Senior Hyperautomation Solution Architect

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeThe Master Data Management Services & Data Platform Services (MDMS/DPS) department is accountable for Data Products, Integrations, platform and solution architecture, solutions governance, data assets across the company, data & advanced analytics platforms, and enterprise integrations. Our Hyperautomation & AI team is part of this and uses advanced technologies to automate business and IT processes. This can include anything from simple task automation to complex decision making.​ We empower our employees and processes with digital superpowers. The team owns enterprise capabilities for AI/ML, Robotic Process Automation and Process Mining.
Medtronic is hiring a Senior IT Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in designing and implementing complex Hyperautomation solutions leveraging multiple capabilities such as Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML), Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Process Mining and no-code automation that leverage our data warehouse and machine learnings platforms and our integrations platform. Your extensive experience and deep understanding will drive the success of our projects and contribute to the overall IT strategy of the organization.
As a Senior IT Solution Architect, you will be a senior member of our technology team responsible for shaping and executing our organization's strategy. Your extensive experience in designing and implementing complex solutions will be crucial in ensuring the business processes are automated across our business and functions.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Solution Design and Architecture: Collaborate with stakeholders, business analysts, and development teams to understand business requirements and design solutions that align with the organization's objectives. Lead the architectural design process for end-to-end automation solutions.
• Technical Expertise: Leverage your in-depth expertise in automation platforms such as UI Path, Automation Anywhere, connecting our ecosystem through WebMethods and empowering automation through AI and data with platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake, to design and implement robust and scalable solutions.
• Architecture Governance: Define and enforce Hyperautomation architecture best practices, standards, and guidelines. Conduct regular reviews of integration projects to ensure adherence to architectural principles and maintain consistency across the ecosystem.
• Governance and Compliance: Establish and enforce integration architecture governance processes, ensuring that projects adhere to architectural standards and compliance requirements. Conduct regular reviews and audits to maintain architectural integrity.
• Team Leadership: Provide indirect technical leadership to solution architects internal and with our partners, guiding them through complex integration challenges, reviewing their work, and fostering skill development within the team. Oversee and influence cross functional diligence on initiatives both before and after the project acquisition.
• Vendor Interaction: Collaborate with vendors and third-party partners to understand product roadmaps, influence enhancements, and ensure the organization's integration architecture is future-proof and aligned with industry trends. Foster strong relationships with internal teams and external vendors to facilitate effective collaboration throughout the capabilities.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize solutions for performance, scalability, and reliability. Identify and address potential bottlenecks and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Documentation and Knowledge Management: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including architectural diagrams, design documents, and integration patterns. Drive and own the development of a knowledge repository and solution blueprints.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks and challenges. Provide recommendations for risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and executives in a clear and concise manner. Act as a trusted advisor to the business on automation strategy and best practices.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and industry developments. Explore and recommend innovative solutions to improve processes, efficiency, and overall system performance.
• Mentorship and guidance to junior solution architects, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

• 7+ years of progressive experience in IT Solution Architecture for Hyperautomation with a Bachelors Degree in engineering or MCA or MSc.
• Excellent communication skills, fluent spoken and written English.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management abilities, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Very deep technical understanding of the broad set of Hyperautomation capabilities, combined with a deeper expert understanding in at least one or two of the Hyperautomation capabilities such as (Gen)AI, Process Mining or IPA/RPA, to spot and compare cross technology solutions to an automation opportunity.
• Strong architectural understanding of and experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS and or Azure and AI platforms such as Databricks and data warehouses / AI platforms such as Snowflake.
• Ability to lead the architectural solution design, development, deployment, and technical quality of large enterprise or global solutions that span multiple technologies and disciplines.
• Be able to provide architectural direction for multiple projects/programs concurrently in various stages of their lifecycle.
• Ability to understand the customer's business problem, need, or opportunity and to design a solution that completely and correctly addresses the business problem, need, or opportunity without unnecessary enhancements.
• Proven ability to work as a team player, delivering quality results within defined timelines.

Nice to have: 

• Previous Medtronic experience
• Master’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience in change management, as it relates to a culture and mindset of a complex organization including capabilities building, process design, ownership, and implementation.
• Managing a Global Organization and Stakeholders.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here