[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Zip logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/72d0c872-221.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/zip.md)[Zip](https://jobicy.com/company/zip.md) # Enterprise Architect Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/zip.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryUSD 233k–336k / yrDepartment[Sales](https://jobicy.com/categories/seller.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished28 Oct 2026Apply before27 Nov 2026Listing views48Application actions5Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. Zip is hiring a senior Enterprise Architect to establish its enterprise architecture function and lead technical strategy for high-value sales pursuits. The role owns discovery with executive buyers, enterprise integration narratives, security reviews, proof-of-concepts, and reusable architecture assets. It requires deep procurement and intake-to-pay domain knowledge alongside hands-on expertise in ERP ecosystems, iPaaS, APIs, event-driven integrations, and ETL. The architect will bridge Sales, Solution Engineering, and Product while coaching the field on executive-level technical positioning. This is a US-remote, full-time position focused on Fortune 500 customers. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis is a founding, highly senior pre-sales architecture role requiring 15+ years of experience and credibility with CIOs, CFOs, and CPOs. Success depends on independently shaping technical strategy, resolving complex enterprise integration concerns, and helping close strategic deals. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$284,500US market range (per year)$220k–$350k0$385.00k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. The employer discloses an OTE range of $233,000–$336,000 USD. The posting does not state a cadence, so yearly compensation is inferred from the senior US enterprise SaaS role and the magnitude of the range. The estimated US market range for comparable senior enterprise architecture and strategic pre-sales roles is $220,000–$350,000 annually. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. 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I would map the intake-to-pay data flows, define the required API or middleware patterns, identify exception handling and observability needs, then document a phased reference architecture with assumptions, risks, and validation steps. Describe how you lead a technical discovery conversation with a CIO or CPO. I focus first on strategic outcomes such as control, speed, compliance, user adoption, and integration risk rather than leading with features. I ask targeted questions about the current architecture, operating model, data governance, and transformation priorities, then connect the platform's capabilities to measurable business and technical outcomes. What artifacts would you create first when establishing an enterprise architecture function? I would prioritize customer landscape templates, reference architectures, integration capability matrices, security and compliance packets, technical discovery guides, and an objection-response library. These artifacts create repeatable standards while still allowing solution teams to tailor recommendations to each enterprise environment. How do you manage a security review or proof of concept for a large enterprise prospect? I establish success criteria, stakeholders, timelines, scope boundaries, and decision gates before work begins. During execution, I maintain a requirements and evidence tracker, bring the right product and security experts into critical discussions, address risks transparently, and conclude with documented results and a clear production-path recommendation. How would you turn recurring prospect requests into useful Product roadmap input? I would aggregate requests across strategic opportunities and distinguish between isolated configuration needs and repeatable market patterns. For each theme, I would provide customer impact, revenue relevance, affected workflows, technical context, alternatives, and evidence from discovery so Product can make an informed prioritization decision. Opportunity details ## About this role. ### About Zip Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before. The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA. Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups. ### Your Role You will be part of the founding Enterprise Architecture team, standing up the function end-to-end: the playbooks, the reference architectures, the technical discovery motion, and the deal patterns that every future EA will inherit. You’ll personally engage in our most strategic pursuits, ensuring Zip’s platform meets the functional and technical requirements of prospects. You’ll work directly with the Global SE leader and partner with Sales, Solution Engineering, and Product to evangelize Zip into the world’s most iconic brands ### What you’ll do * Win the deals that define the region: Act as the senior technical voice on strategic pursuits – leading discovery with customer CTOs, CIOs, and Chief Procurement Officers, and closing the architectural gap between their landscape and Zip. * Build the EA function: Create the foundational assets – customer system landscape templates, reference architectures, integration capability matrices, security & compliance packets, objection response libraries – and set the bar for how EA shows up in deals. * Own the system integration narrative: Lead the technical story on how Zip integrates with SAP (ECC, S/4HANA, Ariba), Oracle, Workday, Netsuite, Coupa, and adjacent systems. You are responsible for translating the customer landscapes into credible integration plans using our proprietary middleware. * Bridge GTM and Product: Translate customer requirements into clear product inputs. Influence roadmap prioritization with evidence, not opinion. * Enable the field: Coach Solution Engineers and Account Executives on technical positioning, objection handling, and executive-level architectural conversations. ### Qualifications * 15+ years in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, pre-sales engineering, or product roles at B2B SaaS, iPaaS, or ERP / system-of-record vendors * Deep domain knowledge: Knowledgeable about the full intake-to-pay lifecycle and how data moves between systems * Strong command of the ERP ecosystem: You understand APIs, data models, and integration patterns across SAP (Ariba, S/4HANA, ECC), Oracle, Workday, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, and others * Hands-on fluency with integration architecture and middleware: iPaaS (MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato), REST APIs, event-driven patterns, ETL * Proven success selling into or implementing at Fortune 500 customers * Track record of owning security reviews and PoCs at enterprise scale * Comfort operating as the senior technical voice in a room with CIOs, CFOs, and CPOs ### Nice to have * Experience standing up a function, team, or regional practice from the ground up * Experience at a category-defining, high-growth SaaS company or Big 4 Consulting Experience * TOGAF Certified The salary range for this role is $233,000 – $336,000 OTE. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise. ### Perks & Benefits At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work. * 📈 Start-up equity * 🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage * 🚍 Commuter benefit * 🚠 Team building events & happy hours * 🌴 Unlimited PTO * 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget * 💸 401k plan We’re looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. 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