Director Architecture - Remote

Optum / UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN, USA / Remote

About the job

The Director of Architecture for Agentic AI Claims Automation will serve as the principal technical leader driving the architectural vision, solution design, and AI first innovation strategy for next generation claims automation capabilities within the Claims GCO organization. This role will define and mature the architecture for a platform that enables cross domain agentic workflows, orchestrates intelligent automation patterns, and aligns with the broader enterprise AI/ML strategy.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the end to end architecture for the Agentic AI Claims Automation platform, including agent orchestration, workflow engines, integration layers, data pipelines, and model serving components

Establish architectural patterns and guardrails that support reusable agentic workflows across claims platforms and operations

Partner with enterprise architecture to ensure alignment with emerging enterprise frameworks, AI governance standards, reference architectures, and shared platforms

Create and communicate a clear architectural north star, including strategic technology choices, trade offs, and modernization priorities

Design platform capabilities that enable the development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management of agentic systems and multi agent workflows

Collaborate with AI/ML and data science teams to define scalable patterns for model integration, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), decision logic, and safety filters

Champion "AI first" design principles across engineering teams, including intelligent automation, human in the loop review, observability, and bias mitigation

Lead architectural direction for major Claims GCO transformation initiatives, ensuring business objectives translate into robust, scalable, and cost efficient designs

Provide architectural governance throughout program lifecycle (concept to delivery to operations), including solution reviews, risk identification, and technical dependency management

Mentor architects and senior engineers to elevate technical design skills, architectural thinking, and AI literacy

Inspire teams through thought leadership on emerging technologies, agentic AI trends, and industry best practices in intelligent automation and claims transformation

Act as a trusted advisor to product leaders, business executives, and technology stakeholders across Claims, GCO, and enterprise platforms

Translate complex architectural concepts into clear, business aligned narratives to drive buy in and informed decision making

Present architectural recommendations, solution options, and technical trade offs at senior leadership forums

Partner with reliability, platform engineering, and security teams to ensure availability, performance, compliance, and resilience of AI services and claims automation platforms

Identify architectural improvements that enhance reliability, observability, cost efficiency, and developer productivity

Evaluate new technologies and lead pilot efforts to assess applicability within claims automation and agentic AI patterns

Qualifications

Minimum

7+ years of experience in software solution architecture, with a focus on AI/ML systems

7+ years of experience architecting scalable platforms and microservices, including RESTful API design and cloud-native development

3+ years of experience communicating architectural vision and strategy across cross-functional teams

3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data integration tools

1+ years of experience with AI/ML concepts including responsible AI principles, multi-agent solutions, generative AI, MCP and A2A

1+ years of experience with MLOps tools for deploying and managing models in production

1+ years of experience designing agentic workflows or autonomous systems

Preferred

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

1+ years of experience integrating AI solutions into existing enterprise systems while ensuring alignment with evolving architecture standards

Health industry experience

Payer background