Chief Enterprise Architect: Strategy, Cloud & AI Transformation

11 MasterBrand Cabinets LLC; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead the technology strategy and drive digital transformation in a manufacturing environment. You will bridge business goals with technology execution, guiding investments, standards, and modernization across applications, data, cloud, and AI.

You will manage a team of architects, align stakeholders, and deliver scalable, secure solutions that enable long-term growth and competitive advantage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Master's 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead the technology strategy and drive digital transformation in a manufacturing environment. You will bridge business goals with technology execution, guiding investments, standards, and modernization across applications, data, cloud, and AI.

You will manage a team of architects, align stakeholders, and deliver scalable, secure solutions that enable long-term growth and competitive advantage.