Vice President, Enterprise Architect

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Company Overview

With $5 billion in revenue and 3,500+ employees in the U.S. and Mexico, TBC Corporation is a leader in the mobility industry and one of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through wholesale and franchise operations. TBC serves wholesale customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico through TBC Brands, NTW, TBC International, and TBC de Mexico. Additionally, TBC responds to the needs of consumers in search of total car care at more than 465 franchised tire and automotive service centers under Big O Tires®. TBC is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. TBC has 20 proprietary brands of tires specializing in passenger, commercial, farm and specialty tires. In 2005, TBC Corp. was purchased by Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA). SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. In 2018 Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in Europe, invested in the company which is now a 50:50, privately held joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin.

Our values are the foundation of our work, how we interact with each other, and the strategies we employ to fulfill our purpose. These are the practices we use every day – in everything we do:

• Integrity - We act honestly because nothing is more important than our reputation.

• Teamwork - We are better together.
• People-Focused - We put people first – our Associates, customers, franchisees, and partners – and cultivate a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive culture, top to bottom, inside and out.
• Accountability - We own our actions and decisions; we do what we say we are going to do.
• Leave Everything Better - We innovate to improve everything we touch, and we take actions now to protect the future.

Description

TBC Corporation is seeking a forward-thinking and hands-on Enterprise Architect to lead the modernization of our enterprise technology platforms. This role will drive the transformation of legacy systems into a cohesive, cloud-native ecosystem that supports scalability, agility, and data-driven decision-making. The ideal candidate will blend strategic architectural leadership with hands-on engineering expertise to design and implement modern solutions across core business functions. As a “player-coach,” this individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to code when needed, and ensure architectural alignment with business goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture roadmap aligned with TBC’s digital transformation goals.
• Lead platform modernization initiatives, including the migration from SAP ECC to new ERP and monolith to cloud-native applications on TBC’s hyperscaler of choice.
• Architect scalable, secure, and resilient solutions across all enterprise applications.
• Oversee the creation of a repository for requirements, architecture design documents, artifacts, and reference materials
• Design and guide the implementation of microservices-based architectures and event-driven systems.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Act as a “player-coach” by contributing to codebases (primarily in Python and Java) and mentoring engineering teams.
• Build proof-of-concepts and reference implementations for cloud-native services and data pipelines.
• Oversee integration strategies between critical applications such as (but not limited to) SAP, AWS, Google Cloud, MS Fabric, Power BI, and Salesforce.
• Ensure data consistency, governance, and real-time availability across platforms.
• Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders to align architecture with business outcomes.

Continued Responsibilities

• Lead architecture review boards and enforce architectural standards and best practices.
• Ensure all solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with InfoSec to embed security into architecture and development processes.
• Guide the adoption of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, platform-as-a-service, and observability tools for modern development workflows.

Added Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software architecture, with at least 3 years in enterprise architecture roles.
• G oogle Cloud or AWS architecture certifications preferred
• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification
• Strong proficiency in Python, Java, ReactJS, NextJS and modern software engineering practices
• Experience with modern ERP systems (SAP S/4 Hana or Oracle SaaS ) , data platforms (MS Fabric, Power BI), and CRM (Salesforce)
• Proven experience in platform modernization and cloud-native transformations
• Bilingual in Spanish /English is a plus

Benefits

• Market competitive compensation
• 401(k) and Roth with company match. Immediate 100% vesting
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision
• Company paid short term disability and employer subsidized long term disability
• Company paid life insurance
• Discounted tire purchasing
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Generous paid vacation and paid time off
• Customizable voluntary benefits
• and More!!!

Mission Critical Competencies

TBC seeks team members who excel in demonstrating our critical competencies to drive organizational capability. In this spirit we view the following as mission critical for this role:

• Strategic Mindset: seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Change Management: effective Sponsorship, Change Agent and influencing skills. Adaptive, agile, flexible, open minded. Proven ability to build cross-functional commitment, lead, simplify and scale complex dynamic organizations through transformational change.