Senior Principal IT Architect - Supply Chain & Manufacturing
Medtronic
Summary
The Enterprise Architecture & Strategy function defines the technology direction, architectural standards, and capability roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and resilient business operations across Medtronic. This role is focused on Supply Chain and Manufacturing, partnering with business, technology, data, and engineering teams to shape enterprise architecture strategy, drive modernization initiatives, and align technology investments with operational priorities.
Job description
A Day in the Life
The Enterprise Architecture & Strategy function defines the technology direction, architectural standards, and capability roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and resilient business operations across Medtronic. This role is focused on Supply Chain and Manufacturing, partnering with business, technology, data, and engineering teams to shape enterprise architecture strategy, drive modernization initiatives, and align technology investments with operational priorities.
This role serves as the Enterprise Architect for Supply Chain and Manufacturing, providing strategic architecture leadership across business capabilities, applications, data, integrations, and operational technologies. The position is responsible for defining future-state architecture, governing technology investments, enabling digital transformation initiatives, and ensuring alignment between business priorities and enterprise technology strategy.
Primary Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the Supply Chain and Manufacturing target architecture, capability models, and multi-year technology roadmap.
- Govern the application portfolio by identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt, rationalize legacy platforms, and optimize total cost of ownership.
- Architect end-to-end data, integration, and digital thread capabilities across Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- Lead architecture strategy for supply chain planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), logistics, warehouse operations, and external partner integrations.
- Govern architecture for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), edge computing, and shop-floor automation solutions.
- Assess technology solutions, identify architectural risks, and provide guidance through architecture review and governance processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders, architects, portfolio leaders, data, security, and engineering teams to evaluate technology investments and transformation initiatives.
- Present architectural recommendations, roadmaps, and governance outcomes to senior leadership and Architecture Review Board stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience OR advanced degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience developing enterprise, solution, application, or technology architecture strategies and roadmaps.
- Experience supporting Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, or related business domains.
- Experience with enterprise data, integration, and application architecture across complex technology landscapes.
- Demonstrated fluency using artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI, in business and technical environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Supply Chain planning, logistics, warehouse management, manufacturing operations, or Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms.
- Experience in enterprise architecture frameworks, capability modeling, technology portfolio governance, and modernization initiatives.
- AWS Solution Architecture, SAP architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), or related architecture certifications.
- Experience within the medical device industry or other highly regulated industries.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience OR advanced degree and 8+ years of relevant experience
- Experience developing enterprise, solution, application, or technology architecture strategies and roadmaps
- Experience supporting Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, or related business domains
- Experience with enterprise data, integration, and application architecture across complex technology landscapes
- Demonstrated fluency using artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI, in business and technical environments
- Experience with Supply Chain planning, logistics, warehouse management, manufacturing operations, or Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes
- Experience with ERP, MES, PLM, CRM, or IIoT platforms
- Experience in enterprise architecture frameworks, capability modeling, technology portfolio governance, and modernization initiatives
- AWS Solution Architecture, SAP architecture, TOGAF, or related architecture certifications
- Experience within the medical device industry or other highly regulated industries
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- Well-Being Program
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-Qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.