Description Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Senior Architect for its Johnston, RI location. Duties: The Senior Architect will provide deep technical knowledge and architectural design mentorship at a platform and portfolio level and will be a key contributing architect on large and complex projects with a variety of components. The Senior Architect will present designs and technical ideas to an Architecture Review Board. Works with senior level engineers, architects and platform owners to set the platform's technical direction and strategic objectives. Participates in design and code reviews to ensure both deliveries of desired business outcomes and alignment to enterprise standards. Drives key architecture decisions to solve critical complex problems for assigned and adjacent platforms. Works with the Company Platform Owner and senior architects to guide Technical Platform architecture and engineering teams. Focuses on driving architecture towards long-term Business Unit/Enterprise goals and objectives. Partnering with business leadership to influence priorities and objectives. Captures best-practice knowledge from engineering and field teams and share reference architectures and patterns with technical teams. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field, followed by eight (8) years of progressive experience in the role or in a related position. Five (5) years of experience must include: Interpret and analyze data from multiple sources, providing key analytics and reports for leadership; Prepare necessary supporting analytics to assist departmental and business insights and decision making; Research, elicit, and document project and product requirements; and Authoring highly effective written communications including project assessments, business requirements, and user stories and business testing and training material. Experience must also include: Coach the scrum team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices, disciplines, and value to be consistent, effective, and productive team(s); Work closely with product owners, tech leads, portfolio leads, and stakeholders to understand the product strategy, vision, and priorities; Develop and maintain backlog management processes and ensure that security, infrastructure, and operations requirements are represented by stories in the backlog, prioritized appropriately, properly groomed, and accepted by the applicable teams; Drive preparations for successful Big Room Planning sessions through collaboration with Product Owners, Tech Leads, and Portfolio Leads on align priorities and dependencies of epics and stories; and Experiment with and integrate processes and tools that encourage continuous improvement. May telecommute from any U.S. location. Direct applicants only. Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance. Equal Employment Opportunity At Citizens we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and treat everyone with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague's or a dependent's reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer Citizens is a brand name of Citizens Bank, N.A. and each of its respective affiliates. Background Check Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information. Benefits We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. 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