Director, Enterprise Architecture

📋 Description

• • Lead the definition, development, and execution of enterprise-wide technology and architecture strategies, ensuring they are intrinsically aligned with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's overarching business objectives, growth aspirations, and digital transformation initiatives. This involves crafting comprehensive technology roadmaps that directly support corporate strategy and critical product priorities, acting as the primary architect of the company's technological future.
• • Establish and rigorously enforce a robust enterprise architecture governance framework, including defining clear architecture standards, guiding principles, and standardized reference architectures. This ensures consistency, enhances security posture, and guarantees scalability across all technology deployments. You will actively support the Architecture Review Board, ensuring that all major initiatives and projects adhere strictly to established enterprise architecture guidelines and best practices.
• • Serve as the principal strategic advisor for critical technology decisions, spanning from intricate solution architecture designs to the selection and implementation of enterprise-level platforms. This includes conducting thorough evaluations of emerging technologies, innovative frameworks, and potential vendors, meticulously balancing the drive for innovation with a pragmatic assessment of associated risks, costs, and long-term sustainability.
• • Spearhead and direct enterprise integration and modernization efforts, focusing on critical areas such as API strategy, data interoperability, seamless clinical data exchange, and comprehensive cloud transformation. A key objective will be to systematically reduce technical debt and modernize legacy platforms, thereby significantly improving organizational agility and accelerating the speed to market for new products and services.
• • Act as a prominent thought leader and innovation driver within the organization and the broader industry. Continuously monitor evolving industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive landscapes to identify opportunities for innovation and deliver tangible business value. You will represent the organization’s technology vision and strategic direction to external partners, industry peers, and stakeholders.
• • Foster deep and collaborative partnerships with business leaders and IT stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure seamless alignment between architectural strategies and strategic business objectives. This requires exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts with clarity and precision to both technical and non-technical audiences, facilitating early and effective architectural alignment on all major strategic initiatives.
• • Proactively embed security, compliance, and risk management considerations into the core of all architecture decisions and designs. Collaborate closely with Information Security and Risk Management teams to ensure unwavering alignment with all relevant regulatory requirements and cybersecurity standards, safeguarding the organization's assets and data.
• • Guide and champion cost-effective architectural decisions that maximize platform reuse, optimize resource utilization, and minimize the total cost of ownership (TCO). Provide essential architectural input into the IT investment planning and annual budget processes, ensuring strategic allocation of resources.
• • Provide strategic oversight and expert guidance to solution architects and delivery teams, ensuring that all designs are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise standards. Engage proactively in the early stages of the delivery lifecycle to address complex design challenges, mitigate potential risks, and ensure adherence to architectural blueprints.
• • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing enterprise architecture team. Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and accountability through clear goal setting, regular mentorship, and professional development opportunities. Build leadership capability and establish robust succession plans within the architecture function.
• • Define, implement, and track key architecture performance indicators (KPIs) to effectively measure the impact and value delivered by architectural initiatives. Communicate these outcomes clearly in terms of business value generated, risks mitigated, and costs optimized, thereby demonstrating a strong return on investment to executive leadership.