Principal Enterprise Architect

About the role

The Enterprise Architect Principal (Director) is responsible for defining and governing the organization’s technology strategy, enterprise architecture roadmap, and target-state architecture to enable business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, roadmap, principles, and governance standards.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.
• Develop future-state architecture models covering applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, cloud, and security domains.
• Lead architecture reviews to ensure solutions comply with enterprise standards, scalability requirements, and security policies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that drive business value and operational efficiency.
• Establish application portfolio management practices, including technology rationalization and technical debt reduction strategies.
• Define enterprise integration strategies and promote reusable, scalable integration patterns across business systems.
• Provide architectural leadership for major transformation initiatives, including ERP, CRM, AI, analytics, and digital modernization programs.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and application teams to ensure cohesive enterprise-wide solutions.
• Create and maintain architecture artifacts, standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 15-18 years of progressive IT experience, including at least 5 years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• Proven experience developing enterprise architecture strategies, technology roadmaps, and governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise business applications including ERP, CRM, HRIS, data platforms, and integration technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud), integration architectures, APIs, and data management practices.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in enterprise architecture frameworks, business process transformation, cloud technologies, integration strategies, data architecture, and technology governance.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, rationalize application portfolios, and guide strategic technology decisions that support organizational objectives.
• Shaping the future-state technology landscape, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with the company’s long-term business strategy.

Skills

• Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.)
• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Integration strategies and patterns
• Data architecture and management
• Technology governance and compliance
• Business process transformation
• ERP, CRM, HRIS, data platforms, and integration technologies
• AI, analytics, and digital modernization

Benefits

Our mission is to inspire advances in bioprocessing as a trusted partner in the production of biologic drugs that improve human health worldwide. Focused on cost and process efficiencies, we deliver innovative technologies and solutions that help set new standards in bioprocessing.

The estimated salary range for this role, based in the United States of America is $156,000-$240,000. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to an individual's qualifications, location, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Additionally, employees are eligible to participate in one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package.

We offer a wide range of benefits such as paid time off, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits and flexible spending accounts. All compensation and benefits information will be confirmed in writing at the time of offer.