Job Description

Your Role

The Enterprise Architecture team translates business strategic goals into future-state capability reference architectures and execution roadmaps. The Principal AI/Data Architect will report to the Director of Enterprise Architecture. In this role you will drive the creation and maintenance of enterprise data and analytics capabilities, data reference architectures, integrated data and analytics technology roadmaps that will guide our strategic investments and enterprise strategy.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Architect cloud native data platforms and analytical technologies including Snowflake/Azure data platforms, Data Vault methodology, Data Warehouse and Consumption Marts design, BI reporting with Tableau, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Business Glossary, Databricks and NoSQL platforms
• Collaborate with other architects to create and document standards and patterns that can be leveraged for future re-use, and actively seek opportunities to leverage industry solutions for new business offerings and services
• Develop and maintain reference architectures which includes the reference model, guiding principles, standards, patterns, and usage guidelines
• Research, design, test, and evaluate new data platform technologies, and third-party products. Work with technology teams to prototype and prove the viability of solutions
• Engage with customer's both business and technology stakeholders to create a compelling vision of a data-driven enterprise in their environment
• Manage the creation and maintenance of models that identify interdependencies between business units, roles, associated capabilities, and technologies
• Align with BSC operating model, strategy, and IT objectives in guiding IT transformations
• Ensure Data and Application Integration and Interoperability by addressing overall data processing needs
• Continuously evaluate platform simplification and multi-tenancy opportunities ensuring - minimal amount of overlap among information systems, laying the groundwork for a comprehensive set of applications that work well together, are easily integrated, and don't duplicate efforts

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires at least 10 years relevant business and IT experience
• Requires at least 3 years of experience in an architecture role
• Requires interpersonal and technical leadership skills that demonstrate collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management and influence
• Requires strong proficiency in Data, Integration and Technology Architecture; with multi-tenancy architecture and M&A expertise preferred
• Requires strong proficiency in data architecture; with data modelling, and SQL development expertise preferred
• Demonstrated ability to communicate AI recommendations in a business context to a general non-technical audience
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, and nice to have experience in DataBricks
• Knowledge of evaluating solutions for fairness, bias, accuracy, drift, validity, fit, robustness, and explainability

About the Team

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

At Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose - whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach - by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above).Exceptions:

o Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.

o Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.

o For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.