Managing Director, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy

Job Description Job Summary: This role owns the target-state technology blueprint that enables the firm's governed federated operating model and supports BDO's growth from $3B to $6B. Job Duties: Provides strategic leadership and direction for BDO's enterprise architecture function, including ownership of the target-state blueprint across applications, data, integration, cloud, and security Establishes and maintains enterprise reference architectures, design patterns, and standards that govern federated business technology teams while enabling speed, scalability, and disciplined execution Chairs the Enterprise Architecture Review Board and ensures architecture decisions, exceptions, and rationale are documented, communicated, and consistently applied across National IT and federated teams Reviews major technology investments, vendor selections, and platform decisions to reduce duplication, control technical debt, and ensure alignment with the firm's target-state architecture and business priorities Owns enterprise application portfolio strategy, including retain, modernize, retire, and replace decisions, in partnership with Enterprise Platforms, Data & AI, and business stakeholders Defines and establishes enterprise integration, API, data, AI, and cloud architecture standards in partnership with Data & AI and Infrastructure & Cloud Operations, including event-driven patterns, master data strategy, Azure standards, landing zones, and platform guardrails Partners with many of our executive leaders across the firm to ensure embed security and identity architecture are built into solution design, ensuring zero-trust principles, secure-by-default patterns, and appropriate control coverage across the technology estate Leads M&A technology due diligence and integration architecture planning for acquisitions, including target-state integration blueprints, application rationalization, and cutover planning Establishes developer platform and CI/CD standards; maintains architecture standards, decision records, and documentation; and implements technical debt governance and reporting to support secure delivery, transparency, and remediation prioritization Builds and leads an architecture community of practice, evaluates emerging technologies, and advises not only the CIO and IT senior leadership team but also business line leaders on architecture trade-offs, investment decisions, adoption priorities, and enterprise technology strategy Other duties as required Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly manages enterprise architects, application architects, data architects, integration architects, and security architecture liaisons; provides coaching, performance management, and career development Leads architecture team capacity planning, hiring, onboarding, and capability development; builds a team of senior architecture talent aligned to the firm's growth strategy The role also has direct people management responsibility for leading enterprise, application, data, integration, and security architects, including coaching, performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, and capability building Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

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