Enterprise Architect

An enterprise architect is a senior practitioner who designs and governs the interdependent structures that enable an organization to achieve its goals. The role spans facilitation, analysis, standards definition, and executive communication—not only technical design. Effective enterprise architects balance domain depth with cross-cutting perspective and stakeholder diplomacy.

In Practice

Organizations place enterprise architects in central IT, business transformation, or portfolio offices depending on operating model maturity. Larkinized LLC coaches architects to produce decision-ready artifacts, run effective reviews, and tie recommendations to value streams and capabilities. Career paths often progress from solution or domain architecture into enterprise scope.

Example

An enterprise architect chairs the architecture review board, maintains the principle catalog, and validates that a proposed CRM replacement conforms to integration and data standards.