M&A Application Portfolio Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee application portfolio evaluations and conduct technology due diligence for acquisitions and strategic initiatives.

• Assess applications and platforms for their business value, technical compatibility, integration complexity, security standards, scalability, cloud readiness, and existing technical debt.

• Formulate portfolio rationalization strategies that include suggestions for retaining, retiring, replacing, consolidating, modernizing, or integrating applications.

• Establish target-state architecture and integration roadmaps.

• Collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to implement application integration and transition strategies.

• Evaluate healthcare technology platforms, encompassing claims, provider, member, care management, digital health, contact center, and analytics solutions.

• Identify risks associated with cybersecurity, compliance, licensing, vendor dependencies, and data migration.

• Deliver architecture recommendations, business cases, and due diligence insights to stakeholders and executive leadership.

• Conduct architecture reviews and offer guidance during post-merger integration efforts.

• Maintain architecture documentation, application inventories, capability maps, and portfolio decision frameworks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Over 5 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Application Architecture, Portfolio Architecture, Technology Strategy, or related fields.

• Proven experience in evaluating large application portfolios and providing recommendations for retention, retirement, replacement, consolidation, modernization, or integration of applications.

• Strong background in creating target-state architectures and multi-year technology roadmaps.

• Experience in assessing cloud, SaaS, custom-built, and third-party enterprise applications.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical debt, application lifecycle maturity, scalability, security, and integration complexity.

• Experience in presenting recommendations and business cases to executive leadership and senior stakeholders.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).

• Experience in supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large-scale transformation initiatives (preferred).

• Background in the healthcare industry, including payer, provider, claims, care management, digital health, or analytics platforms (preferred).

• Experience in conducting technology due diligence, application assessments, portfolio rationalization, or M&A integration activities (preferred).

• Minimum internet speeds of 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.

• Ability to work from a dedicated space free from interruptions to safeguard member PHI/HIPAA information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

• Paid time off.

• Company and personal holidays.

• Paid parental and caregiver leave.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Life insurance.

• Internet expense reimbursement for employees working from home in California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota.

• Telephone equipment suited to business needs.

• Remote work flexibility.

• Occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings.