Position Overview
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position].
Job Profile
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As an Enterprise Architect Sr., within PNC's Technology organization, you can be based in Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, Dallas TX or Denver CO.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
The Enterprise Business Architect Senior collaborates with business and technology leaders across the enterprise to create and maintain the business architecture artifacts that connect strategy, capabilities, investments, and technology decisions.
This role enables enterprise and line-of-business strategic planning by applying capability-based planning practices to identify priorities, assess organizational capabilities, and guide business and technology investments. The Senior Enterprise Business Architect develops executive-ready business architecture views and planning artifacts that support investment prioritization, , transformation roadmap, portfolio rationalization, technology reuse, and enterprise transformation decisions. This role serves as a key partner to business leaders, enterprise architects, solution architects, and technology stakeholders to ensure initiatives are aligned to business outcomes and enterprise priorities.
This senior-level role requires strategic thinking, relationship management, facilitation, and analysis skills to guide stakeholders through business capability assessments, operating model discussions, target-state development, and transformation planning.
This role operates within a TOGAF-oriented Enterprise Architecture practice responsible for defining and maintaining business architecture artifacts, supporting architecture governance processes, and providing guidance from strategic planning through execution.
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Key Deliverables
Strategic Business Architecture
- Translate enterprise and business strategy into capability maps, operating model views, and business architecture roadmaps.
- Define target-state business architectures and capability priorities that guide investment and transformation decisions.
Capability-Based Planning & Analysis
- Maintain enterprise business capability models and assess capability gaps, redundancies, risks, and opportunities.
- Support portfolio rationalization and investment planning through capability-based analysis.
Transformation Enablement
- Partner with strategic initiatives to align business outcomes, capabilities, technology investments, and execution roadmaps.
- Establish traceability between business objectives, capabilities, initiatives, and measurable outcomes.
Stakeholder Leadership
- Facilitate executive and cross-functional workshops to drive alignment on priorities, target states, and transformation decisions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders.
Architecture Governance & Practice Development
- Ensure business architecture artifacts, standards, and practices are consistently applied across the enterprise.
- Contribute to the evolution of enterprise architecture methods, tools, and governance processes.
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Preferred Skills & Competencies
- Expertise in business capability modeling, value stream analysis, and operating model design.
- Strong understanding of TOGAF, BIZBOK, or equivalent enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Experience developing target-state architectures, roadmaps, and transition strategies.
- Ability to translate business strategy into actionable architecture recommendations.
- Experience supporting portfolio rationalization, investment planning, and transformation initiatives.
- Strong facilitation, executive communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence decisions across diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority.
- Experience within financial services organizations preferred.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled business transformation and cloud-enabled operating models.
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Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Strategy, Consulting, or related disciplines, implementing business architecture practices within large, complex organizations preferred
- Experience facilitating strategic planning, operating model assessments, or transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to engage senior leaders and influence enterprise-wide decisions.
- TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
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Success Indicators
- Business architecture artifacts are adopted and used to inform strategic decisions.
- Business capabilities, investments, and technology initiatives are aligned to enterprise priorities.
- Stakeholders demonstrate confidence in business architecture guidance and recommendations.
- Architecture recommendations contribute to simplification, reuse, and measurable business outcomes.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
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Provides subject matter expertise for enterprise architecture, enterprise architecture teams, and clients. Guides on enterprise architecture projects and business relationship management. Creates strategic roadmaps for transitioning to target enterprise future state, in alignment with business and technology goals while analyzing client requirements and collaborating with R&D divisions to provide ongoing support.
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Leads in the implementation of enterprise architecture strategies and best practices to support business objectives, while focusing on enterprise standards, processes, and methodologies.
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Provides guidance to enterprise architects on defining technical service capabilities, design attributes, draft enterprise profiles and segment architecture; controls risks and solves complex issues related to enterprise architecture.
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Maintains relationships with stakeholders, addresses stakeholder requirements and provides clients consultations to shape the future success of enterprise architecture while also mitigating risk.
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Provides enterprise architecture support by directing teams in baseline, target and roadmap development, transition planning, system and security management and segment architecture.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
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Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
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Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Business Architecture, Competitive Advantages, Customer Solutions, Design, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Machine Learning (ML), Risk Assessments, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Technical Knowledge, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Decision Making and Critical Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise IT Architecture, Industry Knowledge, IT Architecture, Organizational Leadership, Service Oriented Architecture Technologies, Strategic Thinking, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Bachelors
No Required Certification(s)
No Required License(s)
Base Salary: $112,000.00 – $249,600.00
Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.
Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 07/13/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.
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At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.
PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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