Director Business Architect

At Prologis, we don’t just lead the industry—we define it with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion. We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds. From agile supply chains to energy solutions, our ecosystems help your business move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably. With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one—not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next. Job Title: Director Business Architect Company: Prologis A day in the life The Business Architecture role is part of the Transformation & Operational Excellence function and supports Prologis’ company-wide strategic transformation across Leasing, Customer Logistics & Development, Essentials, Energy, and Data. The role translates strategic intent into actionable business architecture, including OKRs, roadmaps, capabilities, processes, data, operating models, and organizational design. This position partners with business-line leaders, FP&A, IT/Data, transformation teams, and customer executives to create a coherent enterprise view that supports cross-business integration and value delivery. The role also helps identify opportunities for automation, orchestration, and AI-enabled services while connecting architecture decisions to measurable business outcomes. Key responsibilities include: • Develop and maintain an enterprise business capability model spanning Prologis business lines, identifying overlaps, gaps, dependencies, and opportunities that affect cross-business customer penetration. • Translate strategic priorities into actionable architecture artifacts, including capability maps, value streams, operating model blueprints, current-state and future-state diagrams, customer journeys, and enterprise architecture views. • Partner with FP&A, IT/Data, business-line leaders, and transformation teams to align business architecture with technology architecture, financial planning, operating models, decision rights, and governance. • Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders to map current-state work, define future-state needs, establish capability-level KPIs, and connect architectural change to outcomes such as permanent cost reduction, customer penetration, and cycle time. • Build the analytical case for capabilities to build, buy, integrate, or retire; advise program leads on sequencing; and contribute to business cases through cost modeling, risk assessment, and margin optimization. • Establish and maintain architecture standards, taxonomies, repositories, templates, naming conventions, configuration baselines, and governance practices that preserve decision history and support consistent adoption. • Engage customer executives and technical leaders to understand business and IT transformation priorities, identify automation and AI opportunities, and present architecture roadmaps, risks, achievements, and priorities during business reviews. Building blocks for success Required: • 8+ years of experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, operating model design, or a related transformation discipline. • Demonstrated experience building business capability models and operating model blueprints that were adopted and used by business stakeholders. • Experience connecting architecture decisions to financial and organizational outcomes, including KPIs, cost structures, and financial planning. • Experience partnering with enterprise transformation or PMO functions to translate strategy into executable initiatives. • Ability to facilitate senior stakeholder discussions and drive alignment across competing priorities in ambiguous environments. • Ability to connect business drivers, technology architecture, customer needs, and transformation roadmaps into clear recommendations. Preferred: • Familiarity with business architecture frameworks and modeling approaches, including BIZBOK or the TOGAF business layer. • Experience in real estate, logistics, supply chain, industrial, or related sectors. • Exposure to cloud and architecture platforms or frameworks such as AWS, Azure, GCP, TOGAF, or equivalent. • Exposure to DevSecOps, automation, observability, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, APIs, or AIOps. • Experience with digital transformation consulting, customer journey design, business case development, innovation management, or large-account solution architecture. • Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed. Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes. Hiring Salary Range Hiring Salary Range of: $165,000 - $249,000. Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target & LTI (Long Term Incentives)) to be determined by the candidate’s location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. #LI-KR1 People First Each of us working at Prologis plays an essential role in the enduring success of our company. We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable. While we are one company, locations and departments operate with autonomy and accountability. Individuals take the initiative here. When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career. Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here. As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. And because of that, we provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development. People come first here. All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation. We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time. All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification. Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Employment Type: Full time Location: Cerritos, California Additional Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colorado, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Indiana, Miami, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, New York, New York, San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington