Position Summary

The Principal Enterprise Architect is a senior technology leader responsible for shaping and governing the organization’s enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and investment direction. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this role ensures that cloud, AI, cybersecurity, integration, and digital workplace platforms enable safe, compliant, and scalable business operations while accelerating digital transformation.

This leader balances innovation with reliability, serving as a trusted advisor to executives and clinical, business, and technology stakeholders. The Enterprise Architect ensures technology decisions protect patient data, support regulatory obligations, and deliver long‑term business value.

Essential Functions and Duties

Enterprise Strategy & Architecture Leadership

• Define and steward the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and standards
• Translate business and healthcare strategy into clear, actionable technology roadmaps
• Lead architectural governance to ensure alignment, consistency, and risk management
• Advise executive leadership on technology investment, modernization, and trade‑offs

Digital, Cloud & AI Enablement

• Provide strategic oversight for cloud‑first and hybrid architectures supporting mission‑critical systems
• Guide responsible adoption of AI and advanced analytics to improve efficiency, insight, and outcomes
• Champion modern architecture patterns that improve agility, scalability, and resilience
• Evaluate emerging technologies with a disciplined focus on safety, reliability, and value realization

Integration, Interoperability & Digital Experience

• Define enterprise integration and interoperability strategy across pharmacy, operational, and business platforms
• Enable seamless, secure data flow using APIs, middleware, and integration platforms
• Drive simplification and rationalization of the application and data landscape
• Support a secure, modern digital workplace that enhances clinician and workforce experience

Cybersecurity, Privacy & Risk

• Embed security‑by‑design and zero‑trust principles across all enterprise architectures
• Ensure protection of PHI and compliance with HIPAA and healthcare security standards
• Partner with security, compliance, and risk leaders to proactively mitigate enterprise risk

Financial & Portfolio Stewardship

• Align architecture decisions with financial discipline and portfolio priorities
• Support capital planning, investment governance, and value‑based decision‑making
• Ensure technology investments deliver sustainable operational and clinical value

Experience & Profile

Leadership Background

• 10+ years in enterprise or senior architecture roles
• 5+ years operating in leadership, advisory, or portfolio‑level decision environments
• Proven success influencing executives and aligning diverse stakeholders

Healthcare & Regulatory Experience

• Experience operating in regulated healthcare or similarly complex environments
• Strong understanding of HIPAA, PHI protection, and risk‑based compliance

Technical Depth

• Enterprise application, data, cloud, and infrastructure architecture
• Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• AI/ML concepts and applied enterprise use cases
• Integration platforms, APIs, and interoperability frameworks
• Cybersecurity architecture and identity management

Preferred

• HITRUST or comparable healthcare security frameworks
• Experience with connected devices, IoT, or advanced digital platforms

Executive Competencies:

• Strategic, systems‑level thinking
• Executive communication and influence
• Sound judgment and decision‑making under complexity
• Change leadership and enterprise mindset
• Outcome‑driven, disciplined, and collaborative

Why This Role Matters

This position directly shapes how technology enables patient safety, regulatory trust, operational excellence, and digital growth. It is a high‑impact role for a leader who can bridge strategy and execution while modernizing specialty pharmacy and pharmaceutical distribution technology platforms responsibly.

Physical requirements

Vision, hearing, speech, movements requiring the use of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Must have the ability to view a computer screen for prolonged periods and the ability to sit for extended periods. Must have the ability to work the hours and days required to complete the essential functions of the position, as scheduled. Must have the ability to lift and maneuver items of at least 20 lbs. Must have the ability to travel occasionally. Working condition include normal office setting.

Mental Demands

Learning, thinking, concentration and the ability to work under pressure, particularly during busy times. Must be able to pay close attention to detail and be able to work as a member of a team to ensure excellent customer service. Must have the ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers, and exercise self-control and diplomacy in customer and employee relations’ situations. Must have the ability to exercise discretion as well as appropriate judgments when necessary. Must be proactive in finding solutions.

Direct Reports

Yes or No

EEO Statement

FFF Enterprises and Nufactor are an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on the following characteristics: race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, age (40 years and over) qualified veteran and any other characteristic protected by state or federal anti-discrimination law covering employment. These categories are defined according to Government Code section 12920. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.