Foxit

Director of Application Architecture

Foxit

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Alpharetta • United States

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Lead

About the role

  • Develop and maintain a 3–5 year enterprise architecture roadmap aligned to Foxit’s commercial strategy, subscription growth, and Rule of 40 objectives
  • Translate business priorities across Sales, Product, Finance, and Operations into an integrated systems strategy
  • Identify opportunities to modernize, simplify, and retire redundant or low-value systems
  • Ensure architecture decisions support scale, speed, cost discipline, and long-term business agility
  • Establish architecture standards across CRM, CPQ, NetSuite, licensing management systems, marketplace, eCommerce, and identity platforms
  • Drive simplification of the technology stack through a pragmatic approach: buy where non-differentiated, build where strategic
  • Reduce rework, duplication, and operational friction through stronger integration and platform design discipline
  • Help shape a more connected enterprise ecosystem that supports revenue growth and operational performance
  • Lead an Architecture Review Board (ARB) to evaluate major system changes, integration decisions, and vendor selections
  • Define and enforce enterprise standards for APIs, data models, interoperability, identity, and security alignment
  • Build governance mechanisms that improve decision quality without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
  • Partner closely with Security leadership to ensure systems are secure by design
  • Strengthen identity and access strategy through best practices such as SSO, MFA, SCIM, and role-based access controls
  • Improve data integrity, ownership clarity, and analytics enablement across key systems
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, Operations, and Technology
  • Improve clarity of requirements and reduce friction between business stakeholders and GBITS
  • Help shift the organization from reactive support to proactive, architecture-led partnership.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, IT strategy, business systems leadership, or related technology roles
  • Strong experience in SaaS or subscription-based business environments
  • Hands-on exposure to platforms such as Salesforce, NetSuite, CPQ, licensing systems, and digital commerce ecosystems
  • Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority
  • Strong business acumen, including understanding of revenue models, subscription economics, scalability, and compliance risk
  • Experience building governance and architecture standards that improve clarity and speed rather than slow organizations down
  • Executive-level communication skills with the ability to engage credibly with C-level stakeholders.
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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise architectureIT strategybusiness systems leadershipgovernance standardsAPI designdata modelinginteroperabilitysecurity alignmentanalytics enablementsubscription economics
Soft Skills
influencealignmentbusiness acumenexecutive communicationstakeholder engagementproactive partnershipclarity of requirementsleadershipdecision qualitycross-functional collaboration