Healthcare Data Strategist and Solution Lead

Company: Perficient, Inc.
Location: Orlando
Posted on: February 26, 2021

Job Description:

OverviewAt Perficient you'll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you'll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world's biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.We're proud to be publicly recognized as a "Top Workplace" year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.Perficient is on a mission to help the Healthcare industry take advantage of modern data and analytics architectures, tools, and patterns to improve the quality and affordability of care. This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to assist Perficient and its customers to grow the capabilities necessary to improve care through better use of data and information, and in the process take their career to the next level. Job OverviewYou will work with healthcare technology leaders within Perficient and our customers' organizations to envision and define solutions and architectures which enable data-based insight and decision making for our largest healthcare payer customers. This position involves working as a senior member of an architecture team with specific focus on defining and designing the best technical solutions from a data and analytics perspective. Perficient is looking for enthusiastic solution leaders who enjoy solving tough industry and technical problems, and build tools which enable Perficient's customers to elevate the efficiency and effectiveness of Healthcare delivery within the United States.This role is a for a senior solution architect that has extensive experience and subject matter expertise in Healthcare data solutions. This consultant must have a comprehensive background in providing data centered solutions and platforms to healthcare payers and providers for the purposes of data insight, analytics, governance, data integration, and data services generally, and must have experience working with structured healthcare data, as well as Big Data in Healthcare. This consultant must understand and drive conversation and solutions for industry drivers, and business/clinical/operational/organizational needs, technical implementation patterns, technologies and platforms relevant to healthcare data, integration and insight.This role requires superb communication and interaction skills with a keen ability to present a message and point of view, with the ability to influence senior healthcare executives. This consultant must have a deep understanding of the Healthcare business, products, operations, and trends. This role requires hands on experience and involvement in POCs but is not a developer or development lead role. Familiarity and comfort with modern technologies and patterns is essential, including: Cloud-based data & analytics platforms, Big Data analytics, data services, streaming/messaging and API patterns, predicative analytics and modeling, AI and machine learning. This consultant will act to evangelize modern healthcare data solutions amongst our customers and drive solutions and opportunities.In this role, you will provide best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects, assist in defining scope and sizing of work, and anchor Proof of Concept developments. You will provide solution architecture to solve the business problem/need, enable platform integration with third party services, and design and develop sophisticated features to meet clients' business needs. You will collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create and implement innovative high-quality solutions, participate in Sales and various pursuits focused on our clients' business needs.Responsibilities* Define, own and drive specific areas of data solution and technology architecture. Provide architectural solutions/designs to support sales and project execution teams for implementation. * Provide strategic data and analytics architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technology domains. * Lead projects from a solution architecture, vision, and value point of view. Work with Product Owner/Business Analysts to define and understand the expected value, as well as the functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features. * Project and solution estimation and team structure definition. * Lead teams to develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions. * Mentor and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams building innovative applications. * Assist clients in establishing the appropriate and relevant data and analytics vision, architecture, and program, and drive a common vision, practices and capabilities across teams. * Engage with business stakeholders to understand their needs and capabilities, integrating business knowledge with technical solutions. * Engage with technical architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs. Qualifications* Demonstrate broad solutions technical leadership, impacting significant technical direction, exerting influence outside of the immediate team and driving change. * Leadership and team management experience with experience providing strategic planning and oversight. * Must have superb verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present and sell solutions/concepts to other architects and to business users and stakeholders. * Data & Analytics project implementation experiences that exploit the full capabilities (discover, design, implement and optimization). * Experience in a professional services / consulting firm. * Possess a solid understanding of delivery methodology with proven ability to lead teams in the implementation of solutions according to the design/architecture. * Experience in project and solution estimation and team structure definition for Cloud, Big Data and traditional data warehousing projects. * Fluent and current on architecture trends with an eye on market/technical conditions and future direction. * Significant experience in defining new solution architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural stand point. * Strong experience leading customer workshop sessions to educate customers on the latest technology trends and best practices. * Proven track record of playing leadership roles delivering solutions within defined timeframes. * Demonstrated success in performing work and managing complex and/or large consulting projects. * Highly proficient in authoring, editing and presenting technical documents. * Ability to elicit requirements and communicate clearly with non-technical individuals, development teams, and other ancillary project members. * Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams. * Desire to mentor younger team members and develop their skills. * Experience working on multiple concurrent projects. * Experience leading internal and client facing initiatives. * Excellent problem-solving skills. * Be independent and self-driven. * Master's degree in Computer Science or related field. * Must be open to travel once the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.More About PerficientPerficient is the leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. With unparalleled information technology, management consulting and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency deliver vision, execution and value with outstanding digital experience, business optimization and industry solutions.Our work enables clients to improve productivity and competitiveness; grow and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and reduce costs. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index.Perficient is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.OptionsApply for this job online ApplyShareRefer this job to a friend ReferSorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.Share on your newsfeedNeed help finding the right job? We can recommend jobs specifically for you! 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