Senior Technology Strategist / Enterprise Architect (Contract)

Connect Centric; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Centric is seeking a senior technology strategy leader to guide enterprise architecture and IT consulting across complex initiatives for associations and nonprofit members. The role focuses on assessing systems, designing target architectures, and building roadmaps with clear priorities, costs, and staffing needs.

You will present findings to executive leadership and boards, lead discovery sessions, and ensure alignment with business models including membership, education, and events.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology strategy, enterprise architecture or IT consulting.
• Led at least two technology assessments or strategic roadmaps for associations or nonprofits.
• Knowledge of association business models: membership, education, professional development, events.
• Hands-on experience with AMS, LMS, CMS and e-commerce platforms.
• Experience designing data integration and reporting across cloud (SaaS) platforms.
• Experience estimating implementation cost, timeline and staffing.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executives or a board.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with executives, IT staff and business teams.
• Assess current systems, integrations, data flows, workflows and project risks.
• Build systems inventories and integration maps.
• Recommend future-state technology architecture and integration strategy.
• Develop technology roadmaps with priorities, sequencing, estimated timing and costs, dependencies, risks and staffing needs
• Present findings and recommendations to executive leadership and boards

Skills

Technology strategy

Enterprise architecture

IT consulting

Board presentation

Tools

AMS

LMS

CMS

E-commerce platforms

Job description

At Connect Centric, we are more than just consultants-we are partners committed to our clients' success. We take a hands-on approach, working closely with our clients to transform strategies into measurable, real-world outcomes. As a strategy execution team, we take full ownership of every initiative from start to finish, ensuring that our clients see tangible results, not just ideas.

*This position is contingent upon contract award.
Award is anticipated in early 2027, with work beginning shortly after.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with executives, IT staff and business teams
• Assess current systems, integrations, data flows, workflows and project risks
• Build systems inventories and integration maps
• Recommend future-state technology architecture and integration strategy
• Develop technology roadmaps with priorities, sequencing, estimated timing and costs, dependencies, risks and staffing needs
• Present findings and recommendations to executive leadership and boards

Required expertise

• 8+ years in technology strategy, enterprise architecture or IT consulting
• Has led at least two technology assessments or strategic technology roadmaps for associations, professional societies or nonprofit membership organizations
• Working knowledge of association business models: membership, education and professional development, credentialing, events, publications, sponsorships and member engagement
• Hands-on experience with association management systems (AMS), learning management systems (LMS), website content management systems (CMS) and e-commerce platforms
• Experience designing data integration and reporting approaches across cloud (SaaS) platforms
• Experience estimating implementation cost, timeline and staffing for technology initiatives
• Has presented recommendations to executive leadership or a board

Preferred qualifications

• TOGAF or similar architecture certification
• Experience with Microsoft 365 environments
• Experience planning member-facing digital experiences such as website redesigns or member portals