Advocate Health Care

IT Solution Architect- Healthy Planet

Advocate Health Care$114K — $171K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field
  • 7 years of experience in information systems with a focus on technical or project management
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Attention to detail in developing functional requirements and tracking project delivery
  • Ability to analyze complex problems and recommend best practices
  • Experience mentoring team members and guiding project efforts
  • Ability to influence and direct work teams across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Work with IT leadership to understand and develop business cases related to technology problems.
  • Assist in business relationship management and portfolio management.
  • Maintain relationships within IT and business functions to drive operations excellence.
  • Lead project activity coordination and provide technical direction for effective project completion.
  • Analyze project portfolio initiatives and implement measurement processes for project benefits.
  • Mentor IT team on new systems and existing system enhancements.
  • Create process mappings that illustrate complex systems and workflow interdependencies.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Department:

14029 Enterprise Corporate - Quality EBC & Pop Health Applications

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Remote Monday-Friday Preferred Healthy Planet certified.

Pay Range:
$54.90 - $82.35

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Works with IT leadership and business units to develop and understand the business case and business requirements to solve for technology related business problems.
  • Assists in business relationship management, business strategy and planning, portfolio/demand management as needed.
  • Maintains productive relationships with peers and management in IT and the business function. Articulates business value and strategy and coordinates with all areas of the IT department to ensure technology is fully leveraged to achieve operational excellence. Research how other organizations in the market to achieve or exceed industry best practices in key performance metrics.
  • Leads the coordinating and monitoring of project activities and provides technical direction to project team to assure effective project completion in compliance with design and quality standards.
  • Analyzes initiatives, in the project portfolio, and identifies specific, measurable outcomes expected for each initiative. Implements processes and tools to measure benefits associated with individual projects.
  • Mentors and coaches IT team in workflow and functionality around new systems and enhancement of existing systems and/or processes.
  • Participates in the technical skill development of analysts as assigned, provides input to staff performance reviews and personal development objectives.
  • Creates easy to use business process mappings of complex systems and workflows to show complete interdependencies between entities.
  • Supports project management efforts to manage/mitigate risk, create communication plans, propose implementation strategies, and manage work plans and scope.


MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Level of Education: Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field

Years of Experience: Typically requires 7 years in progressively responsible information systems experience with technical or project management exposure.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)
  • Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to work across the organization. Demonstrated ability to understand the business direction and goals and their potential implications in terms of systems required to support them.
  • Attention to detail in developing the associated functional requirements, risk assessments, cost estimates and plans and tracking the delivery of approved projects.
  • Ability to write effective presentations and documentation in order to transfer knowledge to the project team in a timely manner.
  • Strong ability to exercise judgment and creativity in analyzing/solving unusual complex/ambiguous problems.
  • Knowledgeable leader; recognized expert in the integration within functional and business areas.
  • Ability to approach problems from a "big picture" perspective, with analysis of long-term ramifications of decisions. Ability to recommend best practices and execute objectives.
  • Demonstrates the ability to work with a minimal amount of supervision with proficiency in the ability to instruct, guide, assign, advise and mentor team members.
  • Ability to influence and direct work teams. Strong mentoring and knowledge transfer capabilities. Ability to handle multiple tasks, set appropriate priorities and accomplish assignments in a timely manner.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
  • Requires extensive amounts of time working at a computer.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Work can be performed in an office environment or remotely.


This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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