Lead Solution Architect

Job Description

Lead Solution ArchitectAbout the positionThe Lead Solution Architect is a senior and exceptionally broad customer-facing architecture role and is critical to the success of Property & Casualty (P&C) Solutions Technology team. This architecture role acts as a bridge between the P&C Solutions business and the digital insurance and reinsurance needs of the end customers. This role provides Architecture & Technology leadership across all products and solutions that the P&C Solutions team owns and/or builds. This role reports directly to the Head of Technology for P&C Solutions.
• The Lead Solution Architect operates at an enterprise level with a strong understanding of P&C Insurance, P&C Reinsurance and/or Financial Services advising beyond a single opportunity building a technology strategy that delivers on the end customers long-term business and digital goals.
• They work in collaboration providing the end-to-end solution architecture for large-scale insurance and reinsurance transformational solutions in areas such as Cyber, Automotive & Mobility, Property, Data Analytics, Data Ingestion, etc.
• The common threads are the overall complexity; the significant business transformation impact; the use of cloud infrastructure and services; and the cross-pillar/cross-line of business nature of the solution. In these complex solutions, the Lead Solution Architect will work with other architects/technology teams to build a complete high-level architecture design that covers the static architecture, the operational architecture and the migration architecture (as applicable) necessary to deliver success, together with a business capability roadmap to deliver business change.
• Strong understanding of application architecture and design, use of Design patterns, leading code reviews & running technical POCs
• Responsible to own and drive the DevSecOps shared service within P&C Solutions
QualificationsExperience Required
• University Degree in Computer Sciences or similar IT related fields
• Extensive background as (Lead/Senior) Enterprise Architect, Digital Advisor, CTO or Head of Architecture
• 10+ years experience relevant to this position
• Ability to craft and articulate strategic solutions
• In-depth knowledge of architecture methodologies and best practices; Wide knowledge of IT market and trends
• Proven expertise in SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and both Business and Digital Transformation related topics
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks like e.g. TOGAF, COBIT
• Wide background including architecture, implementation and delivery of large scale cloud and business solutions in real-world situations
• Experience crafting and driving strategic technology roadmaps aligned to business outcomes
• Significant C-level presentation and consultative selling experience
• Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Knowledge and experience in Agile methodology and project management certifications is a plus
• Prior experience working in an insurtech and/or product development organization a plus
• Prior experience working on Digital Transformation, Automation and AI/ML initiatives a plus
• Basic understanding and knowledge of P&C insurance and reinsurance industry and products and services offered by various P&C insurance and reinsurance companies
• Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software as a Service or Platform as a Service as components of the solution
• Experience with broad technology delivery, including custom development using various development languages; Event Driven Architecture and Mesh Architecture
• Proven experience in various software architecture designs
• Experience working with various cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure and/or private cloud platforms
• Prior experience managing a team of Solution, Cloud and Application Software Architects
• Experience driving technical planning and solutions for software portfolio, including authoring or managing the development of software designs, driving vendor evaluations, and justifying technical recommendations
• Experience with providing technical leadership, mentoring on software engineering design, development, and frameworks, analysing alternatives, and presenting technical options to required stakeholders

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