Director of Architecture - Global Specialty
$163,200–$244,800 year
HybridChicago, Illinois, United States or Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Contribute to the development and evolution of Global Specialty architecture strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures while leading efforts for strategic business and technology transformation initiatives. Partner with product and technology stakeholders to translate business objectives into architecture outcomes, assess current-state capabilities, and identify opportunities for modernization. Develop and maintain business capability maps, establish future-state application and integration models, and participate in governance processes to drive consistency and simplify the technology portfolio. Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, facilitating workshops and communicating tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences. This individual contributor role operates on a hybrid schedule with three office days (Tuesday through Thursday) in Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, or Charlotte, NC.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of IT experience
- demonstrating hands-on experience in designing and implementing robust enterprise level solutions
- a broad understanding of traditional and modern software technology frameworks
- platforms
- vendor software solutions
- development tools
- and processes
- Demonstrated management experience in leading software architecture and engineering teams
- ability to coach and mentor architecture resources
- and effectively manage and shape team and individual behaviors
- Strong architecture experience and background
- can combine business, contextual, conceptual, logical, and physical levels of thinking
- Experience in designing and implementing cloud and modern architectures
- including a strong knowledge of Integration frameworks and patterns
- Experience designing and implementing Microservices or API-based integrations
- with clear understanding of JSON, REST, etc.
- Clear understanding of cloud and container deployment architectures
- including building cloud-native applications and container orchestration systems
- Understanding of AI, ML and integrating data science models real-time into operational systems
- Experienced working with agile development teams, methodologies and toolsets
- with alignment to architecture practices
- Experience with DevOps practices
- including but not limited to continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) concepts and tools
- familiarity with automated testing and code analysis tools
- Experience with developing reusable assets such as prototypes, solution designs, documentation and other materials
- that contribute to department and organization effectiveness and efficiency
- Has an Innovation and Continuous improvement mindset
- with a strong desire to stay on top of business and IT trends
- Strong leadership and influencing skills at the senior management level
- Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills
- along with behavioral change management experience
- Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
- The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related discipline
- Property & Casualty insurance experience
- preferably within Specialty, Commercial, E&S, or Reinsurance businesses
- Experience supporting underwriting, policy administration, claims, billing, distribution, and data & analytics domains
- Experience integrating both modern and legacy systems
- is a plus
- Experience supporting enterprise modernization and digital transformation programs
- Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies
- Business Architecture and capability-based planning
- Architecture governance and review processes
- Information and integration architecture
- Cloud transformation strategy and modernization planning
- Insurance business processes and technology ecosystems
- Leadership Competencies
- Strategic and systems thinking
- Organizational influence without authority
- Business and technology alignment
- Collaboration and relationship building
- Analytical problem-solving
- Decision-making and risk assessment
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