Chief Architect

We have many opportunities available on our other career site pages. Click here to link to our careers page! People - and the love their actions inspire - are what drive us. Signet Jewelers - the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry - is seeking a Chief Architect to serve as the principal architectural authority across our unified Digital & Technology (D&T) organization, reporting to the CDTO. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Architecture & Target-State StrategyOwn the cross-enterprise architectural view - current-state baseline, capability-to-system mapping, and a multi-year target-state architecture spanning commerce, store, supply chain, customer care, corporate, and data/AI.Define the enterprise technical roadmap with domain and platform leaders, and keep it continuously tested against business strategy.Platform Harmonization & SimplificationLead harmonization of Signet's multi-brand technology estate, collapsing duplicative platforms and replacing brand-by-brand sprawl with shared foundations.Drive architectural integration of Blue Nile and future acquisitions into the unified platform without eroding brand distinctiveness.Make simplification measurable - track reduction of redundant systems and technical debt.Standards, Governance & Initiative AssuranceEstablish enterprise architecture standards, reference patterns, and lightweight decision governance (ADRs, decision gates).Serve as architectural arbiter for the CDTO on cross-cutting decisions and as primary liaison to the Enterprise Architecture team.Review significant programs at inception and key gates; catch misalignment early and steer initiatives back to their true business intent.Strategic Initiative ArchitectureProvide hands-on architectural leadership on a select few highest-impact, cross-domain initiatives (e.g., commerce platform modernization, CMS, order management, customer data).Stay selective - most domain-specific architecture remains with domain architects; this role engages where the cross-portfolio view is decisive.AI-Enabled EngineeringDrive the shift to an AI-assisted, agentic development model with integrated, end-to-end SDLC capability.Architect patterns that make agentic and AI-native systems safe and scalable (orchestration, MCP-based integration, guardrails).Build a small, skilled internal team, reducing reliance on external contractors over time.Architecture Community & Executive PartnershipProvide peer-level leadership to domain-embedded architects; run the enterprise Architecture Community of Practice and mentor across the organization.Build trust-based relationships with senior executives across Product, Marketing, Merchandising, Store Ops, Customer Care, Supply Chain, and Finance; serve as the CDTO's architectural voice in executive forums.Anchor every decision in customer/brand outcomes and clear economics (TCO, capex/opex, vendor terms).

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