Solutions Architect

We're growing our Enterprise Architecture team and are excited to be hiring either a Solutions Architect to join us at Gillette Children's! In this role, you'll partner with operational and clinical stakeholders across the organization to investigate challenges, clarify business objectives, and design technology solutions that improve workflows and support exceptional patient care. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into effective, scalable solutions that make a meaningful impact.

This is a hybrid opportunity, with an expectation of working onsite in St. Paul a minimum of four days per month, along with additional onsite flexibility as needed to support the role, collaboration, and key initiatives. The selected candidate must reside in MN or WI.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $124,612 to $186,950, with a median salary of $155,792/annually. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience and internal equity. Salary is just one component of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement saving match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above.

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis, systems analysis, software engineering, solution design, or a related role. A relevant bachelor’s degree may substitute for 3 years of experience. A relevant master’s degree may substitute for 5 years of experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience gathering business and technical requirements and producing solution designs.
• Experience building solutions, prototypes, or automations using low-code platforms, no-code platforms, automation tools, or software development.
• Experience facilitating workshops, requirements-gathering sessions, or stakeholder working sessions.
• Ability to test assumptions and clarify the actual need behind a stakeholder's request before committing to a design.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and business problems to technical teams.
• Understanding of business analysis methods, including requirements elicitation, process mapping, and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of solution design principles and how to fit a solution to available platforms and architecture.
• Ability to move between analysis, design, and hands-on build work within the same engagement.
• Understanding of generative AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible use in healthcare settings.
• Ability to define acceptance criteria and partner with stakeholders to measure adoption.
• Ability to coach citizen developers and recognize when a solution needs to move into centralized development.
• Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces where requirements are not yet defined.
• Ability to learn new tools and platforms as the technology landscape evolves.
• Experience leading solution design and delivery for initiatives that involve multiple stakeholders or business units.
• Experience leading projects from discovery through delivery.
• Experience documenting solution architecture.
• Experience providing mentorship to other technical or analyst staff.
• Ability to make solution architecture decisions independently within Enterprise Architecture guidelines.
• Ability to engage effectively with senior leaders, including vice presidents and clinical leadership, on solution direction.
• Ability to lead buy-vs-build investigations and present recommendations to leadership.
• Ability to mentor and develop other analysts and technologists.

Preferred

• Experience working in healthcare or with electronic health record (EHR) systems.
• Experience with Oracle Health Millennium.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, or Power BI.
• Experience with low-code or AI agent development platforms such as OutSystems, Microsoft Power Platform, or Copilot Studio.
• Experience designing or implementing systems integrations using REST APIs.
• Experience developing or implementing generative AI solutions or agents.
• Experience with FHIR or HL7 healthcare data standards.
• Software development or software engineering experience.
• Solution architecture experience.
• Experience with UI/UX design.
• Experience in a lead role or directing work.
• Experience leading enterprise-grade development projects.
• Experience leading vendor evaluations or buy-vs-build investigations.

At Gillette Children’s, we foster a culture where every team member feels a sense of belonging and purpose. We are dedicated to building an environment where all feel welcomed, respected, and supported. Our values are embedded at the heart of our culture. We act first from love, embrace the bigger picture, and work side-by-side with our patients, families, and colleagues to help every child create their own story. Together, we work to ensure patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.

Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.

Gillette Children’s is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.

To learn more about working at Gillette Children's, please visit https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers.

Gillette Children's participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) E-Verify program which is an internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Gillette will give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS or the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resolve the issue before Gillette takes any further action. Please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/ for further details regarding e-verify.