Location : Mumbai

About Croma :

Croma, part of the Tata Group, is Indias leading electronics retail chain with 540 stores in 200 cities. Offering 20,000 products from 500 brands, Croma provides a seamless omnichannel shopping experience. With its Own Label range, ZipCare services, and Express Delivery, Croma ensures quality, convenience, and expert guidance for wide range of digital and home electronic needs.

Job Purpose :

GM Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and governing the organizations technology architecture across applications, data, infrastructure, and integration layers. The role ensures platform scalability, system interoperability, cloud optimization, and future-readiness of the tech stack, while aligning architecture with evolving business models and digital strategy.

Primary Responsibilities :

1.

Technology Architecture

Strategy :

- Define the enterprise architecture blueprint across core systems, channels, and platforms.
- Align architecture principles with business strategy, scalability goals, and operational models.
- Build the roadmap for modernization of legacy systems and adoption of microservices, APIs, and cloud-native solutions.
- Ensure architecture supports omnichannel, data democratization, and customer experience priorities.
- Continuously evaluate tech trends and assess their relevance for the enterprise.
- Drive platform modernisation roadmaps: cloud migration, technical debt elimination, and legacy rationalization.

2. Application &

- System Design Governance :
- Define and govern standards for integration patterns, API design, cloud infrastructure, and data architecture.
- Set standards for system design, application modularity,



and technology selection across platforms.
- Review architectural decisions across engineering and product teams for scalability and compliance.
- Govern architecture across key platforms including POS, ERP, E-Commerce, CRM, and Customer Service Tech.
- Drive architectural consistency across mobile, web, store, and backend systems.
- Ensure modularity, reusability, and adherence to best practices in tech implementation.

3. Cloud, Integration &

- Infrastructure Architecture :
- Lead architecture design for cloud migration, hybrid deployments, and containerized workloads.
- Define frameworks for API management, middleware integration, and secure data exchange.
- Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to align architecture with reliability and risk frameworks.
- Optimize architecture for cost, performance, and future flexibility.
- Ensure network, CDN, and hosting frameworks meet business availability SLAs.
- Conduct architecture reviews for all major initiatives; approve technical designs and enforce target-state alignment.
- Evaluate and recommend technology platforms across Commerce, OMS, WMS, SAP, CRM, Integration, and AI.

4.

Architecture

Reviews, Documentation &

- Governance :
- Own the enterprise technology architecture blueprint:



target-state architecture and architecture decision records.
- Conduct periodic architecture reviews with platform and engineering teams.
- Maintain architecture repository, design documentation, and tech standards registry.
- Define architecture KPIs and drive visibility through dashboards and review forums.
- Review technology proposals from vendors and evaluate alignment with internal architecture goals.
- Guide solutioning for high-impact programs and platform-level transformations.

5. Team Leadership &

- Capability Building :
- Lead a team of enterprise and solution architects across technology domains.
- Build team capability in architecture design, documentation, and governance processes.
- Partner with Engineering and Product teams to mentor squads on scalable architecture choices.
- Define and drive adoption of architecture maturity models.
- Cultivate a culture of design-first thinking, architectural rigour, and innovation.
- Mentor domain technical leads; build a culture of architecture-first thinking across the engineering organization.

External Interfaces :

- Cloud Service Providers
- API Gateway &
- Integration Platform Vendors
- ERP, POS, and CRM System Integrators

Internal Interfaces :

- CDO &
- Other Digital Verticals
- HR Team
- Finance Team

Job Specifications :

Desired Qualification :

- Bachelors or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related fields.

Required Experience :

- 15 years technology experience with 7 to 10 years in enterprise or solution architecture roles.
- Proven experience in designing large-scale, distributed, and integrated system architectures.

📌 Croma Electronics - General Manager - Enterprise Architecture (India)
🏢 Croma Campus
📍 India