.Umpqua Bank - Enterprise Governance ArchitectLocation: NA, CaliforniaDescriptionAbout Us:Umpqua Bank is headquartered in the Pacific Northwest with 5,000+ employees and offers banking services to customers throughout the nation. It's an exciting time to join our team as, following the recent merger with Columbia Bank, we have grown to become a leading western-based regional bank with more than $50B in assets under management and an unwavering commitment to our associates, our customers, and our communities.We create a great place to work by offering a special brand of relationship banking and by providing a culture where associates thrive. Associates who embody our core values fit in well here and we are eager to meet candidates who demonstrate behaviors that align with Trust, Ownership, Growth, Empathy, Teamwork, Heart, Enjoyment, and Relationships.About the Role:The Enterprise Architect requires competency in one key technological area of the bank and works with other architects developing designs and reviewing designs for information systems to be implemented in accordance with the bank's goals, needs, and objectives. This involves the uniformity of application implementations under their influence with a deep understanding of the business needs and the business strategy along with the future vision of the team's development within the enterprise's direction and technology roadmap.Key Responsibilities:Advisory and Collaboration: Act as an advisor to all technology groups and the bank as a whole when new technologies or business needs are identified. Collaborate with all levels of the bank, including executive management, on the bank's technology direction and business goals.Enterprise Architecture (EA) Patterns and Frameworks: Create EA patterns and antipatterns. Provide an architectural framework for information system development, maintenance, and enhancement efforts.Strategy and Roadmap Ownership: Own the development and alignment of technology strategy and roadmap within a defined domain. Work closely with technology and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and sponsorship.Research and Development: Stay actively engaged in industry and technology trends. Maintain active research on current state and emerging technologies. Drive creation of enterprise technology radar report with recommendations.Requirements Definition: Understand user and process requirements and ensure those requirements can be achieved through high-quality deliverables. Analyze and translate business and functional requirements into enterprise architecture design that align with Enterprise Architecture Principles.Product and Solution Delivery & Integration: Influence and collaborate with TAG Teams and other Business Units to deliver secure, quality, scalable, and resilient solutions within schedule, budget, and scope