Senior Director Enterprise Architecture

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

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

The Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture is a key member of the extended IT leadership team, responsible for developing and maturing a practical enterprise architecture practice that connects infrastructure, applications, data, security, operations and business priorities into an integrated technology roadmap. This role partners closely with IT, business leaders and technology stakeholders to translate strategy into actionable architecture guidance, standards and roadmaps that improve business outcomes.

The role is hands-on, collaborative and consultative. The Senior Director leads the EA practice as an internal advisory capability, helping teams move incrementally toward best practices through coaching, teaching, shared problem solving and pragmatic execution support.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• 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 You Bring:

• 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.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in manufacturing environment preferred

Supervisory Scope:
* Reporting Relationships: Reporting to Vice President Office of the CIO

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time

• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination

• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand

• Must be able to exchange accurate information

• The ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)

• Operates in a professional office environment

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

Compensation and Benefits:

• Salary Pay Range: $200,400.00 - 334,000.00 USD Annual per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.

• Bonus: This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in an amount to be determined by MKS [or as applicable].

• Benefits: MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision), 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, 12 paid holidays, sick time, 15 paid vacation days, [6 weeks fully paid] parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement [and for participation in any stock programs, signing bonus, etc.

This position is open to remote candidate but there is a strong preference to be based HYBRID and within commutable distance to our location in Andover, MA given primary function and support is based there.

We are interested in a qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States and will not be sponsoring work visas for this position, at this time.

MKS is an equal opportunity employer, including disability, veteran status and all categories protected by law. Please review our EOE statements for additional details. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. persons." "U.S. persons" are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("MKS") is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].