Business Architect

Hutchinson Health; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthPartners is hiring a Business Architect to bridge strategy and execution, mapping business capabilities, workflows, and value streams under senior guidance. This entry-level role focuses on documenting processes and analyzing data to drive strategic alignment, with potential involvement as a business analyst or project manager on complex initiatives.

The position emphasizes collaboration across departments, process redesign, and data-driven decision making, with opportunities to contribute

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of business analysis.
• At least 2 years of project management or product ownership experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong business systems analysis and data analysis skills.
• Strong process modeling skills using tools like Visio or Lucidchart.

Responsibilities

• Interview stakeholders, analyze data, and create process models, context diagrams, and fit/gap analyses.
• Create analysis artifacts and present findings to stakeholders and leadership.
• Participate as a business analyst or project manager on cross-functional projects as needed.

Skills

Business analysis

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/ IT/ CS

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

Job description

HealthPartners is hiring a Business Architect. This role reports up to the HealthPartners Administrative Systems Business Architecture team. This role is expected to: bridge the gap between high-level company strategy and day-to-day execution and help map an organization's business capabilities, workflows, and value streams under the guidance of more senior architects. This entry-level role focuses on documenting processes and analyzing operational data to drive strategic alignment. This person may also be expected to participate as a business analyst or project manager on complex, cross-functional projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Five to Seven (5-7) years of business analysis
  • At least Two (2) years of project management or product ownership experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Strong business systems analysis and data analysis skills
  • Strong process modeling skills using visual tools like Microsoft Visio or Lucidchart.
  • Knowledge of healthcare industry
  • Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills; ability to facilitate cross-functional discussions with stakeholders
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Demonstrated leadership skills with ability to influence outcomes and appropriately delegate
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a complex multi-functional environment
  • Project management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • One to Three (1-3) Experience as Business Architect
  • Two to Four (2-4) years of Project Management or Product Ownership experience
  • HealthPartners experience in systems implementations
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Foundational knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF or BIZBOK
  • Experience with systems analysis, application development, testing, and implementation support

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. (50%) – Interview stakeholders, analyze data (decompose, synthesize, distill, amalgamate), and create various deliverables such as process models, context diagram, decomposition diagrams, fit/gap analysis documents and business/systems context diagrams.
2. (20%) – Create analysis and presentation artifacts and discuss findings with stakeholders and leader groups.
3. (30%) – As needed, participate as a business analyst or project manager in projects implementations they are assigned to.

ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Consult/Participate in cross-functional projects and initiatives to analyze the wider, cross-functional ecosystem to ensure solutions across multiple projects are aligned.
• Participate in departmental and divisional planning activities
• Collaborate with leaders and departments to resolve shared issues and support process redesign
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned by the Director