Manager, Solutions Architecture - Remote, United States - Owens & Minor, Inc.

    Owens & Minor, Inc.
    Owens & Minor, Inc. Remote, United States

    Found in: Talent US C2 - 2 weeks ago

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    POSITION SUMMARY

    The Solution Architecture Manager is responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of software applications. They lead a team of solution architects ensuring the successful delivery of projects, and driving innovation and efficiency throughout the entire software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, excellent leadership and communication skills, and experience driving the successful design and delivery of software.

    ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Leads and manages a team of solution architects, providing guidance, coaching, and support. Cultivates a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
  • Fosters a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the team.
  • Oversees the process of designing, developing, and implementing scalable and integrated technology solutions that meet business needs.
  • Assists team in defining system architecture, ensuring architectural integrity, consistency, and compliance with best practices and standards.
  • Establishes and enforces solution architecture governance processes and standards
  • Promotes modern agile work processes to solution architects and ensures delivery meets business requirements and delivers expected customer value.
  • Drives innovation and improvement by promoting adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies.
  • Assists in managing the work of multiple scrum teams, including planning, risk mitigation, resource forecasting, and delivery.
  • Drives operational efficiencies through oversight of continuous improvement/lean initiatives relating to business software applications systems.
  • Manages third party providers, defining work, drafting Statements of Work (SOWs), monitoring performance, evaluating results, and tracking cost and timelines.
  • Manages creation and updates to system documentation in accordance with regulatory, financial, legal, and departmental requirements. Develops standards, policies and procedures to guide developers and technical support personnel.
  • Manages the application development budget, tracks expenses, and optimizes resource allocation to maximize productivity.
  • Collaborates with adjacent managers, agile delivery leads, product owners, and business stakeholders to establish clear communication channels and ensure alignment on project goals and delivery timelines.
  • Performs additional duties as directed.
  • KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

  • Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and reasoning skills.
  • Strategic mindset with a deep functional knowledge of the Application Development Lifecycle.
  • Experience facilitating the definition of business requirements.
  • Experience designing and implementing solutions, including processes and managing change.
  • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to identify emerging technologies and successfully apply them to critical business problems.
  • Strong analytical skills including the ability to make and act on decisions with limited information.
  • Ability to manage large teams across multiple technology related disciplines.
  • Demonstrated negotiation, persuasion and conflict management skills.
  • Ability to identify opportunities that lead to operational improvements and/or savings.
  • Experience in budget management and resource allocation.
  • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment.
  • EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor's Degree, preferably in related field (Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, etc.)
  • 8 or more years of Solution Architecture or Development experience
  • 2 or more years of relevant IT supervisory/management experience
  • SaaS and Customer-facing business applications experience preferred