Position Title:  Principal Enterprise Architect

Principal Enterprise Architect – Stamford, CT

Be a part of a revolutionary change!  

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.  

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, if you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.   

Our beautiful HQ in Stamford, CT is just steps away from the Stamford Metro-North Train Station and easily accessible from NYC. 

Your ‘day to day’:

• Analyze and document key business processes across all functions to identify opportunities for convergence and standardization across product categories.
• Map business processes to business capabilities to support strategic road mapping over a 3+ year horizon.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to identify and prioritize AI-driven opportunities that accelerate business growth.
• Collaborate with central IT teams (Technology Transformation, Architecture, and Services) to develop AI capabilities tailored to US market needs.
• Oversee the execution of AI-related Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and pilots, ensuring delivery of measurable business value.
• Define and lead the US-specific AI adoption strategy, aligning with global initiatives and local business priorities.

Who we’re looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, with a proven track record in enterprise-level strategy and transformation initiatives.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or FEAF, and the ability to apply them pragmatically in a business context.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain enterprise-wide architecture blueprints, including business, application, data, and technology domains.
• Strong experience in business capability modeling, process mapping, and strategic road mapping to support long-term planning and investment decisions.
• Proven ability to translate complex business needs into technology strategies and architectural solutions.
• Experience with governance models, architecture review boards, and ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and policies.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, particularly on AWS, and modern integration patterns (e.g., APIs, microservices).
• Exposure to AI and automation technologies, with a focus on leveraging them to drive business efficiency and innovation.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage C-level stakeholders.
• Experience working in large, matrixed organizations, ideally in a regulated or global business environment.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or similar.
• Hands-on familiarity with tools and platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot, LangChain, and Databricks.
• Experience in digital transformation, organizational change, or business model innovation is a plus.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Annual Base Salary Range: $181,500 - $242,000

What we offer:
We offer employees a competitive base salary and the potential to receive a discretionary annual bonus.

Employees (and their families) also have the option to enroll in our company medical, dental and vision plans. The company offers flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, as well as health savings accounts for those that choose to enroll in a high deductible health plan (HDHP). Employees are auto-enrolled in our company’s 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan, which provides for both annual 5% employer matching contribution and an annual employer contribution.

As a new hire, you will enjoy an allotment of paid vacation time, paid sick time, 12 paid company holidays, and 3 paid floating holidays. We also provide our employees with paid parental leave, paid family and medical leave, paid bereavement leave, paid sick and safe time, paid public emergency leave, paid time off for jury duty, and paid time off for certain activities relating to their status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or crime. The company offers unpaid national guard and reserve leave, unpaid civil air patrol leave, unpaid qualified volunteer leave, and unpaid time off for employees engaging in certain activities relating to criminal proceedings.

The company also provides basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and short-term and long-term disability insurance to employees at no cost. Employees have the option to purchase supplemental life and AD&D coverage for themselves, spouse, and dependent children.

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment, and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture where each team member’s contribution is valued; collaborate with some of the world’s best professionals and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our size and scale provide endless opportunities for growth.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: To improve the lives of millions of smokers.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PMI is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and its U.S. affiliates have more than 2,300 employees.

PMI has been an entirely separate company from Altria and Philip Morris USA since 2008. PMI’s affiliates first entered the U.S. market following the company’s acquisition of Swedish Match in late 2022.Philip Morris International and its U.S. affiliates are working to deliver a smoke-free future. Since 2008, PMI has invested $12.5 billion globally to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke with the goal of transitioning legal-age consumers who smoke to better alternatives. In 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match – a leader in oral nicotine delivery – creating a global smoke-free champion led by the IQOS and ZYN brands. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized versions of PMI’s IQOS electronically heated tobacco devices and Swedish Match’s General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Products and renewal applications for these products are presently pending before the FDA. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com/us and www.pmiscience.com.