Director, Enterprise Architecture

The Director Enterprise Architecture is responsible for shaping and advancing the companys technology strategy ensuring technology investments align with business objectives and support long term growth. This leader serves as a critical bridge between business strategy and technology execution partnering with executive stakeholders to simplify complex technology environments drive digital transformation and build future ready capabilities across applications data integration infrastructure security and AI.

The Director will lead a team of architects while influencing cross functional technology and business teams to establish technology standards guide major investment decisions modernize enterprise platforms and deliver scalable secure and business focused solutions. This role requires a combination of strategic leadership relationship management business acumen and technical depth to help drive enterprise transformation and operational excellence.

• Develop and communicate the enterprise technology vision strategy and multi year roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders on technology investments transformation initiatives risk management and business capabilities.
• Lead enterprise modernization efforts across applications cloud platforms data AI automation and digital technologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities that create business value and competitive advantage.
• Establish success metrics and measure the impact of technology investments and architectural decisions.

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards principles governance processes and technology roadmaps.
• Lead architecture review processes to ensure solutions are scalable secure resilient and aligned with long term business objectives.
• Drive simplification initiatives that reduce technology complexity eliminate redundancy and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Guide technology lifecycle management platform rationalization and modernization strategies across the enterprise.

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic priorities and translate them into technology capabilities and solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes through standardization automation digital transformation and AI driven capabilities.
• Facilitate cross functional planning prioritization and decision making to ensure alignment between business and technology teams.
• Communicate complex technology concepts and tradeoffs in clear business focused language.

• Establish strategies and roadmaps for enterprise applications and business platforms.
• Assess opportunities to modernize consolidate replace or enhance technology solutions based on business value and organizational needs.
• Collaborate with product engineering and delivery teams to ensure technology solutions support current and future business requirements.
• Promote reusable scalable and flexible technology designs that enable growth and innovation.

• Lead coach and develop a high performing team of architects and technical professionals.
• Foster a culture of collaboration accountability continuous improvement and innovation.
• Influence and lead cross functional teams through complex transformation initiatives often without direct authority.
• Build strong relationships across business functions technology teams vendors and strategic partners.

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering Business or a related field; Masters degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture technology strategy digital transformation or related technology leadership roles.
• 5 years of experience leading architects engineers or technical teams directly or through a matrix organization.
• Proven success developing enterprise technology strategies governance frameworks standards and multi year roadmaps.
• Experience leading large scale business and technology transformation initiatives including enterprise applications cloud technologies data integration and process improvement.
• Strong ability to align technology investments with business objectives and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to evaluate opportunities manage risk and prioritize strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated success simplifying complex technology environments and driving measurable business outcomes.
• Strong leadership collaboration negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Experience influencing decisions across cross functional teams and complex organizational structures.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and best practices.
• Experience within manufacturing or industrial environments preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.