Enterprise Architect/Lead - Application Portfolio / Rationalization

Immediate need for a talented Enterprise Architect/Lead - Application Portfolio / Rationalization. This is a 08+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in U.S(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-13130

Pay Range: $85 - $90/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Application Rationalization Sprint Leadership
• Lead 2-week ART sprints through four phases: Discovery (app landscape mapping), Rationalization (cost, contract, overlap, and risk analysis), Disposition Decision, and Actionability Assessment.
• Assign each in-scope application a disposition: Keep & Invest, Contain, Consolidate, Replace, or Retire.
• Enforce non-negotiable exit criteria for every sprint: documented disposition, named owner, clear next step (Execute / Defer / Close), and recorded assumptions and risks.
• Measure sprint velocity by decisions completed, not applications touched.
• Portfolio Analysis & Procurement Partnership
• Partner with Procurement to map the full contractual application landscape, including licensing, renewals, and vendor consolidation opportunities.
• Analyze application portfolios across cost (license + support + infra), utilization, functional overlap, risk posture, and contractual position.
• Enrich CMDB with application lifecycle data and maintain inventory accuracy.
• Identify consolidation candidates and feed the debt remediation team s execution pipeline.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
• Work with application owners and business stakeholders across *** s global operations to validate facts, assumptions, and business impact.
• Drive alignment on difficult disposition decisions, particularly where organizational attachment conflicts with portfolio health.
• Present concise, defensible recommendations to leadership, governance forums, and Architecture Review Boards (ARBs).
• Participate in weekly intake triage: classify and route work to ART pipeline, DART queue, delegated decision, or backlog.
• ATLAS Continuous Improvement
• Contribute to the maturation of ATLAS intake processes, sprint cadence, and rationalization patterns.
• Help establish application lifecycle standards across the enterprise.
• Support ATLAS reporting on portfolio health metrics, rationalization velocity, and cost avoidance.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills; Application Portfolio Management (APM) & Rationalization, Enterprise Architecture Experience, TCO Analysis & Cost Optimization, Rationalization Frameworks, CMDB / APM Tools & Data-Driven Analysis
• Bachelor s degree in an Information Technology discipline or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, application portfolio management, and/or IT strategy, with a proven track record of delivering application rationalization at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of rationalization frameworks (Gartner TIME or equivalent disposition models) and experience applying them in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in TCO analysis, business value scoring, and multi-dimensional application assessment across large application portfolios (500+ applications).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate constructively and negotiate effectively across global lines of business and user bases.
• Experience partnering with Procurement on licensing optimization, vendor consolidation, and contract alignment.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise portfolio tooling (e.g., Client APM/CMDB).
• Experience managing or directing globally distributed team members.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex application landscapes into one-page, decision-ready recommendations and effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strong focus on delivering results within time-boxed sprint constraints.
• Experience in large-scale IT transformation, separation (TSA), or carve-out programs.
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
• Knowledge of cloud migration assessment frameworks (6R model) as they relate to disposition decisions.

Our client is a leading Healthcare Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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