Lead Enterprise Architect - Enterprise Architecture Activation

Are you interested in leveraging technology and business strategy to deliver improved member experiences and health outcomes to Humana's members? At the Humana Enterprise Architecture Activation unit, our mission is to deliver a perfect member experience by bringing forth the alignment of business strategy to technology strategy, enabling the effective and efficient execution of the technology strategy and to facilitate the adoption and delivery of the Humana Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, policies and methodologies.

You will also play an important role in the alignment of the business vision, technology strategy and the IT portfolio execution.
** Enterprise Strategy & Business Alignment
*** Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and multi-year technology roadmap.
* Partner with business and technology leaders to align business strategy, value streams, business capabilities, and technology investments.
* Translate strategic priorities into actionable architecture roadmaps and transformation initiatives.
* Balance strategic architecture goals with practical delivery considerations and evolving business needs.
* Ensure technology decisions and execution remain aligned with business objectives and desired outcomes.
* Validate that technology investments deliver the intended business value and support organizational goals.
** Healthcare Payer Domain Understanding
** Lead architecture experience across key healthcare payer domains, including:
* Claims Processing and Adjudication
* Enrollment, Membership, and Eligibility
* Benefits and Product Management
* Provider Management and Contracting
* Payment Integrity and Cost Containment
* Regulatory Compliance and Reporting
* Member and Provider Experience
* Data, Analytics, and Reporting
** Architecture Governance & Stewardship
*** Serve as a strong advocate for business needs within the technology organization.
* Establish and evolve enterprise architecture governance, standards, policies, reference architectures, and methodologies.
* Create and maintain architecture artifacts, capability models, technology inventories, and roadmaps.
* Facilitate architecture reviews and provide guidance through governance processes.
* Promote adoption of enterprise architecture practices within agile delivery frameworks.
* Lead through influence, collaboration, and persuasion across business and technology teams.
** Technology Innovation & Modernization
*** Define and communicate enterprise technology and AI architecture vision and roadmaps.
* Drive modernization initiatives leveraging cloud, API-led integration, event-driven architectures, automation, and emerging technologies.
* Lead cross-functional teams in the design and delivery of transformative business and technology solutions.
* Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, and business leaders to document current-state and future-state architectures.
* Develop technology strategies that reduce complexity, technical debt, operational risk, and total cost of ownership.
* Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, and vendors to improve business agility and operational performance.
* Support enterprise-wide cloud adoption and migration initiatives at scale.
** Portfolio Rationalization & Capability Management
*** Apply portfolio rationalization practices to align business capabilities, value streams, applications, and technology assets.
* Identify capability gaps, redundancies, modernization opportunities, and investment priorities.
* Develop target-state architectures and transition roadmaps that enable business transformation.
* Establish artifacts and planning mechanisms that support demand management, prioritization, capacity planning, and investment decisions.
** Architecture & Technical Expertise
*** Deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture frameworks, practices, and governance.
* Strong solution architecture background spanning multiple business and technology domains. Expertise in:
* Enterprise Integration Patterns
* Application Modernization and Refactoring
* System Decomposition
* API and Event-Driven Architectures
* Cloud-Native Architectures
* Hybrid Cloud Environments
* Scalable, Highly Available, Fault-Tolerant Systems
* Data and Information Architecture
* AI and Emerging Technology Strategies
* Experience creating enterprise technology strategies, reference architectures, and multi-year roadmaps.
* Strong understanding of healthcare interoperability, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
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