Novant Health
VP Enterprise Architecture
Novant Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28245
Job Summary
Digital Products & Services team members are responsible for securely managing information systems throughout their lifecycle, including knowing what information systems are within their scope of responsibility, understanding what sensitive data is stored, transmitted, or processed on those information systems, enforcing the security principles of least privilege and least functionality, knowing what events may constitute an information security incident, and understanding their role in security incident response activities. The Novant Health Vice President of Enterprise Architecture is a strategic leader that gathers and articulates architectural vision, and aids in the development of a strategic plan for realizing it. Additionally, the VP Enterprise Architecture guides the Novant Health architecture community toward a deep understanding of the structure of the Novant Health digital estate, its components, their relationships, and the principles that guide their design and evolution over time. This is a senior DPS leadership role responsible for leading the enterprise architecture practice within the organization. The VP will oversee the design, implementation, and governance of the enterprise architecture framework, ensuring alignment with healthcare objectives, technological advancements, and industry best practices. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of various healthcare technology domains and exceptional leadership skills to drive innovation and transformation. To achieve the architecture vision, the VP supervises the enterprise architecture community in a combined direct and matrixed structure, develops architecture principles, oversees governance and lifecycle of architecturally significant requirements, manages the processes by which architects engage and make decisions, and defines the essential elements of an architecture repository. The VP acts as a key resource to our DPS senior leadership team, product managers, Value Stream Owners, and domain/solution architects.
Responsibilities
Additional Skills/Requirements (required) Substantial experience in the articulation and realization of enterprise architecture elements that match or anticipate business needs. Strong understanding of various healthcare technology domains, including electronic health records (EHR), data analytics, cybersecurity, and application development. Experience in designing and implementing complex architectural solutions in large-scale healthcare organizations. Consulting skills, including business partnership, problem-solving, influencing, decision-making, facilitation, and communication. Experience facilitating and improving planning, design and technology discussions, sessions, and workshops; with cross-discipline and multi-level audiences. Experience building and fostering collaboration within an active architect community spanning architecture discipline, technology expertise, and domain responsibilities. Expertise in at least two enterprise architecture domains; business, application, information, and technology. Familiarity with ‘leading practice’ architecture frameworks, software architecture design patterns, and digital business patterns. Broad understanding of portfolio optimization strategies, considering business, financial, and technical dimensions. Eagerness and capability to drive new enterprise practices. Expert ability applying the methods, standards, and approaches for describing, analyzing, and documenting an organization's enterprise information technology (IT) architecture (e.g., Open Group Architecture Framework [TOGAF], Department of Defense Architecture Framework [DoDAF], Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework [FEAF]). Advanced knowledge of; computer networking concepts and protocols; types of computer architecture; database systems; operating systems; software engineering; systems engineering process; network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end systems performance monitoring), and tools; systems testing and evaluation methods. Knowledge of risk management processes; information security regulations; information technology (IT) supply chain security/risk management policies, requirements, and procedures; laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to information technology; service management concepts and related standards (e.g., Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL). Experience implementing an enterprise architecture capability in a healthcare organization. Essential Functions Strategic Leadership Develop and implement the enterprise architecture strategy to support the organization's healthcare goals and objectives. Provide visionary leadership and establish a clear architectural roadmap to guide the organization's technology evolution in the healthcare sector. Collaborate with senior executives to align enterprise architecture initiatives with healthcare strategies and priorities. Architecture Development and Governance Lead the design and development of comprehensive architectural models, including business, application, data, and technology architectures specific to the healthcare industry. Ensure the architecture aligns with healthcare industry standards, regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA, and best practices. Establish and enforce architectural principles, policies, and guidelines to ensure consistent and effective implementation across the healthcare organization. Oversee architecture reviews and assessments to ensure compliance with established frameworks and identify areas for improvement in healthcare systems. Innovation and Technology Leadership Stay abreast of emerging healthcare technologies, industry trends, and best practices to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Evaluate and recommend new healthcare technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance the organization's architecture and technology landscape. Lead initiatives to modernize legacy healthcare systems and leverage cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other advanced technologies. Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration Foster strong relationships with healthcare leaders, IT teams, and external partners to ensure alignment and collaboration. Communicate architectural concepts and strategies effectively to diverse stakeholders, including technical and non-technical audiences in the healthcare industry. Work closely with project managers and development teams to ensure architectural integrity and successful project delivery within healthcare projects. Team Leadership and Development Build and lead a high-performing enterprise architecture team, providing mentorship, coaching, and professional development opportunities with a focus on healthcare. Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the architecture team and across the healthcare organization. Leadership: Lead an architecture community of practice (COP). Mentor other architects in a matrix structure. Identify skill gaps and the necessary training to aid with skill progression. Build and maintain an architecture career ladder. Build and maintain core competencies for architecture disciplines and inject them as core elements to domain/solution/application architecture roles for others to use. Principles: Gather, organize, and refine Novant Health enterprise architecture principles. Develop “easy-for-me” materials for the dissemination and implementation of principles by the architecture community and product owners. Proactively and clearly communicate principles to promote their understanding and application. Process: Define, develop, and maintain the processes enterprise architecture community uses to engage and operate. Seek out necessary engagement points. Partner with key leaders and teams to enable successful integration and collaboration. Artifacts: Define an architecture repository and oversee the implementation and maintenance of it. Review artifacts for accuracy and completeness. Define maintenance and refresh intervals and manage the currency of architecture artifacts.
Qualifications
Education : High School Diploma Required, Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred, Master's Degree Preferred in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field. Experience:
12 years with a degree or 20 years without a degree Required. Experience in technology management and delivery, with a proven track record of leadership and strategic impact in the healthcare industry. 5-7 years minimum required of experience in architecture roles of progressively increasing span of control and responsibility. Licensure/Certification:
TOGAF-9, CITA-F, ITIL-F, COBIT-5, CISSP-ISSAP, OR equivalent
Job Opening ID
56081 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Digital Products & Services team members are responsible for securely managing information systems throughout their lifecycle, including knowing what information systems are within their scope of responsibility, understanding what sensitive data is stored, transmitted, or processed on those information systems, enforcing the security principles of least privilege and least functionality, knowing what events may constitute an information security incident, and understanding their role in security incident response activities. The Novant Health Vice President of Enterprise Architecture is a strategic leader that gathers and articulates architectural vision, and aids in the development of a strategic plan for realizing it. Additionally, the VP Enterprise Architecture guides the Novant Health architecture community toward a deep understanding of the structure of the Novant Health digital estate, its components, their relationships, and the principles that guide their design and evolution over time. This is a senior DPS leadership role responsible for leading the enterprise architecture practice within the organization. The VP will oversee the design, implementation, and governance of the enterprise architecture framework, ensuring alignment with healthcare objectives, technological advancements, and industry best practices. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of various healthcare technology domains and exceptional leadership skills to drive innovation and transformation. To achieve the architecture vision, the VP supervises the enterprise architecture community in a combined direct and matrixed structure, develops architecture principles, oversees governance and lifecycle of architecturally significant requirements, manages the processes by which architects engage and make decisions, and defines the essential elements of an architecture repository. The VP acts as a key resource to our DPS senior leadership team, product managers, Value Stream Owners, and domain/solution architects.
Responsibilities
Additional Skills/Requirements (required) Substantial experience in the articulation and realization of enterprise architecture elements that match or anticipate business needs. Strong understanding of various healthcare technology domains, including electronic health records (EHR), data analytics, cybersecurity, and application development. Experience in designing and implementing complex architectural solutions in large-scale healthcare organizations. Consulting skills, including business partnership, problem-solving, influencing, decision-making, facilitation, and communication. Experience facilitating and improving planning, design and technology discussions, sessions, and workshops; with cross-discipline and multi-level audiences. Experience building and fostering collaboration within an active architect community spanning architecture discipline, technology expertise, and domain responsibilities. Expertise in at least two enterprise architecture domains; business, application, information, and technology. Familiarity with ‘leading practice’ architecture frameworks, software architecture design patterns, and digital business patterns. Broad understanding of portfolio optimization strategies, considering business, financial, and technical dimensions. Eagerness and capability to drive new enterprise practices. Expert ability applying the methods, standards, and approaches for describing, analyzing, and documenting an organization's enterprise information technology (IT) architecture (e.g., Open Group Architecture Framework [TOGAF], Department of Defense Architecture Framework [DoDAF], Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework [FEAF]). Advanced knowledge of; computer networking concepts and protocols; types of computer architecture; database systems; operating systems; software engineering; systems engineering process; network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end systems performance monitoring), and tools; systems testing and evaluation methods. Knowledge of risk management processes; information security regulations; information technology (IT) supply chain security/risk management policies, requirements, and procedures; laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to information technology; service management concepts and related standards (e.g., Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL). Experience implementing an enterprise architecture capability in a healthcare organization. Essential Functions Strategic Leadership Develop and implement the enterprise architecture strategy to support the organization's healthcare goals and objectives. Provide visionary leadership and establish a clear architectural roadmap to guide the organization's technology evolution in the healthcare sector. Collaborate with senior executives to align enterprise architecture initiatives with healthcare strategies and priorities. Architecture Development and Governance Lead the design and development of comprehensive architectural models, including business, application, data, and technology architectures specific to the healthcare industry. Ensure the architecture aligns with healthcare industry standards, regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA, and best practices. Establish and enforce architectural principles, policies, and guidelines to ensure consistent and effective implementation across the healthcare organization. Oversee architecture reviews and assessments to ensure compliance with established frameworks and identify areas for improvement in healthcare systems. Innovation and Technology Leadership Stay abreast of emerging healthcare technologies, industry trends, and best practices to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Evaluate and recommend new healthcare technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance the organization's architecture and technology landscape. Lead initiatives to modernize legacy healthcare systems and leverage cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other advanced technologies. Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration Foster strong relationships with healthcare leaders, IT teams, and external partners to ensure alignment and collaboration. Communicate architectural concepts and strategies effectively to diverse stakeholders, including technical and non-technical audiences in the healthcare industry. Work closely with project managers and development teams to ensure architectural integrity and successful project delivery within healthcare projects. Team Leadership and Development Build and lead a high-performing enterprise architecture team, providing mentorship, coaching, and professional development opportunities with a focus on healthcare. Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the architecture team and across the healthcare organization. Leadership: Lead an architecture community of practice (COP). Mentor other architects in a matrix structure. Identify skill gaps and the necessary training to aid with skill progression. Build and maintain an architecture career ladder. Build and maintain core competencies for architecture disciplines and inject them as core elements to domain/solution/application architecture roles for others to use. Principles: Gather, organize, and refine Novant Health enterprise architecture principles. Develop “easy-for-me” materials for the dissemination and implementation of principles by the architecture community and product owners. Proactively and clearly communicate principles to promote their understanding and application. Process: Define, develop, and maintain the processes enterprise architecture community uses to engage and operate. Seek out necessary engagement points. Partner with key leaders and teams to enable successful integration and collaboration. Artifacts: Define an architecture repository and oversee the implementation and maintenance of it. Review artifacts for accuracy and completeness. Define maintenance and refresh intervals and manage the currency of architecture artifacts.
Qualifications
Education : High School Diploma Required, Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred, Master's Degree Preferred in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field. Experience:
12 years with a degree or 20 years without a degree Required. Experience in technology management and delivery, with a proven track record of leadership and strategic impact in the healthcare industry. 5-7 years minimum required of experience in architecture roles of progressively increasing span of control and responsibility. Licensure/Certification:
TOGAF-9, CITA-F, ITIL-F, COBIT-5, CISSP-ISSAP, OR equivalent
Job Opening ID
56081 #J-18808-Ljbffr