Enterprise architect

Mass General Brigham; Somerville (MA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham Digital is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect with a passion for healthcare, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to shape roadmaps and decisions for digital systems in an academic medical environment.

This role is ideal for someone who learns quickly, adapts to changing technology demands, and enjoys collaborating across teams to support a complex healthcare system.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of IT experience, with healthcare setting exposure.
• Five or more years leading Enterprise Architecture functions.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field; MS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain multi-year roadmaps for new products and platforms.
• Align technology strategy across business and technology leadership.
• Develop high- and mid-level designs outlining solution structures.
• Ensure components and systems work together seamlessly.
• Lead architecture governance and communicate blueprints organization-wide.

Job description

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Mass General Brigham Digital is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect with a passion for healthcare, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to shape roadmaps and decisions for digital systems in an academic medical environment. This role is ideal for someone who learns quickly, adapts to changing technology demands, and enjoys collaborating across teams to support a complex healthcare system.

Reporting to the Chief Enterprise Architect, the Enterprise Architect will be part of a cross-functional team responsible for stewarding Mass General Brigham Digital’s capability model, reference architectures, and platform roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will partner with Digital and business leaders, solution architects, and project teams to advance strategic objectives, strengthen architectural governance, and support platform rationalization across the technology lifecycle.

Summary

The Enterprise Architect provides technical leadership to professionals, is accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams, and develops plans that contribute to departmental strategy, priorities, and outcomes.

This role proactively and holistically guides digital leaders, platform owners, product managers, product owners, and Digital experience leaders through new technology initiatives. The Enterprise Architect supports technology strategy development based on business strategies, outcomes, and capabilities, with decisions guided by resource availability and organizational objectives.

The Enterprise Architect develops technology strategies and provides high-level architecture for the Digital department, including on-premises environments, cloud hosting, SaaS-hosted third-party applications, network connectivity, device strategy, integration platforms, databases, and DevOps capabilities. This role helps ensure strategies are implemented in accordance with industry-leading practices and established Mass General Brigham principles and governance.

Essential Functions

• Define and maintain multi-year roadmaps to operationalize infrastructure for new products, services, and platforms in the assigned area.
• Align technology strategy across business and technology leadership.
• Develop high- and mid-level designs that outline the structure and components of solutions.
• Ensure different components and systems work together seamlessly.
• Address security concerns and implement measures to protect solutions.
• Manage relationships with technology partners, including periodic business reviews, collaboration on platform enhancements, and shared roadmap development.
• Support the Chief Enterprise Architect and other enterprise groups to ensure infrastructure meets requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure architecture blueprints are published and communicated across the organization.
• Communicate and educate the organization on enterprise architecture.
• Support innovation at scale by partnering Innovation teams with Infrastructure, Platforms, and Cloud teams.
• Lead the technology proof-of-concept portfolio and backlog to ensure critical innovation activities are coordinated, prioritized, scoped, and executed with clear recommendations.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study required; master’s degree in a related field of study preferred.
• Experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

Licenses and Credentials

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert – Microsoft Certification Program

Experience

• 8–10+ years of related experience required.
• Five or more years of professional IT experience in a healthcare setting.
• Three or more years leading Enterprise Architecture functions.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to adapt to changing business needs, operating models, and emerging technologies.
• Ability to guide and influence others, internally or externally, to adopt a different point of view.
• Ability to identify and solve complex operational or cross-functional problems by leveraging appropriate resources within or outside the department.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in technology and systems integration.
• Proficient knowledge of data governance and compliance.

Additional Job Details (if Applicable)

Working Conditions

• Hybrid role with onsite work required; candidates must be flexible based on weekly or monthly business needs.
• Monday–Friday schedule during Eastern business hours.
• On remote workdays, employees must work from a stable, secure, and compliant workstation in a quiet environment. Teams video is required and must be accessed using Mass General Brigham-provided equipment.

Remote Type

Hybrid

Work Location

399 Revolution Drive

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$147,097.60 - $213,959.20/Annual

Grade

9

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

EEO Statement

0100 Mass General Brigham Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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