Director, Solutions Architecture
Required skills
- Solutions Architecture
- Technical Consulting
- Healthcare
- claims systems
- utilization management
- care management platforms
- payer operations
- prior authorization
- people leadership
- technical team management
Nice to have
- scaling technical teams
- client executive stakeholders
- Platform Configuration
- Agile
- BRD/FRD documentation
Role summary
Cohere Health is seeking a remote Director, Solutions Architecture to lead their team of Solution Architects. This player-coach role involves setting technical and business standards for complex healthcare client solutions, including claims and utilization management systems. Responsibilities include managing a team of 8 Solution Architects (hiring, coaching, performance), ensuring solution design quality, handling escalations, balancing workloads, and partnering with various delivery teams. The ideal candidate has 12+ years in solutions architecture/technical consulting with significant healthcare experience, including 3+ years managing technical teams, and deep knowledge of payer operations. Experience with large, complex platforms and leading in ambiguous environments is essential.
Opportunity Overview:
We're seeking a Director, Solutions Architecture to lead our team of Solution Architects within Cohere Health's PaaS Delivery organization. In this player-coach role, you'll set the technical and business standard for how Cohere designs solutions for complex healthcare clients running large, mission-critical platforms like claims systems and utilization management infrastructure. You'll partner closely with Solution Owners, Forward Deployed Engineers, Technical Program Managers, Platform Configuration, and QA to keep solution design in sync with delivery.
This is a remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and company events.
What you’ll do:
What you’ll need:
Pay & Perks:
💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 10% travel
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account
🏝️ Flex Time Off + company holidays
👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
🐶 Pet insurance
The salary range for this position is $196,000 to $215,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment.
Interview Process*:
- Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening
- Meet your Hiring Manager!
- Behavioral Interview(s)
*Subject to change
About Cohere Health:
Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum–including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more–the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction.
With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.
Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners.
The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.
We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us, it’s personal.
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