Domain Architect (Technology Integration Management Office)

At DICK’S Sporting Goods , we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today! OVERVIEW: The Domain Architect – TIMO is responsible for creating, governing, and evolving target-state architecture models and integration designs that enable enterprise integration across DICK'S Sporting Goods and Foot Locker. This role interprets, applies, and maintains technology architecture and its component models to guide business transformation initiatives, ensuring solutions balance value, cost, speed, and risk. Operating within the Technology Integration Management Office (TIMO), the Domain Architect establishes and educates the organization on architectural process and standards, applying architecture standards and blueprint priorities across scoping, discovery, design, and transition phases. The role also leads and develops Solution Architects embedded within Business Capability Enablement teams, driving consistent architectural practices and quality across ERP, Supply Chain, Digital, Data, and HCM domains. Success in this role requires strong business and technology acumen, the ability to influence executive, business, and technical stakeholders, and sound judgment in balancing competing priorities across complex, cross-functional integration initiatives. The Domain Architect plays a critical part in ensuring the enterprise integration blueprint is realized and that architectural decisions support long-term value realization objectives. STRATEGIC DESIGN - Develop and maintain target-state architecture blueprints across business processes, data, applications, and platforms. - Model and assess current-state architectures and define transition states aligned to integration priorities. - Recommend and participate in the development of integration patterns, architecture standards, and design guardrails. - Research and evaluate technology solutions to meet business capability and integration requirements. - Advise leadership on architecture strategies, methodologies, and long-term design direction. - Align architecture with enterprise strategy, product roadmaps, and integration blueprint objectives. - Identify opportunities for proof-of-concepts and participate in validating new architectural approaches. - Define architecture artifacts and documentation standards to support consistency and governance. STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION - Participate in cross-functional design sessions and working teams for integration initiatives. - Develop solution architectures, models, and transition plans to support discovery and design phases. - Identify implementation risks and assess impacts to business operations, timelines, and outcomes. - Ensure architected solutions are implemented in accordance with established standards and principles. - Analyze the impact of systems, data, and process changes on enterprise operations and performance. - Partner with product, engineering, and portfolio teams to translate architecture into executable plans. GOVERNANCE - Lead activities related to maintaining integration architecture and design consistency across initiatives. - Review solution designs to ensure conformance with architecture standards, policies, and roadmaps. - Provide cross-program architectural governance, identifying risks, duplications, or misalignment. - Recommend architecture standards, tools, and methodologies to strengthen governance processes. - Support escalation and decision-making for complex or high-risk architectural challenges. - Ensure alignment across key domains (ERP, Supply Chain, Digital, Data, HCM) to avoid fragmentation. PEOPLE LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION