Sr Director, Solutions Architecture

DaVita Kidney Care • Denver, CO

4d • $148,000 - $234,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Director of Solutions Architecture is responsible for providing strategic vision, transformational leadership, and technical oversight for the Solution Architecture program at DaVita. This role drives the day-to-day leadership of the Solution Architecture team, ensuring that all technical designs are robust, scalable, secure, and tightly aligned with the strategic goals of the enterprise. Acting as a key evangelist and bridge between enterprise architecture, product teams, and business stakeholders, this leader guides digital transformation initiatives and modern platform scaling. They are pivotal in shifting the organization from legacy paradigms to modern, composable architectures, championing “AI-first” and agentic workflows, and establishing rigorous “buy vs. build” frameworks to reduce redundancy, drive innovation, and improve patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related discipline required.
• Minimum of 5–7 years of experience directly managing and developing high-performing, matrixed technology or architecture teams in agile/product-driven environments.
• Proven track record of transformational leadership.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in an Information Technology architecture or technical capacity, with at least 5 years designing modern, cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Hands-on experience with API-led connectivity, microservices, DevOps/DevSecOps practices, and operationalizing AI/ML solutions would be preferred.
• Deep expertise in guiding “buy vs. build” strategies, implementing composable business architectures (e.g., Gartner’s PACE-layered application strategy), and designing agentic AI systems.
• Proficiency with modern Enterprise Architecture management and modeling tools (e.g., LeanIX) to drive architectural visibility and governance.
• Deep technical knowledge and broad healthcare industry experience that fosters prompt analysis of requirements, regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA), and alignment to common healthcare interoperability standards.
• Must possess a strong understanding of relevant healthcare technology vendor products and how to build a seamlessly connected, interoperable ecosystem.
• Fluent in the written and verbal skills necessary to successfully perform the essential functions, duties, and responsibilities of the position.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or relevant advanced industry certifications preferred.
• Hands-on experience with API-led connectivity, microservices, DevOps/DevSecOps practices, and operationalizing AI/ML solutions would be preferred.
• TOGAF, AWS/GCP/Azure Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and evolve the solution architecture disciplines.
• Manage the health of the team including coaching, performance reviews, recruiting, and development.
• Establish KPIs to measure team efficiency and architectural impact on business agility.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous learning and architectural evangelism.
• Develop the overall architectural vision that underlies projected solutions.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality logical and physical designs that align with Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, and business requirements.
• Champion composable architecture paradigms to create modular, interchangeable business capabilities.
• Lead rigorous “buy vs. build” evaluations for new initiatives, taking into consideration Enterprise Architecture policies and guardrails.
• Actively identify opportunities to reduce technology redundancy, optimize technical debt, and leverage commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) or SaaS solutions to accelerate speed-to-market.
• Partner closely with product engineering, platform leaders, product owners, and executive leadership to translate highly complex technical strategies into actionable blueprints.
• Act as a trusted advisor who bridges the gap between technical concepts and measurable business ROI.
• Drive the modernization of legacy thinking by infusing AI-driven capabilities and agentic workflows into solution designs.
• Design patterns for autonomous, AI-augmented systems that enhance operational efficiency and clinical decision-support.
• Mature the Solution Architecture practice by defining policies, procedures, patterns, and standards.
• Chair or actively participate in the Solution Architecture Review Board (SARB) to ensure governance, security, and adherence to enterprise guidance without bottlenecking agile delivery.
• Research changing trends in technology, data architectures, and vendor ecosystems.
• Champion the adoption of next-generation capabilities (e.g., Generative AI, machine learning, cloud-native ecosystems, event-driven architectures), ensuring maximum ROI, agility, and competitive advantage.
• Support digital strategy, identify product line digital opportunities, map customer journeys, and seamlessly introduce new technologies.
• Support Product Line Managers (PLMs) in the development and maintenance of comprehensive product roadmaps.
• Actively support IT portfolio modernization by managing cross-product line (Cross-PL) current and future-state architectures and driving technical debt reduction.
• Other Duties as Assigned

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director