Sr Director, Enterprise Architecture

Details Department : Clinical Experience Schedule : Monday - Friday, 8 hour shift Location : RemoteBenefitsPaid time off (PTO)Various health insurance options & wellness plansRetirement benefits including employer match plansLong-term & short-term disabilityEmployee assistance programs (EAP)Parental leave & adoption assistanceTuition reimbursementWays to give back to your communityBenefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.ResponsibilitiesEnterprise Architecture (EA) is the interconnected domains of business, information, application, infrastructure, and security architectures that collectively implement the business capabilities required to accomplish business goals. Ascension Technologies Enterprise Architecture’s vision is to : Unify and drive the strategic plan through innovative, competitive, secure, resilient technology in alignment with Ascension’s mission.Advocate for positive change and innovation to achieve Ascension’s targeted business outcomes.Organize and drive efficiency across the current state architecture and architecture organization.Ascension Technologies is seeking a Sr. Director - Enterprise Architecture to join the Enterprise Architecture team as the Lead for Macro Architecture, reporting to the AVP, Head of Architecture within Ascension Technologies. The successful candidate will direct the Macro architecture team, partner with the business and other Ascension Technologies teams, bringing broad healthcare experience, strong architecture and technology knowledge, thought leadership and ability to deliver in a complex healthcare organization possessing a highly complex and diverse technology ecosystem.Role Summary : The candidate will lead Enterprise Architecture (and the macro architecture team) focus across multiple business (verticals) and technology service (horizontals), establishing the Domain Vision and Strategies.This includes driving the holistic multi cloud strategy, Micro Services strategy, AI Governance strategy and oversight for Enterprise Architecture Significant Initiatives.The candidate will provide Executive Level Consulting and Guidance to Ascension senior leadership leveraging value-added scientifically based and technologically sound business and technology based insights and experience.The candidate will also seek to modernize technology platforms and systems, simplify application inventory to standardize technology solutions as well as reduce the overall technology portfolio based on key performance metrics and other business drivers.The candidate works closely with Executive Leadership, the broad architecture community and external sources as required to drive tangible outcomes.Accountabilities : Provide oversight and leadership regarding strategic direction, activities and resources for assigned departments. Influence direction of assigned new and existing programs and systems.Engage early as part of strategic planning efforts or when a complex business technology need is first identified.Help assess the need, employing an enterprise level view, looking through a business-capability lens, leading and documenting key architectural, process, integration and cost considerations.Create a unified point of view to inform and guide technology investment decision-making and address unnecessary technology sprawl.Employ a consistent approach, leading the Macro Architecture team in the development of standard architecture reference models, capturing strategic goals and objectives, value drivers, KPIs, metrics, business capabilities and other foundational components that can enable Ascension strategic imperatives.Perform architectural gap analysis, as part of capturing the current (‘as-is’) and target (‘to-be’) architectures.Leverage detailed Points of View (POV), employing a domain centric collaborative approach, providing architectural perspective and technology pattern recommendations for Enterprise Architecture Significant initiatives and other significant bodies of work as needed.Supports the creation of strategic roadmaps that sequence technology initiatives based on business priorities and technical dependencies, aligning to the overall enterprise strategy.Provides Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for Architecture Review Board (ARB) Governance and Standards.Applies strong expertise in multiple areas of architecture, including : Business ArchitectureInformation & Data ArchitectureApplication ArchitectureTechnology ArchitectureSecurity ArchitectureFundamental Skills & Abilities : Strong Cloud, Micro Services, APIs, Data and AI strategy skills.Ability to lead C-level conversations with client stakeholders to ensure technology solutions that align with customer needs, while also leveraging existing enterprise capabilities and adhering to Key Enterprise Architecture Principles (KAPs).Ability to be hands on as well as direct the team to drive time to value, clear business outcomes and value.Strong presentation, communication and critical thinking skills.Ability to act as a thought leader in understanding consumer needs, experience and business objective to champion end to end solutions on an enterprise scale and drive digital transformation.Strong understanding of technology platforms and modern technologies / approaches to drive technology that is innovative, competitive, secure and resilient.Ability to quickly evaluate options, unlock enterprise challenges, make technology recommendations, and recommend solutions within a diverse technology environment with multiple stakeholders inside customers’ environments.Ability to communicate broad business initiatives and translate them into measurable objectives and concrete goals for other architects.Familiarity with working in a product model and agile development based environment. Comfortable working with ambiguity and gray spaces.Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, conflict management, prioritization and relationship management skills.Ability to manage multiple work commitments, producing high quality work products under pressure and within deadlines.RequirementsEducation : High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership / management OR Associate's degree / Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership / management.Additional PreferencesTen plus years in information technology and architecture with increasing responsibility.Three plus years in people management and architecture leadership.Healthcare IT experience is preferred.Industry Cloud and AI certifications preferred.Product model and Agile experience preferred (at scale).Familiarity with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and architecture modeling tools (e.g. Abacus, IBIS, Orbus iServer, MEGA, LeanIX, etc.) preferred.Why Join Our TeamWhen you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.Equal Employment Opportunity EmployerAscension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) ( https : / / www.eeoc.gov / sites / default / files / 2022-10 / 22-088 _EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) ( https : / / www.eeoc.gov / sites / default / files / 2022-10 / 22-088 _EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp_10_20.pdf) poster.As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.Pay Non-Discrimination Notice ( https : / / www.dol.gov / sites / dolgov / files / ofccp / pdf / pay-transp _ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.E-Verify StatementThis employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click the E-Verify link below for more information.E-Verify ( https : / / e-verify.uscis.gov / web / media / resourcesContents / E-Verify _Participation_Poster_ES.pdf)#J-18808-Ljbffr