Manager, Solution Architecture

At Owens & Minor, we are a critical part of the healthcare process. As a Fortune 500 company with 50+ facilities across the US and 18,000 teammates in over 90 countries, we provide integrated technologies, products and services across the full continuum of care. Customers—and their patients—are at the heart of what we do.

Our mission is to empower our customers to advance healthcare, and our success starts with our teammates. 

Owens & Minor teammate benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day
• 401(k), eligibility after 30 days of employment
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Development opportunities to grow your career with a global company

POSITION SUMMARY 

The Solution Architecture Manager is responsible for overseeing the design, development, and optimization 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 robust 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 within timelines. 
• 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 architects, 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 business-to-business application experience preferred
• Google Cloud Platform experience preferred

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.