Director of Architecture

Our company is a $30+ billion in revenues national healthcare provider.  We are seeing a Executive Director of Architecture to be accountable for Enterprise-wide influence on architecture related matters and planning for a defined geographical region for this organization.

 

This position is located in the Los Angeles, California area.

 

The Executive Director 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 architectures; and determine appropriate vendor/partner relations pertaining to architecture.

 

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

§ Partner with Regional BIO in the setting and execution of Regional Strategic imperatives

§ Provide overall architecture guidance, governance and recommendations in support of national and regional programs

§ Assist VP of Regional Architecture and Chief Architect in establishing Enterprise Architecture strategy, goals and objectives

§ Partner with peers within Enterprise Architecture to evangelize architecture principles, standards, methods and strategic direction

§ Serve 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 Region

§ Develop Regional architecture frameworks and blueprints including AS-IS architecture reconciliation, TO-BE architecture reconciliation and the Roadmap to get from AS-IS to TO-BE

§ Drive the transitional architecture for EPIC and Pharmacy

§ Create architectural alignment for PST/PCIS, OSS and SOA

§ Participate in vendor architecture related assessments and reviews

 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

§ 15+ years Information Technology experience

§ 10+ 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 architects

§ 5+ 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 delivery

§ Experience with Open Source Software, Distributed architectures and data/information modeling, ontologies and transformation techniques

§ Proven familiarity with common IT industry architectural frameworks such as Zachman

§ Experience leading geographically dispersed teams

§ Extensive experience in client relationship management

§ Broad-based knowledge of information technology coupled with deep information management, Business Intelligence, and data related technologies

§ Strong customer focus with a demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with business sponsors and technologists

§ Proven track record of implementing and actively managing fundamental architectural frameworks, methodologies, and architectures

§ Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.  MS in Computer Science, IS or other systems related degree is preferred

§ Experience in health care, specifically population care, electronic medical records, claims or pharmacy environments is highly desired

§ Travel up to 10-20% expected