Architect I
Core
Manages and executes the enterprise architecture decision-governance model, ensuring consistent governance processes, routing decisions to the right people, and managing risk-based guardrails and the Architecture Review Board (ARB) process.
Role type
Senior Enterprise Architect (Governance Lead)
Builds
Enterprise architecture governance frameworks, decision rights models, ARB operating models, and standards adoption processes.
Domain
Enterprise Architecture / IT Governance / Healthcare Technology
Required skills
Enterprise architecture governance, Architecture Review Board (ARB) management, decision rights and authority modeling, risk-based guardrails, stakeholder coordination, cross-domain conflict resolution, standards administration, exception management, process improvement, strategic sourcing coordination, compliance assurance.
Preferred skills
Experience with capability-based planning, portfolio management, lifecycle management, data governance, security and privacy integration, Responsible AI governance, change management.
Technologies
Architecture repositories, governance tools, decision management platforms, collaboration tools.
Responsibilities
Implement and administer enterprise-wide architecture decision rights and escalation paths; manage and facilitate the enterprise Architecture Review Board lifecycle; coordinate architecture engagement in strategic sourcing and vendor selection; administer approval processes for enterprise standards and reusable patterns; manage architecture exceptions and waivers; coordinate cross-functional governance with security, legal, and quality functions; monitor governance effectiveness and recommend process improvements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
