Senior Principal Solution Architect

Gainwell Technologies; Missouri; On-site; USD 139,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Gainwell Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal, Solution Architect to lead Medicaid claims-related product domains as part of modernizing our core adjudication platform.

This role blends deep Medicaid domain expertise with executive-level influence to shape platform strategy, partner across product, engineering, and operations, and guide transformation across member, provider, benefits, clinical, and finance domains.

Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of business solutions experience.
• Experience with Medicaid, payer technology, or public-sector health programs.
• Experience modernizing claims adjudication, MMIS, or health plan platforms at portfolio/enterprise scale.
• Experience defining executive-level product metrics linked to outcomes and financial performance.
• Recognized thought leadership in Medicaid or enterprise product transformation.
• Experience building AI products and use cases.

Responsibilities

• Define portfolio-level product direction for Medicaid claims domains and connect capabilities into a transformation roadmap.
• Shape enterprise product strategy for adjudication modernization and investment priorities.
• Lead cross-division alignment on portfolio decisions and transformation outcomes.
• Assess current portfolios, workflows, constraints, client needs, and policy realities to identify opportunities.
• Use portfolio frameworks and data to evaluate opportunities and guide executive decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, operations, and executive stakeholders to align strategy with execution.
• Set product standards and rhythms across multiple product teams.
• Influence enterprise transformation choices involving legacy capabilities and platform modernization.
• Build narratives for executives including direction, rationale, and progress against outcomes.
• Provide thought leadership and coaching to product leaders and cross-functional partners.

Skills

Medicaid domain expertise

Executive-level influence

Portfolio management

AI product experience

Job description

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Location: Any city, MO, US, 99999

Work Mode: Virtual (Exception only)

Summary

Gainwell Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal, Solution Architect to lead Medicaid claims-related product domains as part of the transformation of our core adjudication products. This role is for a product leader who can combine deep Medicaid domain expertise, modern product management practices, and executive-level influence to shape platform strategy and turn complex payer and program needs into product direction.

The Product Manager, Principal will own domain strategy and outcomes across one or more claims-adjacent domains, including member, provider, benefits, clinical, and finance. The role will partner across product, engineering, architecture, operations, client-facing teams, and business stakeholders to modernize how Gainwell defines, builds, measures, and evolves core Medicaid capabilities.

Your role in our mission

• Define portfolio-level product direction for Medicaid claims-related domains, connecting member, provider, benefits, clinical, and finance capabilities into a coherent transformation roadmap.
• Shape enterprise product strategy for core adjudication modernization, including platform direction, domain boundaries, operating model implications, and investment priorities.
• Lead cross-division alignment around product portfolio decisions, strategic tradeoffs, sequencing, and measurable transformation outcomes.
• Assess the current product portfolio, workflows, domain dependencies, technical constraints, client needs, market forces, and Medicaid policy realities to identify the highest-value transformation opportunities.
• Use portfolio frameworks, organizational assessments, product economics, data, and market insight to evaluate opportunities and guide executive decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, operations, delivery, client-facing, growth, and executive stakeholders to align strategy with scalable execution.
• Set product standards and operating rhythms that strengthen discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, measurement, and decision quality across multiple product teams.
• Influence enterprise transformation choices involving legacy capabilities, platform modernization, interoperability, data, automation, workflow redesign, and domain ownership.
• Build clear narratives for executives and senior stakeholders, including portfolio direction, transformation rationale, investment tradeoffs, and progress against outcomes.
• Provide thought leadership and coaching to product leaders and cross-functional partners, raising product maturity across the organization.

What we're looking for

• Fifteen or more years of business solutions experience Experience working with company products and services, business processes and re-engineering.
• Experience working with business environment, business industry and competitor products and services.
• Experience modernizing claims adjudication, MMIS, health plan administration, benefits administration, or other core payer platforms at portfolio or enterprise scale.
• Experience defining executive-level product metrics tied to operational efficiency, quality, accuracy, compliance, adoption, client outcomes, and financial performance.
• Recognized thought leadership in Medicaid, payer technology, public-sector health programs, platform strategy, or enterprise product transformation.
• Experience building AI products and use cases.

What you should expect in this role

• This opportunity is 100% remote with the opportunity to travel up to 10% annually.

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is September 12, 2026.

The pay range for this position is $138,800.00 - $198,300.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.