Vice President of Enterprise Architecture
Company Description
FAIR VC is a next-generation, early-stage venture capital firm and company builder focused on empowering ambitious founders who are driven by innovation and disruption. The firm offers fair, flexible, and founder-friendly funding models designed to align with the long-term success of portfolio companies. Beyond capital, FAIR VC provides hands-on mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to extensive resources to help transform breakthrough ideas into scalable businesses. With a philosophy of “from founders for founders,” FAIR VC brings practical entrepreneurial experience to its partnerships and fosters a collaborative, high-performance environment for both its team and the founders it supports. Role Description The Vice President of Enterprise Architecture is a full-time, remote role responsible for shaping and leading the overall technology and architecture strategy across FAIR VC’s platforms, tools, and internal systems. This role involves defining enterprise architecture standards, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology capabilities, and guiding the design of scalable, secure, and resilient solutions. Day-to-day tasks include collaborating with product, engineering, and operations teams, reviewing architectural designs, overseeing application and data architecture, and driving best practices in software development and systems integration. The Vice President will also mentor technical leaders, manage architectural governance processes, and support decision-making for technology investments and vendor selection. The role requires proactive engagement with stakeholders to anticipate future needs and ensure that FAIR VC’s technology landscape can support rapid growth and innovation.
Qualifications
Candidates should possess strong Enterprise Architecture and Architecture skills, with experience defining and implementing architecture frameworks and standards. Candidates should possess Application Architecture skills, including designing distributed systems, microservices, and integration patterns across multiple platforms. Candidates should possess Software Development skills, with a solid background in modern development practices, tooling, and methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps). Candidates should possess Data Modeling skills, including the design of logical and physical data models and familiarity with data governance and analytics needs. Extensive experience in senior technology or architecture leadership roles, ideally within fast-paced, innovation-driven environments or startups. Proven ability to translate business strategy into technical roadmaps and to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities, with a focus on scalability, security, and reliability. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Experience working in remote, distributed teams and the ability to collaborate effectively across time zones and cultures.