Director, Enterprise Technology Architecture

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the IT governance framework, including governance committees and architecture review processes.
• Design, maintain, and oversee enterprise-wide IT policies, standards, and procedures across integration, security, access, data management, and system lifecycle domains. Define governance cycles and ensure decisions are transparent, auditable, roadmap-aligned, and compliant with internal requirements and external standards in partnership with Cybersecurity and Compliance teams.
• Partner with IT leadership, clinical stakeholders, and business leaders to establish enterprise standards, architectural principles, and governance processes that drive operational efficiency and innovation.
• Direct a diverse team consisting of architects, technical analysts, contractors, and external consultants fostering a culture of service excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage resource allocation, project budgets, and Opex spend as applicable.
• Supervise staff. Hires, develops, and manages staff to achieve organizational goals. Sets clear expectations, delivers feedback, and monitors performance for quality, efficiency, and compliance with policies and procedures. Mentors staff, fosters career growth, and cultivates a positive and productive work environment.
• Ensure visibility for all leadership on new technology investments, their value to the institute, timelines, and resources to ensure transparency, avoiding duplicate efforts or spending.
• Create phased decommissioning plans for technical debt (outdated servers or siloed databases) that pose a risk to the organization's uptime.
• Evaluate and provide technical oversight for major medical device projects such as integrations, patient room platforms, BANs (body area networks), mobile devices, smart sensors, VDIs, and telehealth technology, and related digital transformation efforts that support DFCI’s future cancer hospital.
• Collaborate with vendors to facilitate demos, RFIs, and RFPs in partnership with Procurement/Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and IT teams regarding new technology investments.
• Partner with business leaders, IT teams, and vendors to ensure alignment of enterprise architecture with organizational strategy and objectives. Monitor and enforce compliance with vendors via internal policies, industry regulations, and security standards. Identify and mitigate risks associated with technology architecture.
• Establish and monitor governance metrics and KPIs to evaluate enterprise architecture effectiveness, support continuous improvement, and ensure standards remain relevant and robust.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate clear architecture standards, processes, decisions, and regulatory updates to stakeholders across IT and the business. Lead training, guidance, and change management efforts to promote adoption of governance principles, compliance, and architectural excellence with minimal disruption.
• Align enterprise architecture initiatives with DFCI’s IT Strategic Goals—operational efficiency, scalability, innovation, and compliance. Define and track metrics and KPIs to measure architectural maturity, integration efficiency, and governance compliance.
• Continuously assess and optimize architecture components through a structured Assess → Design → Implement → Govern → Optimize cycle.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, data architecture, workflow orchestration, and business process modeling.
• Excellent strategic leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Exceptional collaboration and influencing skills across technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate technical jargon into business user terminology.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into executable technology roadmaps.
• Ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into actionable governance policies.
• Proficient in architecture planning and platforms such as LeanIX or Ardoq.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional governance committees.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise systems (ERP, HCM, MDM) and cloud technologies.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in IT architecture and governance, with significant focus on core systems (Network, Compute/Hosting/Storage, Endpoints, Operating Systems, IoTs, and various healthcare applications) required.
• 12+ experience in IT architecture and governance, with significant focus on core systems (Network, Compute/Hosting/Storage, Endpoints, Operating Systems, IoTs, and various healthcare applications) preferred.
• Experience with healthcare organizations such as hospitals, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, or innovation-driven organizations required.
• Experience with regulatory compliance and risk management in IT environments required.
• Experience architecting and implementing enterprise frameworks that integrate processes, applications, and data required.

License/Certification/Registration Required

• TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT, AWS or Azure Architect preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise the Principal Architect, Enterprise Technology, Senior Architect, Enterprise Technology, and Solution Architect, Enterprise Technology