Health Care that Starts with You!

Join a truly mission-driven organization! Independent, nonprofit UCare is recognized as one of the Minnesota's leading health plans. We provide more than 600,000 members across Minnesota and western Wisconsin with the health coverage plans and services they need to maintain and improve their health. The innovative coverage we create makes a difference for Medicare-eligible individuals, individuals and families enrolled in Minnesota Health Care Programs, such as MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance, and disabled adults with special health care needs.

UCare is growing in size, membership, products, geographic coverage, and employees. We're an organization that's going places. Be part of a team that cares about you, be part of UCare.

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Enter a highly collaborative environment where people are truly engaged, and feedback is valued. You'll enjoy a competitive salary and benefits, as well as a host of other perks, including a nationally recognized wellness program, and a bright, open, award-winning office space in Northeast Minneapolis just minutes from major freeways and retail centers.

At UCare, we welcome and employ a diverse employee group committed to meeting the needs of UCare, our members, and the communities we serve.

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ABOUT UCARE

UCare offers Medicare, Medicaid, Individual and Family health plans - powered by the hardest working people in the industry. Our people powered teams de-complicate, advocate and always go the extra mile to help our members. We serve with integrity, compassion and commitment to do right by members, providers and government partners. Above all, we come to work excited to provide members a path for the best health of their lives.

WORKING AT UCARE

Working at UCare is more than a career; it's a mission. A mission that defines us as professionals, unites us as an organization and shapes how we interact with our members and each other. Employees join UCare and stay because of the opportunity to have a purpose-driven job.

Our strong culture has established UCare as a Star Tribune Top 200 Workplace for 14 consecutive years since the awards program began. It's a culture that embraces innovative ideas, strategic partnerships, and exemplary customer and provider experiences. Working at UCare is being a part of a people powered team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of our members and communities.

BUSINESS ARCHITECT

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Position Description

The Business Architect interprets and contextualizes strategy for operational needs, develops specific artifacts such as business capability maps and value streams to help bridge the gap between strategy and execution, and helps streamline and rationalize the IT enablement process. In addition to developing specific deliverables, views, and viewpoints, a Business Architect synthesizes and synergizes the work of others drawing from disciplines such as strategy development, business analysis, process management, operations, and systems analysis. This role works to develop an integrated view of the enterprise using a repeatable approach, cohesive framework, while introducing business architecture best practices and techniques. Relate business capabilities and business processes to the business applications represented in our enterprise architecture tool, LeanlX.

• Ability to interprets and contextualizes business leader visions within and through the primary business architecture artifacts of high-level business capabilities and high-level business process.

• Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise.

• Capture the tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance.

• Define the primary business functions of the enterprise and distinguish between customer-facing, supplier-related, business execution and business management functions.

• Define the set of strategic, core and support business processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries; identify and describe external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with the business; and describe which business capabilities and business processes are involved.

• Capture the relationships between departments, business capabilities, business processes and their enabling business applications.

• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or business management; demonstrated experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Experience

Five years Healthcare Industry experience. Eight to ten years of experience working in architecture. Experience working with architecture tools. Strong ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies, and cross-silo redundancies

Preferred Experience

Preferred experience with the Enterprise Architecture Tool, LeanIX.

THE UCARE DIFFERENCE

The UCare difference is our people power - employees actively working on the behalf of our members to get them access to the health care they need. We value and respect each individual's ideas and contributions, and provide the freedom to grow both personally and professionally. We are centrally located, and offer onsite education, equipment and wellness resources, and a myriad of volunteer activities. If you're looking for an inclusive environment that celebrates your people power, helps you build on your strengths and gives you the opportunity to truly make a difference, we invite you to apply.

As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, we welcome and employ a diverse employee group committed to meeting the needs of UCare, our members, and the communities we serve.

JOB POST DATE: 04/25/2023