Senior Solution Architecture Manager; Hybrid

Position: Senior Solution Architecture Manager (Hybrid)

Job Description

Blue Cross NC is seeking a Manager of Solution Architecture to lead a high-performing team of Solution Architects that partner with business and technology leaders to deliver complex, enterprise-scale solutions. This role blends hands-on architecture leadership with people management, coaching, stakeholder relations, and operational excellence-ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned to business outcomes. Successful candidates will have technical strength and practical experience in a wide range of modern data and integration technologies ideally with healthcare payer business acumen.

What You'llDo

Lead & Grow a High-Performing Architecture Team (People Leadership)

• Provide
  Technology Leadership / Guidance / Oversight
  across critical programs and platforms, setting architecture direction, reviewing solutions, and ensuring adherence to standards and guardrails.

• Build andmaintainstrong
  Relationship Management
  with business stakeholders, delivery teams, and technology partners; translate strategy into actionable architecture roadmaps.

• Navigate and resolve
  Conflict
  across priorities, constraints, and viewpoints;facilitate outcomes that balance time-to-market, quality, cost, and risk.

• Own
  Performance Monitoring
  of your architecture team-set expectations, define measurable outcomes, conduct regular coaching and performance reviews, and recognize achievements(Recognitions).

• Drive
  Career Development
  through mentoring, skills planning, certification pathways, and succession planning.

• Champion
  Process Improvement
  to streamline architecture engagements, standards, and governance; reduce friction while improving consistency.

• Produce
  Value Reporting
  (roadmaps, KPIs, OKRs, cost/benefit narratives) that clearly communicate how architecture accelerates delivery and reduces risk.

Be a Hands-On Architecture Practitioner & Coach

• Foster
  Technology Partnership
  with engineering, security, operations, and business teams to shape solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.

• Demonstrate
  Deep Technology Expertise
  inseveralmodernarchitecturetechnologiesand coach architects on depth vs. breadth.

• Accelerate
  Technology Innovation / PoC
  efforts to de-risk decisions andvalidatesolution approaches; cultivate a culture of experimentation with guardrails.

• Own
  Software Design / Conceptual Architecture
  deliverables-reference architectures, solution diagrams, sequence flows, NFRs, and decision records.

• Support
  Work Decomposition / Project Management
  by shaping epics and features, clarifying dependencies, and aligning architecture runway with delivery plans.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)

• 8+ years of experience in related field.

• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field.

• At least2of those yearsas an architect;2-4+ years
  leading groups ofITarchitectsor engineers.

• Technical depth in at leastfour of these areas:
  Cloud, integration, data,AI/ML/GenAI/Agentic,software development,security, resiliency.

• Demonstrated delivery of complex, multi-team solutions in hybrid cloud or cloud-native environments.

• Strong communication and storytelling-able to simplify complexity, influence decisions, andaligndiverse stakeholders.

• Hands-onproficiencywith architecture practices: conceptual & logical design, non-functional requirements, security by design, integration patterns (APIs, events), resiliency, and observability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare payer/provider domain familiarity (claims, eligibility, care management, member/provider data).

• Certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks) and/orSAFe/Agile experience.

• Proven experience in
  data solution architecture
  (platforms, modeling, governance, analytics) or equivalentexpertisementoring data architects.

• Experienceestablishingand employing architecture standards, patterns, and governance with measurable adoption.

• Exposure to architecture modeling tools and notations (Archi Mate,UML, BPMN) and documentation practices.

What You'llGet

• The opportunity to work at the cutting edgeof health care delivery with a teamthat'sdeeply invested in the community

• Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to dogreat work

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage along withnumeroushealth and wellness programs

• Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance

• Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education

• 401k match including an annual company contribution

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Where You'llWork

Our Hybrid Flex approach is builton presence with a purpose - giving you flexibility to work remotely with intentional in-person connection - that supports a workplace that'sflexible, connected, and future focused.

In a Hybrid-Flex role,you'llwork in the office at least two days a week for collaboration and connection. In a Remote Flex role,you'llwork virtually, with a few in-office visits each year formeaningfulmoments that matter.

Whether your role is Hybrid Flex or Remote Flex depends on the nature of the work and distance from our…