Principal Architect - MN or NJ

As a Principal Architect at UnitedHealth Care you will partner with both the lines of business and software delivery leadership to establish 3-year roadmaps that act as guides for achieving the long term strategic plans of the enterprise. In this role you will take on some of the toughest challenges facing our business and will act as a key consultant and guide in achieving our long term strategy by leveraging new and emerging technologies to drive disruption to existing business models.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define the principles that guide technology decisions for the segment and use them to lead an application modernization and rationalization agenda
• Analyze the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture from other lines of business and delivery teams to recommend solutions for improvement
• Rectify gaps and pain points within the current state by influencing the development, communication and implementation of the enterprise technology architecture.
• Design and lead the implementation of a Line of Business Technology Architecture (reference architecture) based on business requirements and IT strategies.
• Build end-to-end solution plans in the form of roadmaps that define the future state solution, scope of solution initiatives, and solution delivery sequencing through architecture transition states
• Align capital programs to Enterprise strategy while leveraging existing components and capabilities across the business segment landscape
• Lead governance activities to ensure Enterprise Technology Architecture compliance
• Communicate the value delivered by the Enterprise Architecture process by communicating outcomes and ongoing results
• Create and foster an environment of innovation by removing roadblocks to enable strategic risk taking, advocating and driving change management activities, modeling the adoption of innovative behaviors and practices, and by committing time and energy on the development coaching and performance feedback for each employee on the team.
• Facilitate change and process improvement within the architecture community
• Engage in Industry technology trends and their application to health care as a visible member of the health care technology community.
• Identify and select the right talent in support of our mission

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of technology experience including software development.
• 5+ years of experience in a large enterprise in a Lead Architect role
• Experience leading architecture solutions that leverage modern software engineering, including implementation of Event Driven Architecture, SOA, and/or Microservice patterns both on-premise and in the public cloud.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technical architecture alternatives
• Track record of success with application modernization and rationalization
• History of introducing new/emerging technology to disrupt business models
• Proven success creating business-enabling technology roadmaps in aligned closely with business leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS / BA in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent education / experience
• 3+ years of engineering experience working on open source, commercially available software and / or Healthcare platforms.
• Experience implementing cloud based solutions including migrating from on-premise to public cloud-based platforms
• Experience moving an organization from waterfall to iterative
• Exceptional interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Proven track record of effective working relationships with executives and key business partners to drive change agendas
• Ability to create a Startup mentality to accelerate the introduction of new capabilities and transform teams
• Prior people management responsibilities including experience with managing and enabling global teams
• Demonstrated strategic thinking abilities and collaboration skills that drive an enterprise-wide perspective and innovative market leading solutions
• Excellent time management, communication, decision making, and presentation skills
• Experience working with vendors in system selection, cost negotiation, and the development of service level agreements
• Ability to understand how to navigate a complex organization, understand the big picture, and influence the enterprise to leverage technology in alignment with our strategies.
• Proven ability to sell ideas to others outside your direct team members
• History of executing with excellence: setting purposeful goals and achieving them through intelligent actions, which balancing competing priorities without losing momentum behind execution

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*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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