Manager, InterOperability Architecture

Deercreekseniorliving; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Interoperability Architecture to define and operate its interoperability platform, leading a small team of engineers and product owners.

You will shape API patterns, data exchange, and security across clinical, financial, and operational systems. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic planning, collaborating with Data Warehousing andClinical/Enterprise teams to enable scalable, secure healthcare data sharing and support ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of healthcare IT experience.
• 5+ years designing and implementing interoperability solutions.
• Experience building and scaling interoperability platforms.
• Experience leading technical teams across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop interoperability engineering and product ownership teams.
• Define enterprise interoperability architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Establish standards for APIs, interfaces, event-driven integrations, and data exchange.
• Design scalable integration architectures supporting growth, acquisitions, and evolving healthcare needs.
• Hands-on coding and delivery of APIs, interfaces, and middleware.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align roadmaps with goals.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Healthcare domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or related field, or equivalent experience

Tools

HL7 v2.x

FHIR REST APIs

SOAP services

API management platforms

Integration engines

Cloud integration platforms

Event-driven architectures

SQL databases

Job description

WHO WE ARE At Pennant, our culture is our competitive advantage. We are a collection of independent, locally led healthcare companies united by a shared purpose and the CAPLICO values—Celebration, Accountability, Passion, Love, Intelligence, Customer Second, and Ownership. We believe great results come from empowered leaders, strong relationships, and people who take ownership of their work.

JOB SUMMARY

The Manager, Interoperability Architecture is responsible for defining, building, and operating Pennant's interoperability platform and integration architecture strategy. Reporting to the Director of Data, this role combines technical leadership, people leadership, and strategic planning to create scalable, secure, and reliable data exchange capabilities across clinical, financial, operational, and enterprise systems. This leader serves as both architect and builder, working hands‑on to design and develop APIs, interfaces, integration patterns, and interoperability services while leading a small, high‑performing team. The role will establish the architectural foundation for Pennant's interoperability ecosystem and drive the organization's ability to exchange, govern, and leverage data effectively across internal and external partners. The Manager, Interoperability Architecture will partner closely with Data Warehousing, Clinical Applications, Enterprise Applications, Security, Infrastructure, and business leaders to deliver solutions that enable life‑changing service through connected healthcare technology.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team consisting of interoperability engineering and product ownership resources.
• Conduct hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development activities.
• Establish team priorities, workload planning, and capacity management.
• Foster a CAPLICO-driven culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Build a high‑trust environment that empowers team members to take initiative and solve complex problems.

Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Define and maintain the enterprise interoperability architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Establish standards, patterns, and best practices for APIs, interfaces, event‑driven integrations, and data exchange.
• Design scalable integration architectures supporting growth, acquisitions, and evolving healthcare business needs.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, platforms, and architectural approaches.
• Ensure interoperability solutions align with security, governance, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Maintain architectural documentation, standards, and reference designs.

Engineering & Delivery

• Design, develop, test, and support APIs, interfaces, and middleware solutions.
• Build integrations between EHRs, operational systems, cloud platforms, vendor applications, and data platforms.
• Configure and optimize integration engines and middleware technologies.
• Participate in hands‑on coding and solution delivery activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex interoperability, integration, and data exchange issues.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational support practices for critical integrations.

Strategy & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with business and technology leaders to identify interoperability opportunities and priorities.
• Translate organizational goals into platform capabilities and technical roadmaps.
• Collaborate with vendors, implementation partners, and healthcare technology providers.
• Support due diligence and integration planning for acquisitions and new business initiatives.
• Drive long‑term interoperability maturity and healthcare data exchange capabilities.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job‑related tasks other than those stated in this description.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Informa Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Experience

• 7+ years of healthcare information technology experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing integration or interoperability solutions.
• Experience designing enterprise architecture for healthcare technology environments.
• Experience building and scaling interoperability capabilities, platforms, or programs from an early‑stage or transformational environment.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering complex technology initiatives.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups including business, clinical, operational, and technical teams.

Technical Expertise

• HL7 v2.x
• FHIR REST APIs
• SOAP services
• Healthcare interoperability standards
• Integration engines and middleware platforms
• Cloud integration architectures
• Event‑driven architectures
• Enterprise application integration
• Authentication and authorization frameworks
• API management platformsData integration and transformation solutions
• SQL and database technologies
• Software development and application architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in home health, hospice, post‑acute care, or healthcare services organizations.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large‑scale system integrations.
• Experience with Epic, HCHB, or other healthcare clinical platforms.
• Experience building enterprise API platforms.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.

The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Pennant Group is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant now operate more than 250 senior living, home health, hospice, and home care operations across 16 states and we are growing! These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world‑class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on‑site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day‑to‑day care and business issues in their individual agencies. More information about Pennant is available at https://pennantgroup.com.

Something else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resources – the people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, CAPLICO: Customer Second Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Celebrate Ownership By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, we are f…