April 17, 2026

Director, Enterprise Architecture (EA)

BJC HealthCare St. Louis, Missouri

That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. This role leads the Core EA team in a federated EA operating model, defines and governs enterprise architecture principles and standards, and ensures coherent cross-domain decision-making across applications, data, security, infrastructure, and integration. Enterprise strategy to architecture translation: Partner with executive leadership and key stakeholders to translate business strategy into enterprise architecture direction, target states, and prioritized roadmaps.Own the EA governance model and decision rights: Define and run EA governance to promote speed, coherence, and value; ensure architectural decisions are made by the right role (enterprise, solution, domain) at the right time.Define enterprise principles, standards, and reference architectures: Establish and maintain enterprise-wide principles, standards, and reference models that enable consistent solution design and reduce fragmentation.Cross-domain alignment and arbitration: Facilitate cross-domain decision-making; arbitrate architectural conflicts and tradeoffs across applications, data, security, infrastructure, and integration.Roadmaps, lifecycle management, and modernization: Lead creation of enterprise modernization roadmaps and lifecycle strategies (e.g., platform and technology lifecycle management) aligned to business capabilities and risk posture.Architecture as a force multiplier for delivery: Ensure Solution Architects and Domain Architects have clear guardrails, patterns, and reusable assets so delivery teams can move quickly while remaining enterprise aligned.Federated Team Structure and Collaboration Lead the Core EA team: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing EA core that serves as the custodian of enterprise direction, governance, standards, and best practices.Enable the federated architecture community: Establish operating rhythms, forums, and collaboration mechanisms that align Enterprise Architects positioned in other teams (e.g., Security, Data) and architects embedded in delivery.Develop architecture talent and role clarity: Maintain clear role boundaries across Enterprise, Solution, and Domain Architects (and Domain SMEs), including expectations, artifacts, and engagement points.Stakeholder engagement and influence: Communicate architecture direction in business-relevant terms; build trust with leaders by balancing risk management with delivery pragmatism.Domain-Specific Responsibilities and Engagement Model It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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