Head of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

MKS Instruments; Andover (MA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 334,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

12 paid holidays

15 paid vacation days

6 weeks parental leave

Job summary

MKS Instruments in Andover, MA is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture to lead and mature the EA practice across solution, technical, information and data architecture. You will translate strategy into actionable roadmaps and standards while coaching teams toward pragmatic execution.

The role requires 15+ years of experience, strong cross-domain expertise, and excellent communication. The position supports hybrid work with proximity to Andover and offers a comprehensive

Qualifications

• 15+ years of related experience.
• Strong enterprise architecture expertise across business, solution, technical, information, application and data architecture.
• Ability to connect business strategy, operating models, financial considerations, risk management and technology roadmaps.
• Knowledge of modern technology ecosystems, including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, advanced analytics and emerging technologies.
• Experience with IT service management, system development life cycle practices, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, EA frameworks and ITIL.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex environments, identify gaps and develop practical roadmaps that improve business and IT outcomes.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Collaborative, pragmatic and consultative leadership style, with strong systems thinking, design thinking, planning and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mature the enterprise architecture practice across solution, technical, information, application and portfolio architecture.
• Develop an integrated enterprise IT strategy that aligns domain roadmaps, investment priorities, operating model needs and business outcomes.
• Provide practical architecture guidance to business and IT teams, translating best practices into realistic transition plans and incremental adoption steps.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, security, data and business stakeholders to define target-state architecture, platform standards and rationalization roadmaps.
• Assess the application and technology landscape to reduce duplication, consolidate overlapping capabilities, retire low-value tools and optimize major platforms and point solutions.
• Establish and evolve EA governance, standards and minimal viable architectures that guide project, product and technology decisions.
• Develop diagnostic and actionable deliverables, including current-state and future-state models, capability assessments, roadmaps and investment recommendations.
• Build relationships across IT and the business by engaging teams where they are, explaining architectural direction and coaching adoption.
• Develop architecture talent, skills, competencies and operating practices needed to support a high-performing EA function.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Strategic alignment

Stakeholder collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Job description

MKS Instruments in Andover, MA is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture to lead and mature the EA practice across solution, technical, information and data architecture. You will translate strategy into actionable roadmaps and standards while coaching teams toward pragmatic execution.

The role requires 15+ years of experience, strong cross-domain expertise, and excellent communication. The position supports hybrid work with proximity to Andover and offers a comprehensive