Director - Chief Enterprise Architect

This Director, Chief Enterprise Architect will be building the future here at Henry Ford Health!

Henry Ford Health is in the middle of one of the most significant growth and transformation chapters in its more than 100‑year history. Following the 2024 JV with Ascension Michigan, HFH has rapidly expanded its statewide footprint, scale, and complexity—operating as a multi‑billion dollar, nationally recognized, integrated health system serving millions in Michigan and beyond.

This is NOT a "keep the lights on" architecture leader. This is a "define the future state of the enterprise" role!

The Director, Chief Enterprise Architect is the senior‑most authority on enterprise architecture within Henry Ford Health (HFH). This role provides strategic leadership to ensure technology investments align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. It drives innovation, interoperability, and digital transformation initiatives to enhance patient care, operational efficiency, and data security.

The Chief Enterprise Architect is responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise‑wide architecture strategic framework used to align organizational business goals with IT infrastructure, systems, and processes. Key domains include:

• Business Architecture
• Application Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Technology Architecture
• Security Architecture

The position is responsible for identifying, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and reporting on enterprise architecture key performance indicators. It also manages budgets, project prioritization, strategic planning, execution, policies, procedures, and guiding practices.

The Chief Enterprise Architect reports to the VP, Chief Information Privacy and Security Officer and works collaboratively with IT and business unit leadership to ensure the enterprise architecture framework is aligned with policies, processes, applicable laws, and regulations. The role leads direct and indirect staff development for architecture team members to maintain a service culture and equity.

Provides leadership, vision, managerial oversight, development, implementation, and execution of Henry Ford Health Enterprise Architecture Planning. Maintains policies and processes that enable HFH to establish consistent, efficient, and appropriate controls over departmental services. Sets performance expectations for direct reports and provides constructive performance feedback on a regular basis.

Responsible for communications and reporting of metrics, deliverables, and risks. The primary responsibility is to continually assess and deliver improvements on strategic alignment between business and IT: reducing or eliminating technical debt, supporting scalability and agility in adapting to change, and setting architectural technology standards.

Fosters a culture of customer service, disciplined business conduct, and healthy communication. Ensures each team member understands their role and responsibilities and is accountable for performance. Allocates resources so timelines, commitments, and service levels are met.

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and roadmap aligned with organizational goals and healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Lead and govern Enterprise Architecture Steering Committee, Architecture Review Board (ARB), and domain architecture teams.
• Identify opportunities and lead the development of system policies, standards and procedures related to enterprise architecture.
• Establish and enforce reference architecture, standards, frameworks, and governance processes.
• Develop, acquire, and create architecture and technology controls that satisfy requirements and direct periodic control validation.
• Govern and lead a high‑performing team of architects across domains.
• Develop and maintain relationships across technology organizations, the security industry, peer organizations, and other entities to benchmark architecture programs and stay current with best practices.
• Optimize departmental resource use and establish linkages with other business units within Henry Ford Health to support departmental goals and…