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Solutions Architecture Director

Cohere Health

Skills

Required

  • solution architecture
  • claims systems
  • utilization/care management platforms
  • payer operations / utilization management / prior authorization

Cohere Health as the Director of Solutions Architecture, where you'll lead a team of Solution Architects in designing solutions for complex healthcare clients. This remote-first role requires travel to Boston for onboarding and occasional team meetings. You'll manage a team of 8 Solution Architects, set the standard for solution design quality, and represent Solution Architecture in cross-functional planning and with client executive stakeholders.

Manage a team of Solution Architects, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.

Set the standard for solution design quality across the team, guiding clients to existing functionality and designing future-state workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Solution Owners, Forward Deployed Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure solution design aligns with delivery timelines.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with large, complex platforms — claims systems, utilization/care management platforms, or similarly mission-critical enterprise systems
  • 3+ years directly managing a technical team — solution architects, FDEs, technical consultants, or similar
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and make decisions in ambiguous, fast-changing environments without waiting for perfect information
  • Strong technical judgment paired with genuine people leadership — comfortable going deep on a hard technical problem and coaching a direct report through a tough conversation in the same week
  • 12+ years in solution architecture, technical consulting, or similar client-facing technical roles, including significant healthcare experience
  • Deep experience with payer operations, utilization management, or prior authorization specifically

Preferred

  • Experience presenting to and influencing client executive stakeholders is a plus
  • Background scaling a technical team through rapid company growth is a plus

Pay

USD 196,000 - 215,000

Benefits

  • Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible time off, a 401(K) retirement plan with employer match, and learning and development opportunities.