Enterprise Business Architecture Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Manager Computer Systems Architecture 2 to serve as the Enterprise Business Architecture Lead. The selected candidate will oversee the business architecture lane within the Strategy and Architecture team of the Governance & Strategy organization and guide business architecture activities that connect enterprise strategy, operating model, capabilities, processes, and transformation priorities to architecture direction and investment decisions.

This role is aligned to the target operating model in which the Head of Strategy and Architecture leads a broader Strategy and Architecture portfolio that includes strategy, technical architecture, business architecture, and performance-oriented functions as distinct peer lanes. The Enterprise Business Architecture Lead is responsible for leading the business architecture segment of the CIDO portfolio, translating enterprise priorities into business architecture framing, guiding cross-capability analysis, and ensuring architecture decisions remain anchored in business outcomes rather than local technology optimization.

This role remains a peer lane to the enterprise technical architecture function. The Enterprise Business Architecture Lead is expected to partner closely with the Enterprise Technical Architecture Lead and adjacent peers while reporting to the Head of Strategy and Architecture.

The successful candidate will:

• Lead the enterprise business architecture organization under the Head of Strategy and Architecture, including direct management and objective-oriented direction of business-capability-aligned architects and assigned staff.
• Define and manage business architecture methods, expected outputs, operating cadences, and work priorities for the business architecture lane.
• Translate enterprise strategy and operating-model needs into business architecture direction, business capability framing, and transformation priorities.
• Partner with technical architecture leaders, strategy stakeholders, and business leaders to improve alignment between enterprise priorities, architecture decisions, and business outcomes.

This position will be available as a virtual telecommuter, however, the incumbent most be within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for ad hoc onsite meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the end to end Enterprise Business Capability Model.
• Serve as the Enterprise Business Architecture Lead for the business architecture lane within Strategy and Architecture.
• Lead the business architecture organization reporting to the Head of Strategy and Architecture, including assigning work, setting objectives, and ensuring execution against agreed priorities.
• Define and maintain business architecture methods, expected outputs, business capability framing approaches, and process-context expectations for the business architecture practice.
• Translate enterprise strategy, operating-model needs, and business priorities into architecture framing, capability roadmaps, and target-state decision support.
• Guide business capability decomposition, process architecture analysis, cross-capability dependency mapping, and business-impact framing for major architecture and modernization decisions.
• Lead and mentor business-capability-aligned architects, including mission-focused, enterprise-focused, and IT-management-aligned architecture resources as assigned in the operating model.
• Partner with the Enterprise Technical Architecture Lead and peer leaders to align business direction with application, data, technology, and security architecture priorities.
• Support executive and stakeholder decision-making by clarifying business outcomes, organizational impacts, capability dependencies, and transformation sequencing.
• Help establish repeatable business architecture operating rhythms, governance inputs, and reporting within the broader Governance & Strategy context.
• Support executive-facing communication and leadership visibility into business architecture priorities, trade-offs, and transformation implications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 7+ years, or a PhD with 4+ years.
• Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
• Demonstrated experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, operating-model design, business process analysis, or strategy-to-technology alignment roles.
• Experience leading teams or managing a functional segment responsible for business analysis, business architecture, transformation planning, or related enterprise initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to connect business priorities, process change, capability design, and architectural direction.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder-management, and cross-functional leadership skills across business and technology organizations.
• Experience shaping enterprise roadmaps, business transformation priorities, or cross-functional trade-off decisions.
• Knowledge of TOGAF ADM or other Architecture Frameworks
• Strong knowledge of the Aerospace and Defense business domain
• Experience integrating business architecture into a governance board and investment planning cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading business architecture, enterprise transformation, operating-model, or strategic planning initiatives in a large organization.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, federal, or other regulated environments.
• Experience with capability modeling, process architecture/modeling, business operating-model design, or business transformation governance.
• Experience working within strategy, governance, chief-of-staff, or enterprise-planning functions.
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to frame architecture issues in business terms for senior leaders.
• Experience managing exempt professionals or architect/analyst populations in a matrixed organization.

We offer flexible work arrangements, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment.  At Northrop Grumman, we are on the cutting edge of innovation.  Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivating your career.  We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 work schedule option, and a great 401k matching program. Come join us!

Primary Level Salary Range: $133,200.00 - $199,800.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.