Principal Architect - MarTech - Hybrid in MN or Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

An individual in the Architecture job family is a strategic resource for United Health Group. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies.

In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a solid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• As an Enterprise Architect responsible for IT Strategy formulation and solution delivery in partnership with business leadership, Portfolio Management, Product Management and Engineering teams in the Sales and Marketing product areas
• Define and apply the principles that guide technology decisions our business and use them to lead an application modernization and rationalization agenda
• Analyze the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture from other lines of business and delivery teams to recommend solutions for improvement
• Rectify gaps and pain points within the current state by influencing the development, communication and implementation of the enterprise technology architecture
• Design and lead the implementation of a Line of Business Technology Architecture (reference architecture) based on business requirements and IT strategies
• Build end-to-end solution plans in the form of roadmaps that define the future state solution, scope of solution initiatives, and solution delivery sequencing through architecture transition states
• Align capital programs to Enterprise strategy while leveraging existing components and capabilities across the business segment landscape
• Lead governance activities to ensure Enterprise Technology Architecture compliance
• Communicate the value delivered by the Enterprise Architecture process by communicating outcomes and ongoing results
• Create and foster an environment of innovation by removing roadblocks to enable strategic risk taking, advocating and driving change management activities, modeling the adoption of innovative behaviors and practices, and by committing time and energy on the development coaching and performance feedback for each employee on the team
• Facilitate change and process improvement within the architecture community
• Engage in Industry technology trends and their application to health care as a visible member of the health care technology community
• Identify and select the right talent in support of our mission

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• 5+ years of Enterprise or Solution Architecture experience defining and implementing Direct to Consumer (DTC), e-commerce, Mar Tech and/or…