Director of CMDB & Service Architecture

TransMedics, Inc.; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental insurance

Vision benefits

FSA (Health Care)

Dependent Care FSA

Disability insurance (Short/Long)

401K Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Pet insurance

Job summary

TransMedics, Inc. seeks a Director of CMDB & Service Architecture to govern enterprise CMDB and service taxonomy, enabling accurate, dependency-aware visibility across technology systems and business services.

You will own service mapping, configuration governance, and data integrity to support incident response, disaster recovery, and risk decisions, coordinating with security and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT operations, architecture, or CMDB within complex hybrid environments.
• 3+ years leading CMDB/ITSM or service-architecture functions with roadmaps and governance.
• Experience integrating CMDB with ITSM, discovery tools, cloud environments (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise CMDB strategy and governance.
• Own service mapping for critical services and dependencies.
• Integrate CMDB with ITSM and DR workflows; enable impact analysis.
• Provide executive metrics on data quality, governance, and resilience.
• Communicate risk and configuration integrity to leadership.

Skills

CMDB

Service mapping

Dependency modeling

Leadership

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

ITSM

Discovery tools

AWS

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Director of Configuration Management Database (CMDB) & Service Architecture is responsible for establishing and governing the enterprise CMDB and service architecture framework to ensure accurate, dependency-aware visibility across all technology systems and business services. This role provides executive ownership of service mapping, configuration governance, and operational data integrity to enable informed incident response, disaster recovery, change management, and risk decisions. The Director ensures that system relationships, ownership, and lifecycle data are reliable, automated, and aligned with enterprise resilience and security objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

CMDB Strategy & Governance

Define and execute the enterprise CMDB strategy and roadmap. Establish data models, service taxonomy, and configuration standards. Implement governance processes to maintain CMDB data accuracy and integrity. Drive automation and system integrations to reduce manual updates. Provide executive reporting on CMDB maturity and data quality metrics.

Service Architecture & Dependency Mapping

Own service mapping for critical business and technology services. Ensure visibility of upstream and downstream system dependencies. Align service architecture with disaster recovery and resilience planning. Support impact analysis for change management and incident response.

Operational Integration

Integrate CMDB with Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), incident, change, and disaster recovery (DR) workflows. Enable dependency-aware incident routing and root cause analysis. Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure configuration alignment. Establish lifecycle governance for assets, services, and configurations.

Resilience & Risk Alignment

Support enterprise Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / Recovery Point Objective (RPO) definition through validated service relationships. Provide configuration intelligence during cyber incidents and recovery events. Ensure audit and regulatory readiness through defensible configuration documentation.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

No direct reports (This position will not have management responsibilities).

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

None (Standard office environment).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise Information Technology operations, architecture, configuration management, or infrastructure engineering within complex, multi-site, hybrid cloud environments. 3+ years of leadership experience overseeing CMDB, ITSM, or service architecture functions, including ownership of roadmap, governance model, and measurable service quality outcomes across corporate, manufacturing, research & design, and cloud environments. Strong expertise in service mapping and dependency modeling, including application-to-infrastructure relationships, manufacturing system dependencies, cloud workloads, and critical business services supporting regulated operations. Experience establishing and maintaining configuration governance standards, including configuration item (CI) lifecycle management, data quality controls, ownership accountability, change integration, and audit defensibility. Proven experience integrating CMDB platforms with ITSM systems, discovery tools, cloud environments (Amazon Web Services), identity platforms, and automation workflows to provide accurate, near real-time visibility into enterprise assets and service dependencies. Ability to communicate service risk, operational resilience posture, and configuration integrity metrics clearly to executive leadership, audit stakeholders, and cross-functional governance committees.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors Degree Experience operating in regulated industries such as medical device, healthcare, or life sciences, with an understanding of how CMDB and service architecture support compliance, operational continuity, and inspection readiness. Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Framework (CSF), NIST 800-171, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cybersecurity guidance, particularly as they relate to asset inventory, system classification, access control validation, and audit evidence. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v4 certification or equivalent experience implementing ITIL-aligned service management practices across incident, change, problem, and configuration management processes.

TransMedics Headquarters Relocation

As part of our long-term growth plans, TransMedics is excited to announce our plan to relocate our headquarters (HQ) to Somerville, MA by 2028. We chose this location because we believe it is a place where innovation will thrive. Our new state-of-the-art headquarters is designed to support collaboration, creativity, and discovery. We believe this will be a place where we can continue to do things few thought possible in organ transplantation to help patients. Specific timing and role impact may vary. Every Organ Wasted is a Life Not Saved.

Company Overview

TransMedics, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical technology company transforming organ transplant therapy for patients worldwide. Our mission is to help save more patients’ lives by increasing access to viable donor organs for those who are awaiting an organ transplant. To accomplish this mission, we partner closely with transplant stakeholders worldwide and help expand their access to healthy donor organs, while delivering the highest quality technology, service, clinical care and outcomes. Driven by a passion for improving patient care, we make the impossible possible and keep our employees at the center of everything we do. Together, we strive to enhance the quality of life for transplant recipients and their families, fostering hope and healing in the journey toward better health. Maximize your potential at TransMedics, Inc. www.TransMedics.com TransMedics is committed to equitable and transparent compensation. The expected base salary range for this role is $182,450.00 - $227,550.00, which represents the company’s current good‑faith estimate of compensation for this position. Actual salary will depend on factors such as, but not limited to, candidate experience, qualifications, skills, and the specific work location. This role may also be eligible for bonuses, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, retirement savings, paid time off, and wellness resources).

Employee Benefit

• Medical with Health Reimbursement Account through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA
• Dental
• Vision
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• 401K Plan
• Pet insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Equal Opportunity Statement

TransMedics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Company Mission & Vision

Welcome to TransMedics Careers! Our Vision is to help save more patients' lives by becoming the trusted partner to transplant stakeholders worldwide and delivering the highest quality technology, service and clinical care. TransMedics Group, Inc. (TMDX) is a commercial-stage medical technology company transforming organ transplant therapy for end-stage organ failure patients across multiple disease states. We developed the Organ Care System, or the OCS™, to replace a decades-old standard of care that we believe is significantly limiting access to life-saving transplant therapy for hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide. Our innovative OCS technology replicates many aspects of the organ’s natural living and functioning environment outside of the human body. As such, the OCS represents a paradigm shift that transforms organ preservation for transplantation from a static state to a dynamic environment that enables new capabilities, including organ optimization and assessment. In concert with our OCS technology platform and OCS Connect™ app, which enables TransMedics and transplant clinicians to efficiently track, coordinate & communicate resource logistics for donor organs procured and maintained on OCS™, TMDX launched its National OCS™ Program (NOP) in 2022: 16 regional hubs across the U.S. staffed by a dispersed workforce of experienced, on‑staff OCS Perfusion Specialists & Cardiothoracic and Abdominal Donor Procurement Surgeons. These resources are mobilized on‑demand via our own dedicated ground & aviation transportation logistics network, to retrieve and deliver allocated donor organs from anywhere in the U.S. – aiding U.S. Transplant Centers in bidding farewell to the time & distance limitations of cold storage & expand the pool of viable donor organs for their transplant recipients.