Vice President, Technology Strategy and Architecture Leader
About The Position
Define and execute a cohesive technology strategy that seamlessly connects modernization, optimization, and innovation to drive exponential enterprise growth and transformation. Champion the adoption of next-generation AI and Agentic technologies. Lead, mentor, and evolve the enterprise and solution architecture disciplines. Establish robust, scalable, and secure architectural frameworks that support long-term business objectives. Challenge the status quo on technology investments. Bring a fresh, pragmatic perspective to build/buy/partner decisions, ensuring maximum ROI, agility, and speed to market. Scale platforms and capabilities in a meaningful way across diverse stakeholder groups. Bridge the gap between complex technical concepts and business outcomes, ensuring alignment from the engineering floor to the C-suite. Establish a technology platform that leverages data and insights to drive intelligent, real-time decision-making. Architect a highly connected, interoperable ecosystem integrating both internal systems and external partners. Build security and trust as foundational pillars of the architecture, ensuring resilient and compliant operations. Champion the creation of a comprehensive blueprint mapping our technology, product, and capability landscape through platforms like LeanIX, ServiceNow, Apptio, or similar tools. Use this to understand dependencies, manage costs, identify opportunities for rationalization, and enable seamless business continuity planning. Establish robust governance mechanisms to monitor adherence to enterprise guidance and architectural frameworks. Define and track strategy realization metrics to ensure sustained focus and alignment across the organization. Serve as an evangelist for continuous improvement and technological courage. Inspire teams to embrace change and foster a culture of resilience, curiosity, and high performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred, related experience to be considered.
- 15+ years of leadership experience with a proven track record as a VP or SVP leading technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and solution architecture at scale.
- Deep, practical understanding of AI, machine learning, Agentic workflows, and cloud-native architectures.
- Demonstrated success in driving large-scale digital transformations and creating tangible “speed to value” outcomes.
- Experience upending traditional IT models, specifically around re-evaluating build vs. buy decisions and optimizing vendor/partner ecosystems.
- Ability to translate highly complex technical strategies into compelling business narratives for executive stakeholders and board members.
- A passionate leader who knows how to attract, develop, and retain top-tier architectural and engineering talent.
- Deep passion and understanding of external perspectives from top-tier consulting and research organizations, with proven experience translating those insights into actionable transformation roadmaps within enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a cohesive technology strategy that seamlessly connects modernization, optimization, and innovation to drive exponential enterprise growth and transformation.
- Champion the adoption of next-generation AI and Agentic technologies.
- Lead, mentor, and evolve the enterprise and solution architecture disciplines.
- Establish robust, scalable, and secure architectural frameworks that support long-term business objectives.
- Challenge the status quo on technology investments.
- Bring a fresh, pragmatic perspective to build/buy/partner decisions, ensuring maximum ROI, agility, and speed to market.
- Scale platforms and capabilities in a meaningful way across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Bridge the gap between complex technical concepts and business outcomes, ensuring alignment from the engineering floor to the C-suite.
- Establish a technology platform that leverages data and insights to drive intelligent, real-time decision-making.
- Architect a highly connected, interoperable ecosystem integrating both internal systems and external partners.
- Build security and trust as foundational pillars of the architecture, ensuring resilient and compliant operations.
- Champion the creation of a comprehensive blueprint mapping our technology, product, and capability landscape through platforms like LeanIX, ServiceNow, Apptio, or similar tools.
- Use this to understand dependencies, manage costs, identify opportunities for rationalization, and enable seamless business continuity planning.
- Establish robust governance mechanisms to monitor adherence to enterprise guidance and architectural frameworks.
- Define and track strategy realization metrics to ensure sustained focus and alignment across the organization.
- Serve as an evangelist for continuous improvement and technological courage.
- Inspire teams to embrace change and foster a culture of resilience, curiosity, and high performance.
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
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
