Director of Enterprise Architecture & Platforms

Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, Inc. is seeking a visionary Director of Enterprise Architecture & Platforms to align enterprise systems with business strategy, enable scale, and reduce risk. You will define standards, roadmaps, and governance across ERP, CRM, integrations, and critical apps.

You will lead cross-functional teams, partner with senior leaders, and ensure reliable, secure platforms while staying close to Onalaska-based operations with hybrid onsite work and occasional travel.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive enterprise applications, integration, and platform leadership.
• Proven success with ERP/CRM ecosystems, vendor management, and leading cross-functional teams.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, integration technologies, and data governance.
• Skilled in technology road mapping, vendor management, system design, and strategic communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute an enterprise architecture strategy that supports business growth and operational efficiency.
• Lead ERP and CRM platform roadmaps, balancing strategic evolution with day-to-day performance, enhancement, and user adoption.
• Oversee integration development and standards, ensuring secure, efficient data flow across systems and reducing technical debt.
• Manage vendors and contracts, negotiating performance, SLAs, and costs to maximize system reliability and value.
• Implement and maintain governance frameworks for system changes, integrations, and data quality in alignment with Security & Policy requirements.
• Act as a business liaison with key leaders to assess effectiveness of core systems, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure application performance and support meet business needs.
• Partner with the Executive Vice President, Digital Transformation & Technology to translate business strategy into executable technology initiatives and guide prioritization of enterprise platforms.

Skills

ERP/CRM ecosystems

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

System integration

Strategic communication

Roadmapping

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

Master's preferred

Job description

Director of Enterprise Architecture & Platforms

At Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations, we give electronics their next best life while protecting our planet and our customers' interests. We believe great performance comes from alignment across three areas:

Location: Onsite or Hybrid, with regular onsite presence at our Onalaska, Wisconsin facility. Ideal candidates live within approximately 200 miles of Onalaska and be able to travel to the facility as business needs require.

• Total Cash Compensation (Base + Bi-Annual Incentive): $125,000 - $195,000

• Generous paid time off and paid holidays

Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations is looking for a technology leader who can connect enterprise architecture, business strategy, and disciplined execution.

As our Director of Enterprise Architecture & Platforms, you'll shape how the systems supporting our growing, multi-site business fit together, evolve, and scale. You'll lead the strategy and performance of our core enterprise platforms, establish architecture and integration standards, and help business leaders make thoughtful technology investment decisions. You'll build the future-state roadmap while ensuring today's ERP, CRM, integrations, and critical business applications remain reliable, secure, and effective.

• Define and execute a forward-looking enterprise architecture strategy that supports business growth and operational efficiency.
• Lead and manage the ERP and CRM platform roadmaps, balancing strategic evolution with day-to-day performance, enhancement, and user adoption.
• Oversee integration development and standards, ensuring secure, efficient data flow across systems and reducing technical debt.
• Manage vendors and contracts, negotiating performance, SLAs, and costs to maximize system reliability and value.
• Implement and maintain governance frameworks for system changes, integrations, and data quality in alignment with Security & Policy requirements.
• Act as a business liaison with key leaders to assess the effectiveness of core systems, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure application performance and support meet business needs.
• Partner with the Executive Vice President, Digital Transformation & Technology to translate business strategy into executable technology initiatives and guide prioritization of enterprise platforms.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (Master's preferred).

• 5+ years of progressive experience in enterprise applications, integration, and platform leadership.
• Proven success with ERP/CRM ecosystems, vendor management, and leading cross-functional technical teams.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, integration technologies, and data governance.
• Skilled in technology road mapping, vendor management, system design, and strategic communication.

Natural influencer who can coach, mentor, and align teams toward shared goals. You bring structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. You can move between an architecture conversation, an operational problem, a vendor negotiation, and a leadership discussion without losing sight of the larger business objective. You develop capable teams, communicate clearly, and make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, scalability, cost, risk, and maintainability.

Purpose with Impact: Help give electronics their "next best life" while protecting the planet. Transform at Scale: Lead the modernization of technology, data, and AI through growth. Dynamic is privately owned without PE – our focus is long-term, sustainable growth, and you'll help us build a foundation to enable decades of success.

For positions subject to state contract requirements, we adhere to state affirmative action obligations and take proactive steps to ensure equal opportunity in our hiring practices. We do not discriminate or make any employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.