Remote_W2 Contract_Solution Lead/ Architect_California

Job Title: Solution Lead/ Architect

Location: California, USA (100 % Remote Role)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Position Type: W2 Contract

Job Description:

These resources would plays a critical role in National Products team in aligning business strategy with technology execution. This role requires strong healthcare functional domain knowledge, solution architecture expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to partner closely with business and technical stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partnership
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and define long term technology roadmaps and architectural vision.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
• Act as a trusted advisor by translating complex business requirements into clear technical solutions.
• Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, including both technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Technical Leadership
• Guide project teams to ensure alignment with KP architectural standards and best practices.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure technical artifacts are sound and high quality.
• Risk Management
• Identify technical risks throughout the project lifecycle and communicate potential impacts proactively.
• Innovation & Emerging Technologies
• Champion the adoption of emerging technologies—including Digital, AI, and Cloud—to drive business innovation and enhanced capabilities.
• Value Stream Solution Delivery
• Support definition of solution and functional requirements to ensure workstreams have clarity across all stages of delivery.
• Participate in business requirements definition and solution impact analysis.
• Provide architectural and technical guidance to support business strategy.
• Break down business requirements into features, scalable components, and user stories.
• Maintain traceability between requirements and solution components, including management of Jira stories.
• Develop logical solution design artifacts such as diagrams and logical solution design document at the initiative level.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (e.g., PI planning, syncs, solution demos).
• Communicate functional/non-functional requirements and solution designs across workstreams to ensure alignment and clarity of enhancements required.
• Provide hands on technical leadership to resolve integration issues.
• Collaborate with IT Design Leads across value streams to maintain consistency and alignment of solution.
• Provide input on testing strategy and review test cases as needed.
• Support consolidation of design documentation into initiative level architecture artifacts (e.g., Solution Architecture Description document).
• Escalate risks, blockers, or design conflicts to IT Design Principal and IT leadership when necessary.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders.
• Strong technical expertise across current platforms and technologies.
• Proven experience working with business teams to define and deliver solutions.
• Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in solution architecture within business or functional projects.
• Deep knowledge of architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and methodologies (Nice to have)
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile, DevOps, and industry best practices.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Desirable qualifications:

• Experience in healthcare, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked with Kaiser
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Lucid, and Confluence.