Chief Enterprise Architect bei Centric Consulting

Chief Enterprise Architect 

Job Level: W2T Consultant 

Job Location: Hybrid/Onsite-Must be a local candidate, 4-5 days a week in Deerfield, IL  

Travel Expectations: None

Job Classification: Temporary (W2T) 

Join Centric Consulting – A Culture You’ll Love 

At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business.  Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry – celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships.  

We are seeking a highly experienced Chief Enterprise Architect to provide strategic leadership, analysis, and architectural guidance for our enterprise transformation initiatives. This is not a team management role—it is a hands-on, strategic position focused on evaluating the current environment, developing recommendations, and creating a future-state roadmap. The role also involves coaching and advising business and IT leaders to ensure successful adoption and alignment.

In this role, you will: 

• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current enterprise architecture, systems, and technology landscape.
• Develop and deliver a strategic roadmap and recommendations for future-state architecture aligned with business goals.
• Provide executive-level advisory on architecture principles, technology choices, and enterprise solutions.
• Serve as a trusted coach to business and IT stakeholders, ensuring alignment between strategy and execution.
• Guide governance frameworks, standards, and best practices for enterprise-wide adoption.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize initiatives and ensure architectural decisions enable long-term scalability and efficiency.
• Present strategic findings, options, and recommendations to executives and stakeholders in clear, actionable terms.
   

Who You Are: 

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture across large, complex organizations.
• Proven expertise in developing strategic roadmaps and delivering executive-level architectural recommendations.
• Strong background in application, data, and infrastructure architecture with the ability to bridge across domains.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing, and executive communication skills.
• Hands-on experience in advisory/consulting roles—preferably in multi-domain enterprise transformations.
• TOGAF, Zachman, or other enterprise architecture frameworks strongly preferred.
• Ability to work onsite (mandatory for the first 6 months).

Total Rewards:  

We proudly offer competitive compensation, and a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being. Benefits offered include health, dental & vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, life insurance, self-managed PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments. We also offer access to many voluntary benefits such as Flexible Spending Accounts, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Services, as well as discounts on home, auto and pet insurance       

• Remote and Hybrid Work
• Time Off When You Need It
• Benefits That Flex
• Professional Development  

While benefits eligibility may vary for roles that are non full-time, we provide unique opportunities for growth, skill development, and more.  Regardless of your role, you’ll be part of a collaborative environment where every team member contributes to our shared success.  

Who We Are: 

Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for businesses.  Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we’re committed to solving clients’ toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.   

Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bring unmatched experiences to clients and employees. These aren't just words we use — it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.  

What Makes Centric a Great Place to Work? 

We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. This is how we bring our mission and core values to life, working together to provide the highest quality services to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.  

Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the application or interview process.