Director, Enterprise IT Architecture - Hybrid (PA/NJ/DE)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association•Philadelphia, PA

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our organization is looking for dynamic individuals who love to learn, thrive on innovation, and are open to exploring new ways to achieve our goals. If this describes you, we want to speak with you. You can help us achieve our vision to lead nationally in innovating equitable whole-person health. Independence Blue Cross (IBC) is seeking an Enterprise Architect & Innovation leader to drive companywide technology strategy, architecture, and governance. In this role, the director will help define the organization's technology portfolio and roadmap and drive towards an end state that would meet the portfolio needs for all lines of business in IBC. IBC is looking for a person with a sense of ownership who is comfortable executing and is not afraid to roll sleeves to get the job done. The EA leader will promote the adoption of contemporary cloud eco systems, modern enterprise integrations, advanced application development and data engineering practices, and open-source software. This role also requires significant collaboration with business, technical stakeholders, and external vendors at all levels. The director will have a balanced skill set of deep technical expertise along with soft skills/competencies with an ability to build consensus and iteratively improve solutions across the organization. This leader is expected to conduct market scans, drive rapid POCs and bring innovative leading-edge solutions to IBC. To thrive in this role, the person should be a self-starter, lead by example, and be able to influence and credibly lead other architects in the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline
At least 10-15 years' experience across the disciplines of technology, data, solution, enterprise, and business architecture
10 - 12 years of experience with creating and implementing enterprise-wide application, data, integration, security, and monitoring strategies
At least 9+ years of experience of creating architectural blueprints, solution designs and patterns
At least 10 years' experience in people development and management
7- 8 years of experience with complex architectural patterns (Microservices, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, iPaaS, APIs, event driven architecture, and Domain Driven Design) and data engineering and platforms (data pipelines, streaming, Data Lake, Cloud Data Warehousing)
10+ years of experience of working with business leaders on the implications of architectural decisions
At least 3 years of exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP
Knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF, BIZBOK, ITIL, SAFe etc.
Excellent written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Strong leadership skills with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills
Working knowledge across all project types - waterfall, agile and hybrid
Must have an Android or iOS device which is compatible with the free Microsoft Authenticator app.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within a healthcare environment, specifically within a managed care organization, highly preferred
Understanding of legacy, new, and emerging technologies in the Healthcare/Payor sector
Executive presence with an ability to engage and present to senior leaders

Responsibilities

Develop technology vision and roadmaps for the organization to meet the business goals
Design and evolve the EA operating model to suit the business and IT needs
Own and facilitate the architecture development, support, and review for all the ongoing and future initiatives in the organization
Act as the chair for the Architecture review board and facilitate the design review sessions for solutions
Conduct market scans, identify trends, and bring leading technology solutions such as Generative AI, Blockchain, Digital Identity etc. to IBC
Lead EA team and revitalize it to support next generation of technology and digital programs
Advice and collaborate with software, data, and cloud engineering disciplines
Stakeholder Management across Business, IT and Vendor organizations
Own the new technology decision framework and onboarding process by coordinating with the internal and external stakeholders
Implement solutions in Public, Private and Hybrid cloud models and ensure that solutions are built for scalability, fault-tolerance, and reliability
Acts as integrator for IT development, operations and security ensuring that all aspects are accounted for development and secure, reliable post go-live operations
Document reusable technical patterns and best practices and promote reuse within the organization
Architect and lead the development of analytical data solutions and products on public cloud such as AWS, GCP or Azure
Manage the IT Applications Portfolio across the organization
Balance the long-term vision with the tactical needs of the organization
Work closely with the Enterprise and Domain architects embedded in engineering teams to jump start and support complex projects
Groom existing architects and promote hiring of top engineering talent
Work with directors across portfolio, PMO and Product to influence technical roadmap of enterprise platforms; and help business prioritize work.