Senior Director, Technology Solutions and Integrations

Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Current HHMI Employees,  to apply via your Workday account.

HHMI is focused on supporting and moving science forward in a variety of different ways ranging from conducting basic biomedical research, empowering educators, inspiring students, developing the next generation of scientists – even stretching into film and media production. Our Headquarters is in the greater Washington, DC metro area and is home to over 300 employees with expertise in investments, communications, digital production, biomedical sciences, and everything in between.

The work housed here supports and augments the groundbreaking research conducted in HHMI labs across the nation. As HHMI scientists continue to push boundaries in laboratories and classrooms, you can be sure that your contributions while working here are making a difference.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances scientific discovery and education in the life sciences. The Technology & Systems Management (TSM) team enables that mission by delivering secure, reliable, and forward‑looking enterprise technology capabilities across a complex, distributed environment.

HHMI seeks a Senior Director, Technology Solutions & Integrations to lead the strategy, architecture, governance, and evolution of the Institute’s core enterprise platforms and integrations.

The Senior Director serves as the Institute owner of HHMI’s core business systems and the data integrations and digital services that connect them. This role defines long‑term technology strategy and ensures enterprise systems advance operational effectiveness, data integrity, and user experience in alignment with institutional priorities.

As a strategic partner to scientific and operational leadership, the Senior Director translates complex institutional requirements into cohesive, multi‑year roadmaps that strengthen organizational capability. The role leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for enterprise applications, integration architecture, reporting intelligence, and platform optimization, and collaborates with HHMI’s Everyday

AI team to thoughtfully incorporate AI‑enabled capabilities within enterprise systems.

This position reports to the Chief Technology Officer and is based at HHMI’s headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It follows a hybrid schedule with three in‑office days per week and will have occasional travel to our Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, VA.

• Mission‑Focused Work: The opportunity to shape enterprise technology strategy in direct support of world‑class scientific discovery.
• Strategic Enterprise Partnership Across Science and Operations: Partner with Executive‑level leaders across science and operations to shape, modernize, and lead HHMI’s enterprise technology future.
• Competitive Total Rewards Package: Comprehensive healthcare, generous retirement contributions, paid leave, and additional programs that support well‑being and professional development.

• Provide strategic direction for the design, delivery, and integration of enterprise technology solutions supporting administrative and programmatic operations.
• Serve as a senior technology advisor to leaders across Scientific Programs, Janelia Research, Investments, People & Culture, Finance, Communications, and Operations – building trusted relationships and ensuring solutions meet a wide range of often evolving needs.
• Translate institutional priorities into actionable technology strategies and multi‑year roadmaps.
• Oversee HHMI’s enterprise applications portfolio, including Workday, Ariba, Concur, and other systems that support core operational processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in business architecture, system configuration, release management, and production support practices.
• Direct secure and reliable data integrations across enterprise systems in collaboration with data governance and cybersecurity partners.
• Provide strategic guidance on the analytics and reporting applications to meet Institute needs and priorities.
• Lead intake, prioritization, and resource allocation across competing institutional initiatives.
• Establish…