or product ownership. Experience in coordinating architecture review boards or comparable governance forums. Experience in managing workflow platforms, decision records, standards, compliance reporting, or governance repositories. Experience in designing and improving processes, measures, dashboards, and stakeholder communications. Experience in facilitating senior stakeholders and supporting the adoption of new governance practices across a large, multi-stakeholder organisation. Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in enterprise architecture, Technology Management, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) or an equivalent architecture certification. Agile Product Owner or Scrum certification.