Chief Technology Officer​/Vice Chair - Enterprise Architecture

Chief Technology Officer / Vice Chair - Enterprise Architecture

Why Mayo Clinic:
Mayo Clinic is top‑ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

City:
Rochester
State: MN

Remote: NO
Department:
Information Technology

• Medical:
  Multiple plan options.
• Dental:
  Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision:
  Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre‑Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement:
  Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

The Vice Chair of Enterprise Architecture provides strategic leadership for enterprise architecture services across Mayo Clinic, including clinical, research, education, administration, and business units. This role is responsible for translating the technology vision and strategy established by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) into enterprise architectural requirements, standards, and roadmaps that can be implemented by engineering and product teams across the Digital Technology Organization.

The Vice Chair leads the development and governance of architecture frameworks, reference models, and enterprise standards that ensure alignment with Mayo Clinic’s strategic objectives, technical direction, and regulatory requirements. This role collaborates closely with the CIO, peer Vice Chairs, and cross‑functional technology and business leaders to ensure architecture enables innovation, interoperability, scalability, and business value. The Vice Chair reports to the CIO and is a member of the Department of Information Technology’s Executive Leadership team.

The scope includes Mayo Clinic Rochester, Mayo Clinic Health System, Florida, Arizona, and all Mayo Clinic business entities.

• Create and execute an enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap, in alignment with organizational strategy and technology priorities, that defines standards, guardrails, and principles.
• Lead enterprise architecture governance activities in service to the Technology Enablement Committee and in partnership with other technology leaders.
• Ensure architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), multi‑cloud environments, data management, microservices, APIs, Dev Ops, and containerization are leveraged to support organizational objectives.

• Define and maintain enterprise, domain, solution, and application architectures aligned to Mayo’s business and technology goals.
• Establish and chair the architecture review functions to ensure architectural integrity, reuse, and alignment across all technology initiatives.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, reusable design patterns, and standards to accelerate solution delivery.
• Oversee architecture compliance, ensuring designs meet cybersecurity, data governance, and regulatory (HIPAA, SOX, GDPR) requirements.
• Partner with engineering and delivery leaders to ensure architectural direction is implemented effectively and consistently.

• Collaborate with peer Vice Chairs (in Information Technology, Center for Digital Health, Risk/OIS) to ensure alignment between enterprise architecture and technology delivery.
• Work closely with physician and administrative partners, business owners, and shield leaders to ensure architecture decisions meet clinical, research, and business needs.
• Build trusted relationships with technology vendors and strategic partners to advance Mayo Clinic’s architectural capabilities and innovation agenda.
• Work jointly with Finance, HR, and administrative teams on architecture‑related strategy execution, ensuring transparency and cross‑functional collaboration.

• Ensure the delivery of effective and efficient enterprise architecture services, processes, and governance that enable timely and high‑quality technology outcomes.
• Establish and monitor architecture…