Director, IT Architecture & Delivery

Job Posting Title:

Director, IT Architecture & Delivery

Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

Position Open To:

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

FLSA Status:

Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

Job Details:

General Notes

This position supports a large, integrated healthcare system, including the development and expansion of a tertiary hospital and medical research environment. The role partners closely with clinical, operational, research, and IT leaders to modernize enterprise technology services and support organizational growth.

Purpose

The Director, IT Architecture & Delivery leads a portfolio of enterprise technology solutions and programs supporting clinical, operational, administrative, and research environments. This role is responsible for translating strategic priorities into coordinated technology roadmaps, scalable solution designs, and executable delivery plans.

Responsibilities

Leads Portfolio Strategy, Architecture, and Delivery

• Leads an assigned portfolio of solutions, programs, and projects aligned to organizational priorities for the academic medical center, hospital operations, and research environment
• Translates strategic objectives into actionable portfolio roadmaps, implementation plans, and sequencing decisions
• Ensures solutions within the portfolio are aligned to one another, technically coherent, and positioned to support future-state operating and service delivery models
• Balances near-term delivery commitments with longer-term modernization goals
  
  
  

Manages and Develops a Cross-Functional Team

• Leads, coaches, and develops a team of solution architects, program managers, and technical project managers
• Establishes clear role expectations, delivery disciplines, decision rights, and performance standards across the team
• Builds a collaborative team culture focused on accountability, execution, stakeholder partnership, and continuous improvement
• Guides team capacity planning and work prioritization across initiatives and strategic demands
  
  
  

Drives Portfolio Alignment and Integrated Planning

• Aligns projects and solutions within the assigned portfolio to reduce duplication, manage dependencies, and improve overall delivery outcomes
• Partners with peer portfolio leaders across applications, infrastructure, and data to coordinate roadmaps, shared platforms, and enterprise capabilities
• Identifies interdependencies, risks, sequencing conflicts, and integration points across portfolios and service lines
• Supports portfolio governance, intake, prioritization, and planning processes to maintain alignment with institutional goals and funding realities
  
  
  

Partners with Service Delivery Groups to Modernize IT Services

• Collaborates with infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, support, platform, and other service delivery teams to align services and operating capabilities to the needs of new and evolving hospital and research facilities
• Helps define future-state service models, transition requirements, support readiness expectations, and operational handoffs for new solutions
• Advances service modernization through standardization, lifecycle planning, and operational integration
• Ensures delivery plans account for production support, resilience, scalability, and service adoption
  
  
  

Provides Architectural and Program Oversight

• Oversees solution design direction, program structure, and execution quality across major initiatives in the portfolio
• Ensures business, clinical, research, and operational requirements are translated into scalable and supportable technology approaches
• Establishes review mechanisms to confirm adherence to standards, architecture principles, security expectations, and integration requirements
• Escalates and resolves issues affecting delivery, scope, design integrity, or service readiness
  
  
  

Builds Stakeholder Alignment and Executive Communication

• Partners with business, clinical, academic, research, and IT leaders to define priorities, communicate decisions, and maintain alignment
• Prepares and presents executive-level portfolio updates, risks, recommendations, and roadmap options
• Builds effective coalitions across technical and non-technical stakeholders to enable progress in a complex, matrixed environment
• Supports change leadership for large-scale transformation efforts tied to new facility activation, service modernization, and enterprise transformation
  
  
  

Marginal or Periodic Functions

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting requirements
• Participates in capital planning, annual planning, and portfolio review processes
• Supports organizational readiness, post-implementation reviews, and lessons-learned activities
• Represents the organization in vendor discussions, design workshops, and strategic planning sessions
• Performs related duties as required
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Strategic Agility

• Sees ahead clearly; anticipates future consequences and trends and translates them into actionable strategies
• Aligns enterprise architecture and delivery portfolios with organizational strategy and growth plans
• Anticipates downstream impacts of technology decisions on clinical, operational, and service models
• Shapes multi-year technology roadmaps that balance innovation, risk, and sustainability
  
  
  

Managing Complexity

• Deals effectively with ambiguity, interdependencies, and competing priorities
• Integrates applications, infrastructure, data, and platforms into cohesive, supportable solutions
• Manages dependencies across large, interconnected programs and portfolios
• Simplifies complex environments while preserving essential capabilities
  
  
  

Drive for Results

• Consistently achieves results, even under challenging conditions
• Translates strategic objectives into deliverable outcomes
• Holds teams accountable for performance, quality, and timelines
• Addresses delivery risks proactively and decisively
  
  
  

Building Effective Teams

• Creates strong morale, engagement, and collaboration across various teams
• Leads multidisciplinary teams across architecture, program management, and delivery
• Builds clarity of roles, decision rights, and accountability
• Develops talent and succession in architecture and delivery disciplines
  
  
  

Political Savvy

• Understands organizational dynamics and navigates them effectively
• Builds alignment across clinical, operational, and IT leadership
• Uses influence rather than authority to drive outcomes
• Navigates governance bodies and decision-making forums effectively
  
  
  

Communicating with Impact

• Delivers clear, concise, and compelling messages tailored to the audience
• Presents complex technical concepts in business-relevant terms
• Facilitates cross-functional alignment and shared understanding
• Produces clear documentation, executive materials, and decision artifacts
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, Business, or a related field
• Ten years of progressive experience in solution architecture, program leadership, portfolio management, or technology transformation
• Five years of management experience leading professional staff and complex cross-functional initiatives
• Experience leading large-scale technology programs in collaboration with architecture, delivery, and operational service teams
• Experience aligning multiple projects or solutions into an integrated portfolio or domain roadmap
  
  
  

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Health Informatics, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in hospital, academic medical center, medical research, or other highly complex service environments
• Experience supporting new facility activation, enterprise platform transformation, or large-scale modernization efforts
• Experience with environments involving EHR, ERP, digital platforms, cloud services, data platforms, analytics, interoperability, or enterprise integration
• Experience working in one of the following primary domains: applications, infrastructure, or data, with ability to operate effectively across peer portfolios
  
  
  

Licenses/Registrations/Certifications

Required

• None
  
  
  

Preferred

• TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or similar architecture certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP), PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent program or portfolio certification
• Relevant healthcare, cloud, data, or service management certifications
  
  
  

Salary Range

$207,500 depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Standard office environment with routine use of computer, keyboard, and other standard office equipment
• May require participation in onsite planning, operational readiness activities, design sessions, and stakeholder meetings in clinical, research, and administrative settings
• Position may involve work in environments associated with hospital and research operations
• May require prolonged periods of sitting and extensive computer use
  
  
  

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest
  
  
  

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled into your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify:

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• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.