Manager, Platform – AI Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Business Process teams and product stakeholders to pinpoint automation and AI enablement opportunities, and formulate architectural strategies to support these initiatives.

• Develop and enhance a robust platform and AI architecture strategy that aligns with the organization's objectives.

• Set architecture principles, standards, and patterns to steer the design and execution of automation and AI-enabled solutions.

• Establish success metrics and KPIs to evaluate the adoption, effectiveness, and impact of architectural capabilities.

• Keep up-to-date with emerging automation and AI technologies, assessing their relevance within Velera’s architectural framework.

• Assess and recommend platforms, tools, and reference architectures to facilitate scalable and secure automation capabilities.

• Provide architectural oversight and guidance to delivery teams, ensuring compliance with established standards and enterprise architecture direction.

• Mentor and nurture architects, promoting robust architectural thinking, design quality, and consistency across solutions.

• Create and present materials to senior management, client executives, and vendors.

• Assist Technology Delivery leadership in formulating, maintaining, and communicating the division's strategic plan.

• Lead and direct a team of architects, ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture principles, standards, and governance processes.

• Coach, mentor, and develop architects, encouraging strong design practices, architectural thinking, and uniformity across solutions.

• Aid in talent acquisition and the development of architectural capabilities, including involvement in hiring, performance evaluations, and career planning.

• Set clear expectations for architectural deliverables, quality, and compliance with standards.

• Foster collaboration among architecture, engineering, and business teams to guarantee effective solution design and alignment with enterprise strategy.

• Perform additional duties as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

• Over 7 years of experience in technology roles, with a strong emphasis on platform architecture, enterprise architecture, or solution architecture.

• Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing architecture strategies, standards, and governance processes in a complex organization.

• Experience in enabling automation, AI, or digital capabilities through architecture design and platform strategy (financial services experience is preferred).

• Previous leadership experience with architecture teams or driving architectural results across cross-functional organizations.

• Strong comprehension of architecture frameworks, design patterns, and platform-based solution design.

• Capability to define and convey architecture strategy, principles, and standards to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in influencing and guiding delivery teams without direct ownership of implementation.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to evaluate complex systems and define scalable architectural solutions.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in balancing innovation, risk, and compliance requirements.

• Familiarity with agile delivery models and the ability to align architecture practices within iterative development environments.

• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information and function effectively within a regulated environment.

• Capacity to be adaptable and operate efficiently in a complex, rapidly changing technology landscape.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company-provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program