Director, IT Architecture & Delivery

University of Texas at Austin•Austin, TX

2d•$207,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, IT Architecture & Delivery leads a portfolio of enterprise technology solutions and programs supporting clinical, operational, administrative, and research environments. This role is responsible for translating strategic priorities into coordinated technology roadmaps, scalable solution designs, and executable delivery plans. The role partners closely with clinical, operational, research, and IT leaders to modernize enterprise technology services and support organizational growth. This position supports a large, integrated healthcare system, including the development and expansion of a tertiary hospital and medical research environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, Business, or a related field
Ten years of progressive experience in solution architecture, program leadership, portfolio management, or technology transformation
Five years of management experience leading professional staff and complex cross-functional initiatives
Experience leading large-scale technology programs in collaboration with architecture, delivery, and operational service teams
Experience aligning multiple projects or solutions into an integrated portfolio or domain roadmap
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Health Informatics, Engineering, or a related field
Experience in hospital, academic medical center, medical research, or other highly complex service environments
Experience supporting new facility activation, enterprise platform transformation, or large-scale modernization efforts
Experience with environments involving EHR, ERP, digital platforms, cloud services, data platforms, analytics, interoperability, or enterprise integration
Experience working in one of the following primary domains: applications, infrastructure, or data, with ability to operate effectively across peer portfolios
TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or similar architecture certification
Project Management Professional (PMP), PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent program or portfolio certification
Relevant healthcare, cloud, data, or service management certifications

Responsibilities

Leads an assigned portfolio of solutions, programs, and projects aligned to organizational priorities for the academic medical center, hospital operations, and research environment
Translates strategic objectives into actionable portfolio roadmaps, implementation plans, and sequencing decisions
Ensures solutions within the portfolio are aligned to one another, technically coherent, and positioned to support future-state operating and service delivery models
Balances near-term delivery commitments with longer-term modernization goals
Leads, coaches, and develops a team of solution architects, program managers, and technical project managers
Establishes clear role expectations, delivery disciplines, decision rights, and performance standards across the team
Builds a collaborative team culture focused on accountability, execution, stakeholder partnership, and continuous improvement
Guides team capacity planning and work prioritization across initiatives and strategic demands
Aligns projects and solutions within the assigned portfolio to reduce duplication, manage dependencies, and improve overall delivery outcomes
Partners with peer portfolio leaders across applications, infrastructure, and data to coordinate roadmaps, shared platforms, and enterprise capabilities
Identifies interdependencies, risks, sequencing conflicts, and integration points across portfolios and service lines
Supports portfolio governance, intake, prioritization, and planning processes to maintain alignment with institutional goals and funding realities
Collaborates with infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, support, platform, and other service delivery teams to align services and operating capabilities to the needs of new and evolving hospital and research facilities
Helps define future-state service models, transition requirements, support readiness expectations, and operational handoffs for new solutions
Advances service modernization through standardization, lifecycle planning, and operational integration
Ensures delivery plans account for production support, resilience, scalability, and service adoption
Oversees solution design direction, program structure, and execution quality across major initiatives in the portfolio
Ensures business, clinical, research, and operational requirements are translated into scalable and supportable technology approaches
Establishes review mechanisms to confirm adherence to standards, architecture principles, security expectations, and integration requirements
Escalates and resolves issues affecting delivery, scope, design integrity, or service readiness
Partners with business, clinical, academic, research, and IT leaders to define priorities, communicate decisions, and maintain alignment
Prepares and presents executive-level portfolio updates, risks, recommendations, and roadmap options
Builds effective coalitions across technical and non-technical stakeholders to enable progress in a complex, matrixed environment
Supports change leadership for large-scale transformation efforts tied to new facility activation, service modernization, and enterprise transformation
Adheres to internal controls and reporting requirements
Participates in capital planning, annual planning, and portfolio review processes
Supports organizational readiness, post-implementation reviews, and lessons-learned activities
Represents the organization in vendor discussions, design workshops, and strategic planning sessions
Performs related duties as required