Director – Product Application Arch - Atlanta - HHS Technology Group, Inc.

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(Senior) Director - Product Application Architecture (Healthcare/Regulated SaaS)

WHO WE ARE:

At HHS Tech Group (HTG), our work matters, and each of us makes a difference in the lives of people every day.

HTG is a leader in the development and delivery of innovative, purpose-built modular software and technology solutions to clients in the commercial and government sectors.

WHAT WE DO:

HHS Tech Group creates innovative, purpose-built technology products and solutions, resulting in value and positive, quantifiable impact for our clients and the people they serve.

Our people bring our software to life through collaborative relationships with our clients, working as a team, helping to solve complex problems that create positive personal and community impact for the people our clients serve.

Each day, our software products and our people are making a difference.

OUR PEOPLE MATTER MOST:

Improving the lives of others and making an impact daily is no simple task. We are dedicated to our team's professional and personal growth and well-being. Some key rewards and benefits include:

• Generously sponsored Medical Insurance
• Fully paid premiums on dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• Generous 401k matching program
• Flexible PTO policy

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WHO WE ARE HIRING: (Senior) Director - Product Application Architecture (Healthcare/Regulated SaaS)

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The (Senior) Director of Product Application Architecture will define and evolve the technical architecture of world-class, cloud-centric healthcare products. This role blends deep architectural expertise, product thinking, and people leadership.

The ideal candidate is a builder and teacher - someone who can think out-of-the-box, design modular, extensible platforms, and actively mentor and elevate other architects, while remaining close to real product and delivery challenges.

This role leads Application & Product Architects (direct & matrix).

Responsibilities:

Product Application Architecture (Hands-On)

• Serve as lead product application architect for core healthcare platforms
• Design cloud-native, scalable, and resilient architectures aligned with product roadmaps
• Define application patterns that support modularity, reuse, and rapid integration
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform evolution
• Stay hands-on through design reviews, reference implementations, and technical spikes

Cloud-Centric & Data Architecture

• Lead architecture for cloud-first solutions (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Design and govern data virtualization and data access patterns across heterogeneous systems
• Enable real-time and near-real-time data integration without unnecessary data duplication
• Ensure architectures support analytics, interoperability, and operational scalability
• Promote secure, compliant, and cost-efficient cloud architectures

Modular & Open Platform Design

• Champion API-first, event-driven, and integration-ready architectures
• Design products that are open to third-party integrations and ecosystem growth
• Establish standards for service boundaries, contracts, and versioning
• Enable product teams to innovate independently while remaining aligned to a shared platform vision

Innovation & Out-of-the-Box Thinking

• Challenge traditional approaches to healthcare product design
• Identify opportunities to simplify complex workflows through architecture
• Explore new architectural patterns, tools, and frameworks that accelerate product innovation
• Translate emerging technologies into practical, production-ready solutions

Architecture Leadership & Team Building

• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing community of product and application architects
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and technical excellence
• Establish architecture forums, guilds, and design review practices
• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams
• Influence architectural decisions across multiple product teams without becoming a bottleneck

Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure architectural designs meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
• Define and enforce architectural standards while enabling flexibility
• Promote high-quality documentation and decision traceability
• Support audit readiness and operational resilience

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in application or product architecture
• 5+ years in a Director / Senior technical leadership role
• Strong hands-on experience designing cloud-native enterprise products
• Deep knowledge of data virtualization, integration, and distributed data access
• Proven experience building modular, extensible, integration-ready platforms
• Experience mentoring and leading architect communities or centers of excellence
• Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare or other highly regulated industry experience
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, and API platforms
• Familiarity with interoperability standards and ecosystem integrations
• Experience influencing architecture across multiple agile product teams
• Background in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE practices

Leadership Attributes

• Hands-on, pragmatic, and outcome-oriented
• Curious, innovative, and willing to challenge legacy thinking
• Collaborative leader who teaches and elevates others
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complex product ecosystems
• Strong product mindset with architectural depth

What Success Looks Like

• A cohesive, scalable product architecture aligned to business outcomes
• Faster product innovation through modular and open design
• Strong architectural alignment across product teams
• A thriving architecture community that shares knowledge and best practices
• Reduced complexity, improved reliability, and easier integrations

Education and Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• One or more advanced Agile or Product Management certification (e.g., CSPO, PSPO, SAFe, PMI-ACP) preferred

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are not able to offer sponsorship or transfer of an employment visa. xhuatnn

Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.