Principal Architect - Remote

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description
- Principal Architect
- Remote (2375656)

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Principal Architect within Corporate Systems, you will serve as a strategic architecture advisor defining target-state architecture and technology roadmaps primarily across Finance and Procurement platforms, while supporting broader Corporate Systems domains (HR, LCRA, Marketing) as needed. In this role, you will provide critical "checks and balances" through architectural due diligence, vendor solution assessments, and capability validation before contracts and commitments are finalized.

You will evaluate and apply enterprise-approved AI capabilities, automation technologies, and emerging trends to drive large-scale enterprise transformation and agentic workflow modernization. Working closely with business and technology leadership, you will align application and data architectures with enterprise capabilities to ensure scalable, cost-effective, and resilient technology solutions.

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. Preference for MN and CT

• Define and drive architecture strategy, target-state architecture, and multi-year technology roadmaps primarily across Finance and Procurement platforms, while supporting broader Corporate Systems domains (such as HR, LCRA, and Marketing) as needed
• Lead architectural due diligence and technology assessments for vendor solutions, validating platform capabilities, implementation feasibility, architectural fit, and long-term business value before contracts are finalized
• Serve as a trusted architecture advisor to business and technology leaders, translating strategic objectives into executable technology roadmaps while providing objective architectural guidance, risk assessment, and decision support
• Support large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives, including AI-enabled and agentic workflow modernization across Corporate Systems platforms
• Evaluate and apply enterprise-approved AI capabilities, automation technologies, and emerging technology trends to inform architecture decisions and business transformation strategies
• Establish and enforce architecture guardrails, governance standards, and reference architectures to drive portfolio rationalization, simplify integration strategy, and reduce technical debt
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate technical analysis, and drive continuous architectural process improvement
• Provide technical leadership, strategic guidance, and mentorship to solution architects and engineering teams across cross-domain initiatives

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.

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, software…