DDI Leadership - Business Architect

Gainwell Technologies LLC•Any city, OH

3d•$108,500 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

Provides Principal-level leadership for business solution architecture and integrated Provider DDI delivery, with accountability for business alignment, execution, readiness, quality, and measurable client outcomes. The role translates business objectives, policies, and stakeholder needs into future-state capabilities, processes, requirements, and solution direction while orchestrating functional, data, testing, PMO, vendor, architecture, and operational workstreams. It governs the end-to-end business solution, manages dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and executive escalations, and drives alignment from discovery through implementation and go-live. As deputy to the Engagement Lead, the position supports client governance and key program decisions, acts on the Engagement Lead’s behalf when delegated, and maintains leadership continuity across the engagement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; degree in business, information technology, engineering, healthcare administration, or related field preferred.
Seven or more years of progressive solution delivery leadership experience in large-scale implementation environments.
Experience leading complex Provider, Medicaid Enterprise, healthcare, or highly regulated delivery programs across multiple workstreams, vendors, and client stakeholders.
Ability to connect business strategy and policy requirements to executable functional, technical, data, integration, and operational designs.
Experience facilitating complex design decisions and obtaining alignment among client executives, business owners, architects, delivery leaders, vendors, and technical teams.

Responsibilities

Own integrated Provider DDI delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and readiness gates.
Lead the integrated delivery operating model, driving accountability and alignment across business, functional, technical, data, testing, PMO, vendor, architecture, and operational teams.
Own customer process analysis, define future-state capabilities and operating models, and drive approved improvements through implementation.
Translate business objectives, policies, contractual commitments, and stakeholder needs into business capabilities, requirements, solution principles, and implementation priorities.
Own and govern the business solution architecture, ensuring alignment among business processes, requirements, functional designs, technical designs, integrations, and operational needs.
Manage cross-workstream dependencies, delivery tradeoffs, sequencing conflicts, blockers, and critical-path risks with clear recommendations and recovery actions.
Drive resolution and documentation of architectural issues, gaps, assumptions, decisions, and changes, ensuring corrective actions are reflected across delivery artifacts.
Own integrated readiness across SIT, UAT, operational readiness, deployment preparation, and go-live.
Translate delivery risks, architecture impacts, and readiness gaps into business implications, decision options, and executive recommendations.
Serve as deputy to the Engagement Lead, supporting client governance, executive communications, stakeholder alignment, escalations, and key program decisions.
Act on behalf of the Engagement Lead when delegated, maintaining leadership continuity and ensuring timely decisions and follow-through across the engagement.