Principal Architect - Mid Atlantic Region

COMPANY PROFILEAt approximately $35 billion in revenues, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals (KFHP/H) is Americas largest not-for-profit health maintenance organization. Named after Henry Kaiser, the company has grown from a 12-bed hospital into an integrated health delivery system serving 8.7+ million members in 9 states and the District of Columbia. Kaiser Permanente operates in 8 regions covering Northern California, Southern California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Ohio, Northwest (Oregon and Washington), and Mid-Atlantic States (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia). Care to Kaiser Permanente health plan members is provided primarily through Kaiser owned and operated hospitals (37), medical clinics, and over 12,800 physicians who are partners or employees of the Permanente Medical Groups. There are some 152,000 employees nationwide. Kaiser Permanente is nationally and internationally recognized for providing innovative, high quality, coordinated, evidence based health care. A significant volume of services in several regions is also provided through contracted networks of community hospitals, physicians, and other providers.Kaiser Permanentes eight Regions are comprised of separate, but closely cooperating organizations. These organizations are:Kaiser Foundation Health Plans (KFHP): A non-profit, public-benefit corporation that contracts with individuals and groups to provide HMO and other health benefit plans. KFHP contracts with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and medical groups to provide services.Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH): A non-profit, public-benefit corporation that owns and operates hospitals in California, Oregon, and Hawaii; owns outpatient facilities in all states where they do business; provides or arranges hospital services; and sponsors charitable, educational, and research activities.Permanente Medical Groups (PMG): Partnerships or professional corporations of physicians one in each Kaiser Permanente Region. The full responsibility for providing and arranging necessary medical care is assumed in each Region by the Permanente Medical Groups.Kaiser Permanente has a long-standing and strong commitment to its employees and to organized labor. The Labor Management Partnership (LMP) involves KPs collaboration with over 30 local and eight international unions representing approximately 85,000 KP employees. The LMP is the largest labor management partnership in the U.S. and involves commitments to the collective pursuit of employment security, quality care and service, and organizational performance.POSITION SUMMARYThis position is responsible for Regional Architecture oversight, coordination and development. The Principal of Regional Architecture works across all IT portfolios (Care Delivery, Health Plan, Business Infrastructure, and IT Infrastructure), the VP of Information Management, Chief Technology Officer, all regions, and all national functions. At each point of intersection various architecture related artifacts are planned, designed, and created. This Position will perform architecture assessments and analysis; cost/benefit assessments; resource planning and assessment pertaining to Regional architecture; manage architecture waiver assessments; conduct budget and cost estimation validation for BIO and KP-IT SLT architectures; and determine appropriate vendor/partner relations pertaining to architecture.PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIESPartner with Regional BIO in the setting and execution of Regional Strategic imperativesProvide overall architecture guidance, governance and recommendations in support of national and regional programsAssist VP of Regional Architecture and Chief Architect in establishing Enterprise Architecture strategy, goals and objectivesPartner with peers within Enterprise Architecture to evangelize architecture principles, standards, methods and strategic directionServe on national and inter-regional fact finding, architecture assessments/reviews, and governance projects Provide overall architecture analysis, design, artifacts, technical requirements validation and Logical and Physical architectures for the RegionDevelop Regional architecture frameworks and blueprints including AS-IS architecture reconciliation, TO-BE architecture reconciliation and the Roadmap to get from AS-IS to TO-BEDrive the transitional architecture for EPIC and PharmacyCreate architectural alignment for PST/PCIS, OSS and SOAParticipate in vendor architecture related assessments and reviewsEDUCATION/EXPERIENCE15+ years Information Technology experience10+ years experience in a least two or more architecture domains (applications architecture, information architecture, security architecture, technical infrastructure architecture, etc.)5+ years managing IT resources and architects5+ years project management experience with a demonstrated track record of significant planning, coordination and project management skills, including resource supply and demand planning. Firsthand experience with all phases of the architecture project delivery lifecycle with a documented history of on time, on-budget deliveryExperience with Open Source Software, Distributed architectures and data/information modeling, ontologies and transformation techniquesProven familiarity with common IT industry architectural frameworks such as ZachmanExperience leading geographically dispersed teams Extensive experience in client relationship managementBroad-based knowledge of information technology coupled with deep information management, Business Intelligence, and data related technologiesStrong customer focus with a demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with business sponsors and technologistsProven track record of implementing and actively managing fundamental architectural frameworks, methodologies, and architecturesBachelors degree or equivalent work experience. MS in Computer Science, IS or other systems related degree is preferredExperience in health care, specifically population care, electronic medical records, claims or pharmacy environments is highly desiredTravel up to 10-20% expectedREQUIRED COMPETENCIESStrategic/Systems Thinking: Understands the connections and relationships across functions and entities for both internal and external constituencies; thinks appropriately into the future.Service Orientation: Focuses and aligns actions and decisions on ways to enhance service.Decisiveness: Makes timely and effective decisions.Communication: Sends the right messages and information to appropriate audiences verbally and in writing; keeps people informed; adapts communication style to the needs of the audience.Collaboration/Influence: Actively gathers appropriate level of participation and input to decision-making, and fosters same within team. Persuades others to see/recognize new perspectives to reach best outcomes by utilizing buy-in, persuasion and relationship building.Team Focus: Assembles and effectively leads direct report and/or partnership teams. Exceptional facilitator of team work & decision-making in virtual and in-person settingsChange Leadership: Initiates and/or sponsors change efforts; aligns resources, overcomes resistance, and engages/motivates others to implement and sustain change efforts.Partnership: Strategically partners across areas, entities, and functions to achieve long-term performance goals and re-allocates resources as needed. Works to achieve win-win solutions to achieve outcomes. Holds others accountable for developing and maintaining partnerships.Results Orientation: Does what is necessary to improve performance; balances the resources necessary to produce desired outcomes; tracks and monitors performance.Confidence/Initiative: Has foresight and asserts a willingness to perform in challenging situations; learns from mistakes and from feedback from others.Reward/Recognition: Establishes and maintains a culture that values, rewards, recognizes and reinforces accomplishments, contributions and excellence.Cultural Competence: Considers and uses cultural dimensions in workforce planning and development, and the formulation and enacting of business strategies.Develops Others: Pays personal attention to the growth and development of others, provides constructive feedback, and creates development opportunities.This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanentes Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures. Additional Information Reference Code: 960193 Position Type: Full Time