Chief Architect

The Chief Architect role requires relocation to Buffalo, NY as they will need to be onsite each Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday.

Overview

The Chief Architect will drive strategic alignment of enterprise business outcomes and technology solutions and work closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and senior executives across the Bank and Technology to ensure the technical architecture supports enterprise objectives and enhances long-term operational efficiency and sustainability

Opportunity for Impact

The Chief Architect is responsible for leading a group of business-aligned Architects to build and drive the Bank’s architecture strategy through delivery and is a hands-on executive leader with deep technical skills and an exceptional strategic thinker.  The role must influence the enterprise by sharing what the future can be and then implementing that tangible change.  Additionally, the Chief Architect has the mindset of a startup (the opportunity to build solutions that do not exist at the Bank and that the industry will want to mimic), but also has the executive presence and experience to partner with, and understand, stakeholder and regulatory requirements at a deep level.  Further, the Chief Architect will establish a robust enterprise architecture enhancing the overall efficiency of the Bank’s technology ecosystem

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and ELT to develop and execute the enterprise technical strategy, aligning technical architecture with business strategic imperatives

• Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies, trends, and best practices to drive strategic roadmap that inform multi-year business investments

• Partner with ELT and senior business leaders to identify technology gaps, design and implement solutions that drive business growth and transformation

• Partner with Risk and Cybersecurity senior leadership to ensure all technology architecture complies with Bank risk standards and industry and regulatory expectations

• Direct the enterprise architecture community to maintain engineering best practices and utilization of emerging technologies

• Manage small team of Enterprise Architect Senior Managers; total staff of 20

• Exercise usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management and terminations

• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand

• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable

• Complete other related duties as assigned

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum of Associate’s degree and a minimum of 15 years’ experience in engineering or architecture, including a minimum of 7 years’ experience modernizing architecture in

a cloud environment, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 17 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 15 years’ experience in engineering or architecture, inclusive of a minimum of 7 years’ experience modernizing architecture in a cloud environment

• Minimum of 6 years’ managerial, supervisory and/or work leadership experience

• Deep experience with traditional enterprise architecture, inclusive of developing and transforming core systems, driving innovation, and partnering closely with business line leaders at an enterprise level

• Experience building and implementing large scale architecture strategy and roadmaps

• Experience transforming an Enterprise Architecture function towards greater automation and engineering excellence

• Experience within the financial sector, banking preferred

• Experience working in an Agile environment

• Excellent communication and proven ability to synthesize large amounts of data/information to present to senior leadership and other target audiences

Education and Experience Preferred

• Previous Chief Architect experience at a Fortune 500 company, ideally at a financial institution

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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $182,808.10 - $304,680.17 (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.LocationBuffalo, New York, United States of America