Director of Systems Architecture

Company: 21st Century Oncology
Location: Fort Myers
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

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Director of Systems Architecture Full-Time Fort Myers, FL, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2472

Position Summary

The purpose of the Director of Systems Architecture role is to leverage technology solutions to enable GenesisCare to deliver new systems and products that fit the existing enterprise environment. The role will also support and develop the end to end solution blueprint which will act as a source of guidance and control for the solution implementation and lead the digital integration team in the US. The comprehensive guidance will cover the development and modifications of solution components ensuring relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards, and practices (including security) and that existing and planned solution components remain compatible. This role is also responsible for leading our digital integration team ensuring the management and delivery of integration development activities design, development, delivery, and monitoring.

Organization Context

Our Vision: Innovating HealthCare, Transforming Lives.

Our Values:

• Collaboration - We achieve more together than we can apart. We use the power of the GenesisCare network for our shared purpose.

• Compassion - We care for our patients and each other. We seek to understand the lives of others.

• Innovation - We lead change to make healthcare better. Our courage will make a positive difference for others.

• Outcomes - We deliver quality. Finding a better way helps our patients, our people, our community and the organisation.

Our Strategy:

• Quality – deliver high quality patient care

• Access – satisfy unmet need

• Efficiency – leverage the benefits of a network

GenesisCare is Australia’s largest provider of cancer and cardiac services and also the largest provider of private cancer services in Spain and the United Kingdom, USA. The organisation employs more than 5,500 committed medical professionals and management staff.

Our combined purpose is to provide excellence in patient care, deliver superior clinical outcomes, and to continue to make a very significant impact on the current service-access gap in these non-discretionary areas of health care globally.

All GenesisCare staff contribute to our strategic outcomes and are expected to embody our values in their work.

Position Reports

The Head of Solution Architect reports to the Head of IT Solutions and Innovation

Direct Reports:

• Digital Integration Team Leader

• Integration Architects

Reporting lines and direct reports may change from time to time in line with the requirements of the position.

Key duties / responsibilities of this position

1. Requirements Definition and Management

• Facilitates scoping and business priority setting for complex changes, engaging senior stake holders as required

• Selects most appropriate means of representing business requirements in the context of the specific change initiative relating to product delivery

• Drives the requirements where necessary and identifies which stakeholder and customer input is required

• Obtains formal agreement from key stake holders on product requirements deliverables and the impact to the business

• Assists in more complex requirements activities and with the processes for establishing agreed baselines for change and managing the assessment and application of requested changes to those requirements

2. Solution Architecture

• Leads the development of architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers

• Takes full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organisation

• Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components, and coordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency

• Ensure all development is completed to the required quality standards, identify opportunities for continuous improvement of development processes and proactively transfer knowledge amongst team members

• Develops detailed specifications including enterprise integration diagrams or blueprints and detailed solution designs

• Work closely with architecture and product managers to identify and drive initiatives to align with strategy

• Identify, define and communicate technical tasks that need to be performed to meet requirements

• Develop detailed specifications including enterprise integration diagrams or blueprints and detailed solution designs

3. Systems Integration

• Lead, design, maintain and implement integration solutions across multiple platforms

• Establishes standards and procedures across the IT service lifecycle (including the development lifecycle) in the areas of systems integration and testing and ensures that practitioners adhere to them.

• Manages resources to ensure that the systems integration function operates effectively.

Quality and Safety

GenesisCare strives to continuously improve the quality and safety of our workers and services provided to our patients and their carer’s in line with our vision and values.

Accountabilities

I. Report risks and hazards to line manager and proactively participate in risk reduction strategies

II. Understand and comply with the policies and procedures of the Safety & Quality Management System

III. Participate in Safety and Quality activities and audits as delegated by line manager

IV. Be accountable for own actions and seek assistance when necessary

V. Demonstrate knowledge/competency in performance of skills relevant to the role, including completion of mandatory training

Legislated individual Work Health & Safety Duties for all workers:

VI. Take reasonable care for your own and others’ health and safety

VII. Take reasonable care that any of your acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of others

VIII. Participate in WHS training, tasks and other activities as required or instructed

Key Working Relationships

This role incumbent will need to develop strong relationships with the following internal parties:

• Information and Technology function;

• Global IT solutions and innovations team;

• User groups;

• Applications groups;

• Systems specialists;

• Subject matter experts;

Required skills, qualifications and experience

Skills

• Excellent internal consulting skills.

• Strong understanding of technical issue resolution workflow and systems.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Ability to interact in a professional manner and build relationships with people.

• Absolute focus on service to users.

• Ability to think out of the box & innovate when required.

• High energy levels and a sense of humour.

• Ability to organise everything concerned with the product's development

• Have good leadership skills to supervise those involved with each stage in the process

• Possess a creative way of thinking

• Be energetic and passionate about digital product

• Be able to work under pressure

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's/Master’s Degree in IT, software engineering, or related discipline

• Expert knowledge and experiences with various API Management tools and microservices strategies (ESB, integration middleware’s) within the healthcare space

• Experience with engineering and software architecture design

• IT infrastructure and cloud development

• Business analysis and requirements gathering on large complex projects

• Project and product management experience is a plus

• Willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development

• Capacity to be largely self-directed on a day to day basis

• Demonstrated exceptional written and oral communication skills

Other requirements of this role

• Focused on ultimately supporting the needs of patients i.e. IT’s customers’ customers;

• Communicate effectively at all levels from developers to the C-suite

• Regularly be available to work outside of normal business hours should the need arise;

• Professional and presentable;

• Willing to travel occasionally if required;

• Able to work autonomously and with minimal direct supervision;

• Be courteous and respectful at all times.

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