Enterprise Architect - Technology Strategy
Posted date [2026-09-25]
(ID: 52561)
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Overview Apparel Group is a multi-award-winning global fashion and lifestyle retail conglomerate based in Dubai, UAE, with operations across the GCC. Today, Apparel Group caters to millions of eager shoppers through its 2,300+ retail stores and 85+ brands on all platforms while employing over 27,000 multicultural staff. Apparel Group is set to cross new barriers and create fresh benchmarks in the retail industry to become the topmost global retailer. The company has achieved mercurial growth in the last 26 years by introducing world-class labels from around the globe, including Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, ALDO, Charles & Keith, Jamie’s Italian and Tim Hortons, to name a few.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Enterprise Architect - Technology StrategyJob Snapshot
Role: Enterprise Architect
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Apparel and Fashion
Function: Software-System Architecture
Experience: 12+ years
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Apparel Group is seeking an Enterprise Architect in Dubai, UAE to define and govern enterprise technology architecture across the Group. The role will align business strategy, digital transformation priorities, and technology investments while shaping a scalable future-state architecture across retail, e-commerce, supply chain, customer, and corporate functions. The Enterprise Architect will provide strategic leadership for modernization, omnichannel capabilities, enterprise data platforms, cloud transformation, AI-driven innovation, and architecture governance.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Apparel and Fashion
Function: Software-System Architecture
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Enterprise Architecture and Strategy
- Define and maintain the Group\'s Enterprise Architecture strategy, target-state architecture, and multi-year technology roadmap aligned with business objectives and
transformation priorities.
- Translate strategic business initiatives into scalable business and technology capabilities in partnership with business leaders, transformation teams, and technology stakeholders.
- Establish architecture principles, standards, frameworks, and governance processes for enterprise technology decision-making.
- Lead architecture reviews for major initiatives, considering enterprise standards, security requirements, scalability, and long-term technology strategy.
- Develop technology reference architectures, capability maps, architecture blueprints, and future-state operating models for key business domains.
- Identify architecture gaps, technology risks, and dependencies and recommend appropriate mitigation plans.
Technology Modernization and Integration
Drive application portfolio rationalization by identifying opportunities to consolidate systems, reduce technical debt, eliminate redundancies, and optimize technology investments.
The Enterprise Architect will define enterprise integration architecture and promote API-first, event-driven, and reusable integration patterns. The role will also drive cloud modernization and enterprise platform transformation initiatives focused on agility, performance, security, scalability, and cost optimization.
Data, AI and Digital Transformation
- Collaborate with data and analytics teams on enterprise data architecture principles and governance frameworks.
- Support master data strategies and the development of AI-ready data foundations.
- Partner with digital, omnichannel, and customer experience teams to architect solutions supporting customer engagement, loyalty, personalization, and retail operations.
- Evaluate AI, Generative AI, automation, cloud platforms, intelligent retail solutions, and other emerging technologies.
- Recommend appropriate technology adoption opportunities based on potential business value.
- Support enterprise capabilities through digital and AI-driven transformation initiatives.
Enterprise Systems Leadership
Provide architectural leadership across ERP, POS, e-commerce, supply chain, merchandising, CRM, HR, finance, and corporate systems.
Work closely with solution architects, product teams, project managers, and vendors to support the implementation of architecture standards and transformation initiatives. The role will also act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on technology trends, architecture investments, and digital transformation opportunities.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- Master\'s degree preferred.
- 12+ years of experience in technology leadership, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or digital transformation.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture or a senior architecture leadership capacity.
- Experience in retail, consumer, omnichannel, e-commerce, or large multi-brand organizations is highly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Experience with modern integration architectures.
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale transformation programs and enterprise technology modernization initiatives.
Preferred Expertise
- Retail ERP platforms including SAP S-4HANA, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics.
- POS and store technology ecosystems.
- E-commerce and omnichannel platforms.
- CRM and loyalty platforms.
- Enterprise integration and API management.
- Data lakehouse and analytics platforms.
- AI, Generative AI, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Enterprise data governance and master data management.
- Supply chain and merchandising systems.
Key Competencies
- Enterprise Architecture and Technology Strategy.
- Business Capability Modeling.
- Digital Transformation Leadership.
- Retail and Omnichannel Domain Knowledge.
- Stakeholder Management and Executive Communication.
- Architecture Governance.
- Innovation and Emerging Technology Evaluation.
- Strategic Planning and Roadmap Development.
- Problem Solving and Decision Making.
- Influencing Without Authority.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured through alignment of technology investments with business strategy, reduced technology complexity and technical debt, greater platform standardization and reusability, successful delivery of transformation initiatives, and improved enterprise scalability, resilience, and agility.
Additional measures include adoption of architecture standards and governance practices and stronger business capabilities enabled through digital and AI-driven solutions.
- Translate strategic business initiatives into scalable business and technology capabilities in partnership with business leaders, transformation teams, and technology stakeholders.
- Establish architecture principles, standards, frameworks, and governance processes for enterprise technology decision-making.
- Lead architecture reviews for major initiatives, considering enterprise standards, security requirements, scalability, and long-term technology strategy.
- Develop technology reference architectures, capability maps, architecture blueprints, and future-state operating models for key business domains.
- Identify architecture gaps, technology risks, and dependencies and recommend appropriate mitigation plans.
Technology Modernization and Integration
Drive application portfolio rationalization by identifying opportunities to consolidate systems, reduce technical debt, eliminate redundancies, and optimize technology investments.
The Enterprise Architect will define enterprise integration architecture and promote API-first, event-driven, and reusable integration patterns. The role will also drive cloud modernization and enterprise platform transformation initiatives focused on agility, performance, security, scalability, and cost optimization.
Data, AI and Digital Transformation
- Collaborate with data and analytics teams on enterprise data architecture principles and governance frameworks.
- Support master data strategies and the development of AI-ready data foundations.
- Partner with digital, omnichannel, and customer experience teams to architect solutions supporting customer engagement, loyalty, personalization, and retail operations.
- Evaluate AI, Generative AI, automation, cloud platforms, intelligent retail solutions, and other emerging technologies.
- Recommend appropriate technology adoption opportunities based on potential business value.
- Support enterprise capabilities through digital and AI-driven transformation initiatives.
Enterprise Systems Leadership
Provide architectural leadership across ERP, POS, e-commerce, supply chain, merchandising, CRM, HR, finance, and corporate systems.
Work closely with solution architects, product teams, project managers, and vendors to support the implementation of architecture standards and transformation initiatives. The role will also act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on technology trends, architecture investments, and digital transformation opportunities.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- Master\'s degree preferred.
- 12+ years of experience in technology leadership, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or digital transformation.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture or a senior architecture leadership capacity.
- Experience in retail, consumer, omnichannel, e-commerce, or large multi-brand organizations is highly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
- Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Experience with modern integration architectures.
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale transformation programs and enterprise technology modernization initiatives.
Preferred Expertise
- Retail ERP platforms including SAP S-4HANA, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics.
- POS and store technology ecosystems.
- E-commerce and omnichannel platforms.
- CRM and loyalty platforms.
- Enterprise integration and API management.
- Data lakehouse and analytics platforms.
- AI, Generative AI, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Enterprise data governance and master data management.
- Supply chain and merchandising systems.
Key Competencies
- Enterprise Architecture and Technology Strategy.
- Business Capability Modeling.
- Digital Transformation Leadership.
- Retail and Omnichannel Domain Knowledge.
- Stakeholder Management and Executive Communication.
- Architecture Governance.
- Innovation and Emerging Technology Evaluation.
- Strategic Planning and Roadmap Development.
- Problem Solving and Decision Making.
- Influencing Without Authority.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured through alignment of technology investments with business strategy, reduced technology complexity and technical debt, greater platform standardization and reusability, successful delivery of transformation initiatives, and improved enterprise scalability, resilience, and agility.
Additional measures include adoption of architecture standards and governance practices and stronger business capabilities enabled through digital and AI-driven solutions.
