Invitae is dedicated to bringing comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people. Our team is driven to make a difference for the patients we serve. We are leading the transformation of the genetics industry by making genetic testing affordable and accessible for everyone to guide health decisions across all stages of life.

POSITION SUMMARY:

• The Business Architect will focus on current technology projects that are already well down the path of requirements definition and implementation to add a cross-functional view of business process enablement and Organizational Change Management (the people side of change). We want to ensure we have a holistic view across these strategic projects in these areas:
• Scalable organization structure, short-term set of deliverables, how we build our teams to meet this need, prioritize execution, and approach to create teams to accomplish this work.
• Business processes that enable people's jobs (and make them easier and more automated), removing manual processes and bottlenecks that affect future scalability
• Core data and source of record alignment for Archer's business requirements
• Enablement of reporting to support business decision-making in all areas of the business
• Integration needs and long-term scalability, specifically focused on aligning across differing manufacturing and quality/regulatory requirements
• Ensure we meet core business process needs to scale now and into the future (with consideration that the process needs to be scalable for people and technology over time

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job performance will involve a variety of activities including:

• Capture / catalog the organization's People and Process, with Technologies, to build a cohesive shared vision that enables progress towards systems and strategic goals:
• Focus initially on the large segments of responsibility that enable core business processes and how business processes relate to each other, with a view of business process maturity, bottlenecks, business process automation needs and current to future roadmap (prioritized)
• Balance business priorities and timelines, current projects, identifying quick wins that add more immediate value
• Focus on cross-functional business process maturity and automation
• With consideration of needs for scalability and future growth
• Engage the teams who do the work
• Includes strategic alignment with:
• Business Strategy and direction
• Integration requirements
• Data needs
• Organizational Change Management needs, how change impacts people, evolving competencies and training
• Technology and infrastructure requirements
• Compliance and regulatory needs (specifically looking at managing PII and Payor information)
• Works with teams to model core business processes across the enterprise rather than within the silo of a single view
• Build an accurate picture of the totality of business processes and needs versus individual siloed office tasks
• Working with the Data Architect, identify Source of Record for data, data flow and integration needs between systems that enable business process automation
• Where there are gaps, potential bottlenecks, manual processes, spreadsheets, and people doing one-offs
• Link together business process with technology evolution
• Enables core systems project as well as business continuity planning
• Helps to identify business process maturation and training needs across teams
• Establishes a road map for current and future evolution of business processes and the systems that support them, to meet future company growth and needs
• Safeguarding the privacy and security of protected health information and European Union personal data.
• Processing and handling of European Union personal data only as directed by ArcherDX for purposes of personalized molecular pathology.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the diagnostic or pharmaceutical industry. A broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance
• The ability to recognize structural issues within the organization, functional interdependencies and cross-silo redundancies
• Strong interpersonal, team working, and leadership skills.
• The ability to visualize and create high-level models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture
• Extensive experience planning and deploying both business and IT initiatives
• Experience modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques
• Demonstrates strong leadership capabilities with the ability to lead a cross-functional team (assay development, laboratory, clinical, software, etc.) through a complex planning and deployment process.
• The ability to forge strong internal and external partnerships coupled with excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, team working, and leadership skills.
• Excellent work planning and execution/delivery skills – includes problem solving, prioritization, and task-level influence skills.

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Drive and determination
• Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Ability to participate with others as a member of the team to ensure that demanding and difficult projects are handled smoothly and cooperatively to enhance the success of the projects and maintain strong relationships within all parts of the company.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Self-starter
• Driven to perform
• Self-directed: needs little explicit direction 
• Able to organize, prioritize, and delegate tasks to efficiently move projects forward. 

EDUCATION:   

• BS/MS/PhD preferred with relevant training in Chemistry, Manufacturing, and/or Biological Sciences or equivalent experience.
• Project management certification (PMP®, PRINCE2®) or equivalent

In Colorado, our competitive compensation package includes a base salary starting from $129,000 per year.  In determining the final salary offered, we will evaluate a specific candidate's geographic location, education, skills, and experience.

Invitae offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k, and a broad range of other benefits, outlined below:

• Health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage
• Paid time off, holiday pay, parental leave, and other health and wellness supports

At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.