Senior Director, IT Architecture and Strategy

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏛️ Architect

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Rentokil Pest Control North America

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1930

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

👥 B2C

Healthcare • Logistics • B2C

Rentokil Pest Control North America is a company specializing in pest control services throughout North America. They offer solutions for both residential and commercial properties to manage and eliminate pests effectively. Known for their extensive expertise in pest management, Rentokil focuses on providing safe, effective, and environmentally responsible services to address pest issues, ranging from insects to rodents. Their comprehensive programs are designed to protect health, property, and the quality of the environment.

📋 Description

• Serve as a core leader on the Group Enterprise Architecture Board and align North American architecture capabilities with global strategies • Mandate and steer technical strategies across network, cloud, MuleSoft, Apigee, and application domains • Lead the North American Technical Design Authority and Design Review Board • Evaluate, approve, and validate enterprise designs, risk trade-offs, and Architecture Decision Records • Champion Build vs. Buy analyses, vendor RFPs, and emerging technology roadmaps for Gen AI and Agentic AI • Rationalize the broader application ecosystem and reduce technical debt • Act as strategic proxy for the VP of Digital Products in executive forums • Drive alignment among business leaders, technology groups, and external vendors • Mobilize and scale the Solution Architecture organization • Establish career pathways and cross-domain capabilities while eliminating single points of failure • Maintain accountability for security, non-functional compliance, and strategic alignment of high-level designs, API specifications, and data models • Initiate and lead cross-functional discussions aligning business priorities, technical architecture, and execution plans • Guide and mentor Solution Architects to drive technical excellence and capability-driven delivery

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a related technical discipline • Direct, relevant enterprise-scale experience may be substituted on a 1:1 year basis; 12+ years of progressive technical leadership may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree • 12+ years of progressive technology leadership in large-scale enterprise environments • 5+ years directly leading, scaling, and managing solution or enterprise architecture teams, including budget ownership and resource allocation • Proven experience leading or presiding over Technical Design Authorities (TDA) or Design Review Boards (DRB) across complex enterprise ecosystems • Experience driving Build vs. Buy evaluations, managing vendor RFPs, and rationalizing legacy IT platforms • Deep technical knowledge of MuleSoft, Apigee, cloud-native environments such as GCP CloudRun, and emerging AI architectures including Gen AI and Agentic AI • Experience acting as a trusted proxy for VP/C-level executives and translating business goals into multi-year technology roadmaps • Ability to align matrixed organizations around complex architectural strategies • Exceptional executive-level written, verbal, and visual presentation skills • Mastery of technical roadmaps, investment strategies, and Build vs. Buy recommendations • Commercial acumen for evaluating third-party platforms, vendor negotiations, and RFPs • Capability to establish, mature, and enforce enterprise architecture frameworks, ADRs, and DRB SLAs • Ability to balance operational speed with risk mitigation, technical debt reduction, security, and non-functional compliance • Proven talent development and cross-domain capability-building skills • Understanding of distributed platforms, integration patterns, cloud infrastructure, and governance models for emerging technology • Knowledge of service, incident, release, and IT change management frameworks • Ability to meet stated physical demands, including lifting up to 10 pounds, prolonged sitting, repetitive hand motions, oral communication, and near-range visual acuity

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits start day 1 for full-time colleagues; no waiting period • Professional and personal growth opportunities • Multiple avenues to grow your career • Training and development programs • Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues • Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance • 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions • Vacation days and sick days • Company-paid holidays and floating holidays • Health, safety, and flexibility-focused workplace • Performance incentives offered for many roles