IT Senior Solution Lead

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• Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing issues to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.

• Perform activities following Stryker's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) framework and processes
• Lead solution development and implementation for new systems and enhancements and participate in defining technical standards for the specialty area
• Responsible for all architectural design aspects and maintaining knowledge of new technologies within the Commercial solution area
• Responsible for all technical design, prototypes/mock-ups, development, testing and delivery of solutions for release cycles and/or new projects within the Commercial application stack
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other Solution Architects, Solution Leads and Solution Analysts within the team or same project/program
• Identify opportunities to improve the systems process flow, performance and technical efficiencies.
• Be able to support the business and recommend/provide holistic solutions that integrate the existing technical standards with the business needs and processes
• Responsible for choosing the right technology platform for implementing an architected solution
• Manages and coordinates with external suppliers and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted deliverables, agreed upon timelines, and metrics
• Serves as domain expert in all aspects of architecting, designing and application development.
• Formulates deployment strategies to ensure reliability and scalability for Stryker systems.
• Assesses technological risks that could jeopardize the growth and/or operations of the organization; makes recommendations on applications retirement
• Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top-level specialist.
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the systems development concepts, practices, and procedures
• Writes specifications, develops architectural concepts and artifacts.
• Develop and build robust integration with Infrastructure, Security, Governance, Service Delivery, etc
• Financial focus on delivering activities on budget, leveraging time on value-driven activities and ensuring external resources meet contractual deliverables.

• Hands-on experience across several disciplines.
• Special projects/assignments as required
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Independent thinker can make technical decisions without extensive input from others.
• Strong team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to self-direct work efforts, meet deadlines, and produce consistent high-quality work.