[Hiring] Director, Enterprise Architecture and Integrations @International Rescue Committee

Role Description

The Director, Enterprise Architecture and Integration owns architecture and integration across the enterprise application portfolio. The role sets integration patterns and technical standards, owns the architecture decisions that span core platforms, and manages the teams whose work sits closest to integration and custom application development. It carries an architecture mandate alongside direct team management.

The role works closely with the Head of AI and T4P Engineering and with cross-functional partners across IT, including GIS and Infrastructure.

Major Responsibilities

• Architecture and Standards (30%)
  • Own enterprise integration patterns and technical standards across the application portfolio.
  • Establish and maintain standards for how applications are built, integrated, and supported.
  • Apply a configure-before-develop standard so custom engineering is the exception rather than the default.
  • Document the integration and architecture boundaries that have historically been managed informally.
• Integration and Custom Applications (25%)
  • Own the integration layer across the portfolio: patterns, tooling, and standards.
  • Set technical direction for custom application development.
  • Partner with platform owners to design integrations that fit the broader architecture.
• Team Leadership and Operations (15%)
  • Lead and manage the teams closest to integration and custom application development.
  • Set priorities, manage workload, and develop team leads and engineers.
  • Manage the team budget and track spend against plan.
  • Support the recruitment of technical staff as the team evolves.
• Cross-Functional Coordination (15%)
  • Coordinate with the Head of AI and T4P Engineering on architecture and integration boundaries.
  • Partner with the Enterprise Applications leadership team to align architecture decisions with portfolio priorities.
  • Coordinate with the data team on data architecture and integration boundaries.
  • Coordinate with GIS and Infrastructure on shared platform boundaries.
  • Work with the Director, AI Platforms and Digital Workplace on boundaries between the digital workplace stack and the enterprise application portfolio.
• Governance and Documentation (15%)
  • Maintain documentation of architecture decisions, integration patterns, and technical standards.
  • Ensure architecture and integration work aligns with organizational policies.
  • Surface architecture risk and technical debt plainly.
  • Establish enterprise architecture into the organization's operations and governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT, enterprise applications, or architecture roles.
• At least 3 years in a leadership position managing a team.
• Experience setting architecture direction and technical standards in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to translate organizational needs into clear integration patterns and architecture decisions.
• Track record of managing budgets for technology work.

Requirements

• Deep working knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, API management, and integration tooling.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise platforms such as ERP (D365 F&O), HCM (Workday), ITSM (ServiceNow), and collaboration platforms (M365, Box).
• Experience owning technical standards and holding delivery teams accountable to them.
• Comfort assessing build-versus-configure tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated experience establishing enterprise architecture governance.
• Hands-on background in application development and integration delivery.
• Experience leading custom application and web teams (Drupal experience a plus).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience in a nonprofit, international development, or humanitarian sector IT environment.
• Experience coordinating architecture boundaries across infrastructure and applications teams.
• Experience with API management platforms (e.g., Azure APIM, Apigee).
• Experience with event-driven and messaging architectures (e.g., Azure Service Bus, Kafka).
• Familiarity with cloud-native integration tooling (e.g., Azure Functions, Logic Apps, iPaaS solutions).
• Experience building on serverless and microservices patterns.

Working Environment

• This role is remote, with the possibility of in-person work depending on location.
• Stakeholders are located across multiple time zones (GMT-8 to GMT+3).
• This role is open to candidates located and with the right to work in the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Kenya.

Compensation

• USA: ($158,492 - $184,536 annually).
• UK: (£77,499 - £93,814 annually).

Professional Standards

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability.

Equal Opportunity Employer

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.