Architecture & Design Director – Digital Products

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Architecture & Design Director managing architecture for digital products at Marathon Petroleum. Leading teams and ensuring scalable designs align with enterprise strategy.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeSan Antonio • Louisiana, Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Microservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversees Solution Architecture, System Architecture, UI/UX and AI/Agentic orchestration design.
Guides managers and individual contributors to ensure assignments align with organizational goals.
Drives recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning.
Collaborates with stakeholders and senior leadership to provide strategic guidance on technology direction.
Leads the definition and evolution of solution architecture and design standards.
Oversees the development and application of architecture strategies across domains.
Manages architectural reviews and technical decision-making processes.
Ensures solutions meet business objectives inclusive of user experience through architecture principles.
Collaborates with leadership to align architecture initiatives with business goals.
Establishes and governs architecture decision frameworks and review processes.
Drives innovation by evaluating and guiding the adoption of emerging technologies.
Leads, coaches, and develops a team of Solution and System Architects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.
Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.
Five (5) or more years of experience in enterprise architecture, including defining and enforcing architecture principles and standards preferred.
Experience leading architecture reviews and making technical decisions across multiple projects required.
Experience in developing user-centered design processes.
Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing preferred.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve performance, security, and maintainability preferred.
Experience managing APIs, microservices, and data platform interfaces to enable seamless enterprise-wide data exchange preferred.
Proven track record of monitoring and optimizing software performance, reliability, and security preferred.
Familiarity with secure coding practices, monitoring, and alerting systems preferred.
ITIL®, TOGAF®, Agile, SAFe®, PMI®, Organization Change Management, and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

access to health, vision, and dental insurance
paid time off
401k matching program
paid parental leave
educational reimbursement
discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program

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Hard Skills & Tools

solution architecturesystem architectureUI/UX designAI orchestrationenterprise architectureuser-centered designAgileDevOpsCI/CDAPI management

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcollaborationstrategic guidanceperformance managementsuccession planninginnovationdecision-makingstakeholder engagementteam development

Certifications

ITIL®TOGAF®AgileSAFe®PMI®Organization Change ManagementLean Six Sigma