Director, Chief Architect, Architecture

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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• New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
• Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America
• Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
• Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
• West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, Chief Architect, Enterprise Architecture. This hybrid position will be in Raynham, MA (USA). Alternate hybrid locations may be considered at Raritan, NJ;
West Chester, PA;
Warsaw, IN;
Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements and other necessary approvals. Should you accept this position, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans.

Details of any planned changes will be provided to you at an appropriate time and subject to consultation processes.

The Director, Chief Architect, Enterprise Architecture serves as the senior technology architecture leader for DePuy Synthes, defining and governing enterprise-wide architecture strategy to enable business growth, innovation, scalability, and security. This role partners closely with business, IT, and digital leaders to ensure technology investments align to enterprise strategy and deliver measurable value. The role plays a critical leadership position during the evolution to a standalone DePuy Synthes organization, shaping future-state architecture and enabling operational readiness.

This position reports to the DePuy Synthes Technology organization.

• Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and roadmaps aligned to DePuy Synthes business strategy and IT priorities.
• Lead architecture governance across applications, data, integration, infrastructure, and security to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate business capabilities and strategies into target-state enterprise and solution architectures.
• Guide major technology programs and investments, providing architectural direction, design oversight, and risk mitigation for complex initiatives.
• Establish and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, and patterns to accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt.
• Lead, mentor, and develop enterprise and solution architects, fostering a strong architecture community and culture of collaboration.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to inform strategic recommendations and innovation opportunities.
• Ensure enterprise architecture supports regulatory, quality, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements relevant to the Med Tech environment.

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Preferred:
  Master’s degree (MS or MBA) with a focus on technology, business strategy, or systems architecture.

• 10-12 years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise-wide architecture strategies and leading architecture governance at scale.
• Strong understanding of application, data, integration, cloud, and infrastructure architectures.
• Experience…