Director, Enterprise Architecture

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

For more than 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. We are the #1 manufacturer of residential cabinets in North America, and our associates produce the most comprehensive portfolio of superior cabinetry products for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home.

Job Description

The Director, Enterprise Architecture is responsible for shaping and advancing the company's 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.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Enterprise Transformation

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.

Enterprise Architecture & Governance

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.

Business Partnership & Process Improvement

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.

Application & Technology Portfolio Leadership

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.

Leadership & Talent Development

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.

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.

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%.

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at [e-mail].

MasterBrand Way

• We aim for opportunity, purpose and reward in our associates’ experience all within an organization where our associates can thrive.
• We work hard to create an environment that keeps people safe, values their unique experiences and perspectives, and fosters collaboration and belonging.
• We are committed to supporting the well‑being of our associates and the communities in which we operate.

MasterBrand® isn’t just a cabinet company – we are an organization of people who are Building Great Experiences Together. For more than 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. We are the #1 manufacturer of residential cabinets in North America, and our associates produce the most comprehensive portfolio of superior cabinetry products for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home. Building on our history by innovating how we work and what we offer, MasterBrand is proud to be an industry leader. We achieve this through The MasterBrand Way – our business system – which empowers every individual to make the team better, be bold and drive our business forward, and champion improvement in all that we do.