Senior Director, Enterprise Solution Architecture

Your future role at a glance

• Location: Remote
• Department: Clinical Experience
• Schedule: Day shift | Full time
• Salary: $146,000 - $248,200 per year
• Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

How you'll make an impact in this role

• Own and lead Enterprise Solution Architecture for large-scale, enterprise-wide initiatives
• Partner with Portfolio Executives, Enterprise Architects, and business leaders to deliver end-to-end architecture leadership—from early concept through deployment—ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy, governance, and business outcomes.
• Identify technology pain points and leads platform modernization, application portfolio simplification, and standardization efforts to improve resilience, reduce cost, and optimize performance metrics.
• Architect complex, cross-domain solutions spanning COTS, cloud/hyperscalers, infrastructure, data, AI, security, integration, and custom development.
• Bring strong executive presence and modeling expertise (business, data, application, technology, and security architecture); excelling in navigating matrixed environments, influencing stakeholders, and delivering high-quality outcomes under ambiguity and compressed timelines.

What minimum qualifications you'll need

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

What additional requirements you'll need

• 10 or more years of architecture experience; experience working in a large global IT environment strongly preferred.
• Healthcare IT experience is highly preferred, ideally encompassing a broad range of business areas, care delivery settings, including related processes, integration and solution exposure.
• Familiarity with The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and architecture modeling tools (e.g. Abacus, IBIS, Orbus iServer, MEGA, LeanIX, etc.

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

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Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)Various health insurance options & wellness plansRetirement benefits including employer match plansLong-term & short-term disabilityEmployee assistance programs (EAP)Parental leave & adoption assistanceTuition reimbursementWays to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.