Senior Director, Architecture - Remote

UnitedHealth Group

  • Raleigh, NC
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 17 days ago
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.The Senior Portfolio Architect is a dynamic technical leader with experience in developing and architecting software solutions. Your experience will be both wide and deep in all aspects of the software development landscape. You will be able to easily converse with engineers writing code, often being asked to review that code or help debug particularly troublesome issues. In the very next conversation, you will be asked by C-Suite executives to justify your proposal that the company spend 12M to re-architect, modernize and move a successful product into the cloud. You will work across product, business, and division lines to drive sound solution and product architecture, making decisions that will directly impact the way the products are built and delivered. Coordination between engineering leaders, product leaders and highly technical people on different teams will be a regular part of your job. Specifically, you will:You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere in the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.Primary Responsibilities:
  • Be responsible to craft portfolio wide strategies for: use of AI/ML, Data intake, routing and storage, and application modernization and cloud migration
  • Help the teams execute on these strategies, often participating in specific design and implementation activities
  • Establish, maintain and evangelize architecture best practices throughout the portfolio, including elements such as documentation standards, API best practices, Code Quality, and dependency management
  • Regularly review product engineering practices and processes, along with architecture and documentation
  • Represent the portfolio on company wide architecture councils
  • Participate in technology and company evaluations for potential merger and acquisition scenarios
  • Mentor product architects to help them drive consistency and best practices in their individual products
  • Advise Senior Leadership on technology direction, strategy and roadmap decisions
  • Work with security leadership to ensure compliance and best practices across the portfolio
  • Define architecture for large, ‘big bet’ style projects that represent 10’s or 100’s of millions of dollars of investment
  • Be on the cutting edge, keeping ahead of trends, emerging technology, tools, and practices that could be used to accelerate delivery of capability to the market
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:
  • 15+ years of experience in developing and architecting software solutions, both for internal and external customers
  • Experience and ability to create material for presentations that are concise and impactful
  • Deep understanding of the technical aspects of software engineering from coding through delivery and maintenance
  • Understanding of the healthcare industry from a business perspective
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Proven excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Proven ability to work with a variety of people with diverse goals and create consensus
  • Proven patience, perseverance, and an eye toward detail
  • Proven desire and a passion for good architecture and an infectious positive attitude toward quality
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter PolicyCalifornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $147,300 to $282,800 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.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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