Senior Director, Solution Architecture

The Senior Director, Solution Architecture leads the solution and domain architects who design the architecture for programs and projects across Sherwin-Williams' business portfolios and technology platforms. The role owns the people, the practice and the capacity: who is hired and developed, how architects are assigned and prioritized, and the quality and consistency of the designs they deliver. It operates within the target states set by the Principal Portfolio Architects and the standards set by the Principal Practice Architects, and makes sure both land in every design.

Its first-year priority is bringing architects from several ETG organizations into one operating model without disrupting work in flight.

Lead the solution and domain architecture organization: hiring, development, performance and succession for the architects and the leaders of its groups

Own architect assignment and capacity: allocate architects to programs and projects by priority, balance load across groups and surface capacity gaps before they stall delivery

Own the quality and consistency of solution architecture: deliverable standards, peer review and conformance to portfolio target states and practice standards

Bring architects arriving from other ETG organizations into one operating model: common roles, expectations, engagement model and career paths, with minimal disruption to in-flight work

Partner with the Principal Portfolio and Practice Architects so that target states and standards reach every design, and resolve conflicts between delivery pressure and architecture direction

Own the engagement model with portfolio and platform delivery leaders: how work reaches architects, how it is prioritized and what delivery can expect from them

Raise the hands-on technical bar: architects prototype, use AI code assist and agentic tooling in their work and stay current in their platforms

Report architect capacity, utilization and delivery outcomes to the Enterprise Architecture leadership team, and represent solution architecture in architecture governance

This is a remote position.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

Must be eighteen years or older

This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company’s applicable plans.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without now or in the future requiring sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1, etc.)

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology field of study (e.g., Information Technology, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Systems Management, Mathematics) or equivalent experience.

15+ years in technology

5+ years of hands-on software or systems engineering

8+ years in architecture roles

5+ years as a people manager of architects or senior engineers, including leading leaders, with ownership of hiring, performance and development

Experience running a solution architecture function at enterprise scale across multiple business areas: assignment, capacity, quality and the engagement model with delivery

Experience integrating or consolidating technical teams from separate organizations without disrupting delivery

Working knowledge of the enterprise application and platform landscape across business and technology portfolios, or the ability to build it quickly

Track record of holding architecture quality under delivery pressure and of partnering with delivery leaders as a peer

Travel: 20%