Sr Principal Enterprise Architect

Overview

Waters is seeking a Senior Principal Enterprise Architect to provide enterprise‑wide architectural leadership during a pivotal period of transformation. This role is responsible for shaping Waters' long‑term technology direction while playing a critical leadership role in the integration of BD businesses, platforms, and data into the Waters ecosystem.

As a senior individual contributor with broad influence, the Principal Enterprise Architect will operate at the intersection of business strategy and technology execution-guiding complex architectural decisions, enabling large‑scale integration programs, and ensuring that near‑term transformation choices support long‑term scalability, resilience, and value creation.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

* Define, evolve, and govern Waters' enterprise architecture across business capabilities, applications, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, and security.

* Translate business strategy into actionable target‑state architectures and multi‑year roadmaps.

* Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders on complex trade‑offs involving cost, speed, risk, and scalability.

* Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and reference architectures to drive consistency and reuse across the enterprise.

BD Integration Leadership

* Act as the enterprise architecture authority for the BD Integration program, ensuring alignment with Waters' strategic and technical direction.

* Guide architectural decisions across ERP, commercial platforms, data, integration layers, and infrastructure.

* Lead architectural input into master data strategy, system rationalization, integration patterns, and TSA exit planning.

* Ensure reuse of Waters' platforms, patterns, and standards while avoiding unnecessary duplication of legacy BD environments.

* Provide architectural governance across cross‑functional work streams, managing dependencies, sequencing, and risk throughout the integration lifecycle.

Technology Strategy & Enablement

* Evaluate emerging technologies and architectural patterns to support innovation, efficiency, and future growth.

* Develop and maintain enterprise‑level architecture artifacts, including capability models, reference architectures, and standards repositories.

* Mentor and influence architects, engineers, and technical leaders, raising architectural maturity across the organization.

* Enable faster, higher‑quality decision‑making by bringing structure, clarity, and enterprise perspective to complex initiatives.

Qualifications

Education

* Bachelor's degree required;
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline preferred.

Experience

* 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or related senior technical leadership roles

* Demonstrated experience leading architecture for large‑scale, enterprise transformation or integration initiatives

* Proven track record operating as a senior individual contributor, influencing strategy and outcomes without direct line management

* Experience working within complex, global, matrixed organizations

* Hands‑on experience with enterprise platforms such as ERP, data, integration, and cloud technologies in a regulated or large‑enterprise environment

Key Skills & Competencies

* Enterprise data, analytics, and AI strategy

* Master data management and data governance

* Data architecture and data engineering

* Advanced analytics and AI‑enabled decision support

* Executive communication and influence

* Change management and organizational adoption

* Agile / Scrum leadership and delivery

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:

WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and…