Chief Architect

Chief Architect

Perficient is seeking a Chief Architect to lead the technology strategy and architectural direction for a strategic account or portfolio of accounts in our Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) practice. This role is responsible for understanding clients' business objectives and translating them into scalable, innovative, and effective technology solutions across the platforms and technologies supported by Perficient. As a trusted advisor and thought leader, the Chief Architect serves as the primary authority for solution architecture, technical strategy, and innovation. The role partners closely with Account, Industry, and Service Line leadership to drive successful delivery, ensure predictable execution, strengthen client relationships, and accelerate account growth through technology-led business outcomes. Candidates located in any of these areas, able to travel as needed, and open to hybrid/office 2-3 days a week can be considered: San Francisco/San Jose/Santa Clara/Mountain View/Palo Alto/Fremont/Sunnyvale/Silicon Valley, California.

A Senior Solutions Architect is expected to be knowledgeable in two or more technologies within (a given Solutions/Practice area). The Solutions Architect may or may not have a programming background, but will have expert infrastructure architecture, client presales / presentation, team management and thought leadership skills.

You will provide best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects; you will assist in defining scope and sizing of work; and anchor Proof of Concept developments. You will provide solution architecture for the business problem, platform integration with third party services, designing and developing complex features for clients' business needs. You will collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create and implement innovative high quality solutions, participate in Sales and various pursuits focused on our clients' business needs.

You will also contribute in a variety of roles in thought leadership, mentorship, systems analysis, architecture, design, configuration, testing, debugging, and documentation. You will challenge your leading edge solutions, consultative and business skills through the diversity of work in multiple industry domains. This role is considered part of the Business Unit Senior Leadership team and may mentor junior architects and other delivery team members.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We're a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we're transforming the world's largest enterprises and biggest brands. You'll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Strategic Thought Leadership

• Own and drive the overall technical vision, strategy and solutions for the assigned strategic accounts.
• Serve as the trusted advisor and architectural authority for the client engagements.
• Own the technology solutions that meet client business objectives, industry trends and enterprise standards.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies, platform strategies, and industry best practices.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, automation, modernization and AI transformation.

Client Partnership & Technical Governance

• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, enterprise architects and business leaders.
• Translate complex business challenges into practical and scalable technical solutions.
• Lead the design and review of enterprise scale solutions architecture across multiple technology platforms.
• Review and approve key architecture decisions and major technology investments.

Business Development & Account Growth

• Collaborate with Account Team and Service lines to identify growth opportunities.
• Contribute to account planning and technology roadmaps that lead to additional business value.
• Lead the client pursuits, proposals, RFPs and executive presentations.

Delivery Oversight

• Partner with delivery teams to ensure architectural integrity throughout the project execution.
• Support solutions teams during design, estimation and implementation.
• Drive architecture reviews, ensure quality gates and proactively mitigate the technical risks.

Mentorship and Talent Development

• Mentor and develop the technical architects, leads and implementation teams.
• Foster a culture of delivery excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Promote reuse of assets, accelerators, frameworks, and emphasize documentation.

• 15+ years in IT/Digital/Consulting experience, including 5+ years leading large accounts or portfolios in leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-program, global delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of business strategy and how technology enables business outcomes.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with practical execution and delivery realities.
• Experience owning and developing new trust-based relationships with C-Level and senior level clients and prospects in large multi-national companies
• Executive presence with the ability to influence technology and business decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Deep expertise in areas of digital transformation, B2B products, commerce solutions, cloud and AI platforms.
• Strong financial management, client leadership, and organizational navigation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams, willingness to mentor junior staff.
• Strong grasp of AI delivery principles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (Master's preferred).
• Must be willing to travel as client and project needs dictate.
• Candidates located in one of these metro areas can be considered: San Francisco/San Jose/Santa Clara/Mountain View/Palo Alto/Fremont/Sunnyvale/Silicon Valley, California.

• Industry expertise in Healthcare & Life Sciences.
• Relevant certifications in areas of Data, Cloud, AI, Commerce & Marketing Platforms.
• TOGAF, SAFe, or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications.
• Experience managing architecture for accounts with annual revenues exceeding $15M+.
• Recognized thought leadership through speaking engagements, publications, or industry contributions.

Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.