Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture - Enterprise, Operations & Strategy

Sr. Director, Enterprise Architecture - Enterprise, Operations & Strategy

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond.

UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has also been recognized as a Top Employer in Texas by Forbes Magazine. Learn more online , on UT San Antonio Today or on X , Instagram , Facebook , You Tube or Linked In .

Commensurate with education, experience, and qualifications.

Full Time

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM CDT on 10/1/2026. At the discretion of the hiring department, this posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.

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• Contact information for three professional references.

The Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture provides strategic leadership for the institution's enterprise architecture function, ensuring a cohesive technology vision that supports academic, research, clinical, and administrative priorities. Serving as a trusted advisor to the CIO and executive leadership, this role oversees enterprise, business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security architecture, aligning technology investments with institutional goals and long-term strategic objectives.

The Senior Director develops the enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap, establishes governance and architectural standards, and guides modernization and digital transformation initiatives across the institution. The role leads a multidisciplinary architecture team, chairs the Architecture Review Board, and partners closely with IT and business leaders to drive collaboration, reduce technical debt, and deliver scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions that support mission outcomes and future growth.

• Defines and executes the enterprise architecture vision and multi-year roadmap aligned with institutional academic, research, clinical, and administrative priorities.
• Serves as the institution's senior architecture representative with executive leadership, external partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Establishes and chairs architecture governance forums, including the Architecture Review Board, and defines architectural standards, principles, and decision frameworks.
• Implements governance processes that balance standardization, risk management, and innovation while enabling efficient technology delivery.
• Develops and maintains the enterprise architecture operating model, services, processes, and stakeholder engagement framework.
• Leads enterprise, business, application, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, and security architecture practices across the institution.
• Maintains current and future-state architecture models that support strategic planning, modernization, and investment decisions.
• Drives application portfolio rationalization and provides recommendations for investment, modernization, consolidation, and retirement strategies.
• Establishes enterprise data architecture standards supporting analytics, data governance, AI, and institutional decision-making.
• Defines architectural direction for enterprise identity, integration, API, and platform strategies.
• Leads modernization initiatives, including legacy system transformation, cloud adoption, platform consolidation, and technology lifecycle management.
• Establishes frameworks for measuring, prioritizing, and reducing technical debt across the technology portfolio.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and identifies opportunities to leverage innovations such as AI, advanced analytics, and new platform capabilities.
• Embeds architecture practices into project and product delivery through standards, reusable patterns, and advisory support.
• Partners with technology and business leaders to align roadmaps and resolve enterprise-wide architectural challenges.
• Provides…