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Hiring Remotely in Minnetonka MN USA
In-Office or Remote
135K-231K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
The Role
Lead enterprise architecture strategy and roadmaps for large-scale secure cloud-based systems. Drive solution design across data AI/ML platforms integration governance and stakeholder alignment to productionize scalable intelligent solutions.
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Requisition Number: 2363843
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.
The Director - Architecture is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and driving enterprise architecture strategy enabling scalable secure and high-impact technology solutions across complex business domains.
This role provides architectural leadership for large-scale cross-functional initiatives and ensures alignment between business objectives data strategies and technology platforms. The individual will play a critical role in shaping next-generation capabilities including AI/ML and advanced analytics-driven solutions.
Experience in Data Science AI/ML or Generative AI initiatives and exposure to US Healthcare Payer domain particularly Claims and Payment Integrity is highly desirable.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
Solution Design & Delivery
AI/ML & Data-Driven Architecture (Preferred)
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
Governance Standards & Optimization
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.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Leadership & Behavioural Competencies
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets education work experience certifications etc. In addition to your salary we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package incentive and recognition programs equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134600 to $230800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race gender sexuality age location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today however there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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.
The Director - Architecture is a senior leadership role responsible for defining and driving enterprise architecture strategy enabling scalable secure and high-impact technology solutions across complex business domains.
This role provides architectural leadership for large-scale cross-functional initiatives and ensures alignment between business objectives data strategies and technology platforms. The individual will play a critical role in shaping next-generation capabilities including AI/ML and advanced analytics-driven solutions.
Experience in Data Science AI/ML or Generative AI initiatives and exposure to US Healthcare Payer domain particularly Claims and Payment Integrity is highly desirable.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
- Define and drive enterprise architecture vision strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities
- Develop scalable reusable architecture patterns and standards to accelerate solution delivery
- Lead architectural decision-making across complex multi-domain initiatives ensuring alignment with enterprise goals
- Evaluate emerging technologies (AI/ML GenAI data platforms) and translate them into actionable enterprise capabilities
- Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks
- Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation
Solution Design & Delivery
- Lead architecture for enterprise-scale complex systems spanning data AI/ML applications and platform layers
- Ensure design of high-performance reliable secure and scalable solutions
- Guide teams on system integration data flow model lifecycle and platform architecture
- Establish best practices for architecture governance design reviews and solution standardization
AI/ML & Data-Driven Architecture (Preferred)
- Provide architectural oversight for AI/ML GenAI and advanced analytics initiatives
- Enable design of end-to-end data and ML pipelines including ingestion transformation modelling deployment and monitoring
- Drive adoption of modern AI platforms (e.g. cloud MLOps frameworks agent-based systems)
- Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to productionize intelligent solutions
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Act as a key liaison across business product engineering data and leadership teams
- Translate complex technical concepts into business-aligned outcomes
- Drive alignment across multiple stakeholders including senior leadership and external partners
- Influence decision-making through architecture governance recommendations and thought leadership
Governance Standards & Optimization
- Establish and enforce enterprise architecture standards frameworks and best practices
- Improve system efficiency through rationalization reuse and standardization
- Ensure compliance with security regulatory and data governance requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in performance reliability and cost efficiency
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.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 13+ years of experience in architecture software engineering or related technical roles
- 8+ years in enterprise architecture for large-scale complex systems
- 5+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS Azure or GCP
- Experience with application architecture system integration and distributed systems
- Experience building and deploying applications in cloud-based environments
- Experience with leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across teams
- Experience driving architecture decisions for complex cross-functional programs
- Proficiency in Python or similar programming languages
- Demonstrated ability to create and communicate architecture diagrams and design patterns
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Data Science AI/ML or Generative AI projects
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP) and modern data ecosystems
- Familiarity with MLOps DataOps and large-scale data platforms (e.g. Databricks Spark)
- Exposure to US Healthcare Payer domain especially:
- Claims processing
- Payment Integrity / Fraud Waste & Abuse (FWA)
Leadership & Behavioural Competencies
- Solid strategic thinking and enterprise mindset
- Ability to influence and align senior stakeholders
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills for executive audiences
- Proven ability to lead ambiguity and drive large transformation initiatives
- Solid focus on innovation scalability and business impact
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets education work experience certifications etc. In addition to your salary we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package incentive and recognition programs equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134600 to $230800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race gender sexuality age location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today however there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 13+ years of experience in architecture software engineering or related technical roles
- 8+ years in enterprise architecture for large-scale complex systems
- 5+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS Azure or GCP
- Experience with application architecture system integration and distributed systems
- Experience building and deploying applications in cloud-based environments
- Leadership and stakeholder management skills with ability to influence across teams
- Experience driving architecture decisions for complex cross-functional programs
- Proficiency in Python or similar programming languages
- Demonstrated ability to create and communicate architecture diagrams and design patterns
- Experience in Data Science AI/ML or Generative AI projects
- Familiarity with MLOps DataOps and large-scale data platforms (e.g. Databricks Spark)
- Exposure to US Healthcare Payer domain (Claims processing Payment Integrity / FWA)
What the Team is Saying
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—PTO accrues each pay period with eight paid U.S. holidays plus a floating holiday and generous time away is consistently emphasized. This breadth supports planned and unplanned time off beyond standard vacation days.
- Parental & Family Support—Six weeks of paid parental leave up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave Bright Horizons back‑up care and adoption assistance signal strong family-oriented support. EAP access with counseling sessions further extends help to employees and their households.
- Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits—Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability Calm app membership tuition reimbursement commuter and FSA accounts and broad employee discounts expand everyday wellbeing resources. Free or low‑cost virtual visits complement these lifestyle supports.
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The Company
HQ: Eden Prairie MN
160000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011
What We Do
Optum part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses 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. At Optum we support your well-being with an understanding team extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models core on‑site (5 days/week) hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote vary by country role and location.
Typical time on-site: Not Specified
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