Senior Principal Solution Architect

Role Description

Gainwell Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal, Solution Architect to lead Medicaid claims-related product domains as part of the transformation of our core adjudication products. This role is for a product leader who can combine deep Medicaid domain expertise, modern product management practices, and executive-level influence to shape platform strategy and turn complex payer and program needs into product direction.

Your role in our mission:

• Define portfolio-level product direction for Medicaid claims-related domains, connecting member, provider, benefits, clinical, and finance capabilities into a coherent transformation roadmap.
• Shape enterprise product strategy for core adjudication modernization, including platform direction, domain boundaries, operating model implications, and investment priorities.
• Lead cross-division alignment around product portfolio decisions, strategic tradeoffs, sequencing, and measurable transformation outcomes.
• Assess the current product portfolio, workflows, domain dependencies, technical constraints, client needs, market forces, and Medicaid policy realities to identify the highest-value transformation opportunities.
• Use portfolio frameworks, organizational assessments, product economics, data, and market insight to evaluate opportunities and guide executive decisions.
• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, operations, delivery, client-facing, growth, and executive stakeholders to align strategy with scalable execution.
• Set product standards and operating rhythms that strengthen discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, measurement, and decision quality across multiple product teams.
• Influence enterprise transformation choices involving legacy capabilities, platform modernization, interoperability, data, automation, workflow redesign, and domain ownership.
• Build clear narratives for executives and senior stakeholders, including portfolio direction, transformation rationale, investment tradeoffs, and progress against outcomes.
• Provide thought leadership and coaching to product leaders and cross-functional partners, raising product maturity across the organization.

Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of business solutions experience.
• Experience working with company products and services, business processes, and re-engineering.
• Experience working with business environment, business industry, and competitor products and services.
• Experience modernizing claims adjudication, MMIS, health plan administration, benefits administration, or other core payer platforms at portfolio or enterprise scale.
• Experience defining executive-level product metrics tied to operational efficiency, quality, accuracy, compliance, adoption, client outcomes, and financial performance.
• Recognized thought leadership in Medicaid, payer technology, public-sector health programs, platform strategy, or enterprise product transformation.
• Experience building AI products and use cases.

Requirements

• This opportunity is 100% remote with the opportunity to travel up to 10% annually.
• The deadline to submit applications for this posting is September 12, 2026.
• The pay range for this position is $138,800.00 - $198,300.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Benefits

• Generous, flexible vacation policy.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Educational assistance.
• A variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.