Sr. Mgr. Enterprise Architecture

We’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all—and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

This is a hybrid role based out of our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, MA with Mondays and Fridays remote.

About the role

The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to use their strategic experience and technical expertise to define the technology platforms that enable our Cooperative to be efficient and increase our speed to market for digital initiatives and innovation. This highly collaborative role ensures a business/customer-first approach in designing the right platform for sustainable growth, agility, and efficiency.

As we modernize Ocean Spray (cloud ERP, data modernization, digital core), this role becomes critical to our enterprise success by defining and building our technology backbone to support our business.

We are looking for someone with extensive application and solution architecture background who has progressed into an architect role and can lead us through change. This individual will view application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and compliance as equally important components of well-crafted tech solutions to create an enhanced experience for both external and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set the technology blueprint and strategy for platforms, linked to our business strategies and product initiatives, including integration layers (API/ETL) between all in-house and SaaS applications, workflows, customization, extensions, and customer/consumer-facing applications.
• Define enterprise-wide reference architectures and roadmaps spanning ERP, integration, data, digital, and cloud platforms.
• Translate business capability roadmaps into technology capability models and architectural guardrails.
• Ensure alignment between enterprise architecture, security, data governance, and infrastructure strategies.
• Own the definition and lifecycle management of architectural standards, including intentional retirement of legacy patterns.
• Maintain current knowledge of new technologies and IT management practices, providing direction on emerging IT technologies and methods for maximum business value.
• Balance agility required for digital business objectives with ensuring core IT functions are reliable, stable, and efficient.
• Lead the establishment of standards for IT tools and platforms.
• Spearhead underlying technology choices and architectural trade-offs aligned with business and financial objectives.
• Establish appropriate architecture review and governance processes, leading system and solution architecture decisions with project and product teams through an architecture committee.
• Work with delivery teams to establish processes and norms for code reviews of pre-release software and ensure all security best practices are followed.
• Serve as the final decision authority for enterprise architecture standards and platform-level architectural decisions.
• Work closely with Product Partners & PMO to review IT roadmaps and assess underlying architectural needs and considerations.
• Collaborate with design and delivery teams to ensure architectural considerations, IT standards, and appropriate tools are applied in technical specifications and overall IT delivery approach.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and IT leaders on technology strategy, investments, and risk.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise architecture operating models, including governance, decision rights, and engagement models.
• Strong capability-based architecture experience (business capabilities → technology enablement).
• Experience balancing enterprise standards with team autonomy in scaled agile environments.
• Proven ability to assess architectural risk and technical debt and communicate trade-offs at an executive level.
• Experience within transformational (ERP-like) programs with leadership in building and executing technology architecture and integration success during transition and steady state.
• 4-5 years of experience with data and analytics tools and the design and integration of this architecture.
• Exposure to and experience with digital commerce solutions.
• Deep understanding of the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code review, source control, build, test, deploy, and operations.
• Extensive experience with security frameworks and standards such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a complex, cross-functional, and fast-paced organization with globally distributed teams.
• Strong written and visual communication skills, including creation of architecture views for executive and delivery audiences.
• General working experience with both waterfall and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or University Degree (Required).
• Master's Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent relevant experience (Preferred).
• At least 10 years of experience with progressive leadership responsibilities, including leading development and infrastructure for SAP and other enterprise technologies.
• Hands-on experience with application development in SAP ABAP & BTP as well as SAP BASIS (Preferred).
• Prior experience serving as an enterprise or domain architect within large-scale ERP transformations.
• 2 or more years’ experience with integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Kubernetes, Azure API, Azure Functions, Graph, Kerberos.
• 2 or more years of experience with cloud security, CI/CD tools.
• Experience with container development and orchestration solutions (AKS).

Pay

Annual Salary: $147,200 - $184,000. The base salary range serves as a guideline of the position’s typical hiring range. We value and appreciate what makes you unique and will consider a variety of factors when determining an offer, including skills and experience, external and internal benchmarks, and overall company considerations. Certain positions may be eligible for short-term and long-term incentive rewards.

Benefits

• Complete insurance package on Day 1, including a plethora of health and wellness programs.
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending account.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Telehealth services.
• 1:1 health coaching.
• Supportive benefits for all stages of life.
• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end.
• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses.
• Flexible scheduling options.
• Vacation pay, up to three weeks (pro-rated for the first year of employment).
• Holiday pay for 12 holidays.
• Career development and growth opportunities.
• Tuition/Education assistance programs.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Scholarship programs for children of employees.
• Parental leave.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Adoption assistance.
• Bereavement leave.
• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement.
• Up to $300 massage reimbursement.
• Employee appreciation events.
• Employee discounts.
• Charitable giving.

Schedule

Hybrid role based in Lakeville, MA with Mondays and Fridays remote.