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Overview
Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you thrive in a collaborative environment that values exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptabililty, we invite you to consider joining our Information Technology department in our Chicago, New York, or London office as a Senior Manager: Enterprise Architecture.
The Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture leads the strategic design, governance, and evolution of the firm's technology landscape to support business objectives, modernization priorities, and long-term technology sustainability. The role serves as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, aligning business capabilities, technology investments, vendor solutions, and AI-enabled opportunities with the firm's strategic direction.
The position is responsible for developing enterprise roadmaps, establishing architecture standards and governance processes, and providing forward-looking visibility into technology lifecycle, modernization, integration, and technical debt considerations. The role evaluates emerging technologies, guides technology and solution decisions, and helps ensure investments support both immediate business needs and long-term enterprise objectives.
In this capacity, the Senior Manager leads enterprise, solution, and integration architecture activities, collaborates with infrastructure, application, data, security, and governance teams, and drives architectural consistency, technology rationalization, and reusable design practices across the enterprise.
Essential Functions
Strategic Architecture & Alignment
Develop and oversee future-state technology architecture and modernization strategies aligned with business objectives, capital planning and firm growth
Design enterprise architecture frameworks, governance models, and technology standards that translate business strategy into actionable technology roadmaps
Ensure alignment between business capabilities, technology investments, and enterprise architecture principles through stakeholder engagement and governance processes
Modernization & Transformation Leadership
Lead IT modernization initiatives to reduce technical debt and support digital innovation
Guide organizational responses to disruptive forces (including AI, cloud, and integration challenges) by assessing the impact of change initiatives on business outcomes
Lead application and platform modernization initiatives to reduce technical debt and improve business agility
Evaluate AI-enabled technologies and solution patterns to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, governance requirements, and strategic objectives
Advance enterprise architecture practices to address AI governance, AI-enabled operating models, and responsible adoption of emerging technologies
Integration Architecture
Lead integration architecture and interface design across enterprise platforms, applications, and data domains
Establish integration standards and reusable patterns that reduce implementation risk and accelerate delivery
Maintain enterprise integration inventories, architectural dependencies, and reference architectures
IT Estate Management & Compliance
Assess the health, sustainability, and strategic fit of the enterprise technology portfolio, recommending modernization, consolidation, and retirement plans
Ensure architecture decisions align with cybersecurity requirements, regulatory obligations, and enterprise governance standards
Evaluate architecture trade-offs across cost, risk, performance, security, and business value
Track technology lifecycles, including adoption, support status, upgrade requirements, end-of-support milestones, and retirement planning
Document critical application attributes, ownership, classifications, vendor information, technical debt, service dependencies, and architectural relationships
Technology Portfolio & Lifecycle Management
Establish technology portfolio strategies that reduce redundancy, improve standardization, and optimize technology investments across the enterprise
Key Deliverables
Enterprise business capabilities and technology roadmap
Architecture governance framework and compliance dashboard
Business-IT alignment and architecture review program
AI-enabled reference architectures and modernization roadmap
Technology change horizon and lifecycle dashboard
Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives
Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes
Education/Training/Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related field
Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Certified Enterprise Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or comparable architecture and cloud certifications are preferred
Strategic & Technical Expertise
10 years of IT and enterprise architecture experience, with 3+ years in leadership or senior individual contributor roles
Deep expertise in enterprise architecture principles, governance frameworks, and business-technology alignment methodologies
Experience working with C-suite and business unit leaders to align technology decisions with enterprise objectives
AI Literacy & Modern Skill Set
Working knowledge of AI capabilities, AI governance principles, emerging AI technologies, and responsible adoption practices
Ability to evaluate AI solutions for feasibility, risk, and strategic fit
Track record of adopting and applying emerging technologies
Interpersonal & Strategic Leadership
Exceptional stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
Strong communication ability, can translate complex technical concepts for business audiences and vice versa
Demonstrated ability to influence technology strategy, investment decisions, and architectural direction across organizational boundaries
Performance Traits
Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all levels of the Firm and outside vendors
Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm
Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines with shifting priorities
Must be a self-starter with a high level of initiative
Strong customer service skills, able to anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects
Maintains confidentiality and exercises discretion
Exercises solid strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
Management Accountabilities
Manages processes for direct reports in regards to performance appraisals, annual compensation, goal setting and performance counselling
Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience
Operational budget analysis and recommendations
Conducts analysis of staffing levels and participation in the recruitment process
Able to determine and implement change processes to improve workflow efficiencies
Process- and service-oriented with strong leadership and project management skills
Able to set priorities and delegate in an efficient manner
General Duties
Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives
Physical Requirements
May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.
May require travel to other offices as needed
This description is not exhaustive, and the Firm may modify it at any time at its sole discretion; nothing herein creates an employment contract or alters the at-will nature of employment.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.
Posted Pay Range
The salary range for this role in Chicago is between $173,000 and $230,000, and in New York between $185,000 and $245,000, although the actual wage or salary could be lower or higher if the candidate's education, experience, skills and internal pay alignment are different from those specified.
Equal opportunity and legal
We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request an accommodation related to the application process or interview, please email uslateralrecruiting@mayerbrown.com. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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