Principal Architect - Platform Innovation Digital Health

Summary of Position:

We are seeking a Principal Architect to drive the design delivery and scaling of advanced digital capabilities across our products and platforms. This role combines strong systems architecture thinking a product mindset and the ability to engage stakeholders manage risk and ensure compliance in a regulated environment.

You will work within a cross-functional innovation POD (engineering data product QA and business partners) translating business opportunities into scalable value-driven capabilities while ensuring architectural soundness security and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Innovation & POD Leadership

Lead and inspire a cross-functional POD setting technical direction and delivery approach for advanced platform initiatives.

Define high-impact use cases aligned with product strategy business value and measurable outcomes.

Drive experimentation (POCs) through to production-grade solutions ensuring operational readiness and adoption.

Solution Architecture

Own end-to-end solution architecture including data flows APIs integration patterns and cloud infrastructure.

Ensure scalability reliability maintainability and observability of solutions.

Partner with security platform and infrastructure teams to align with enterprise standards.

Intelligent Capabilities

Design and integrate intelligent and automated capabilities including modern retrieval approaches advanced data processing and large-model-based techniques where they provide clear value.

Translate complex technical concepts into clear solution designs and trade-offs.

Product Stakeholder & Compliance Responsibilities

Maintain a strong product and value mindset focusing on adoption and ROI.

Communicate effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

Embed risk management security privacy and regulatory compliance by design.

Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:

Proven experience in solution or systems architecture within complex environments.

Strong experience with cloud-native platforms APIs and microservices.

Hands-on exposure to modern intelligent system patterns (e.g. retrieval techniques embeddings prompt-driven workflows).

Experience leading cross-functional teams or PODs.

Strong communication skills and experience in regulated environments are a plus.

Nice to Have

Experience scaling innovative capabilities from POC to enterprise adoption.

Familiarity with governance and responsible practices for intelligent systems.

What Success Looks Like

Delivery of high-impact measurable digital capabilities.

Secure compliant and scalable solutions in production.

Recognition as a trusted architecture and innovation leader.

Work hours: 1 PM to 10 PM IST

Relocation assistance: Yes

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