Senior Enterprise Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Empower business and IT leaders to make informed investment choices that balance current operational needs, disruptions, and opportunities with the organization's long-term strategic vision.

• Offer technology direction, road maps, principles, standards, and best practices within designated capability domains.

• Assess current projects, evaluate necessary business capabilities, shape the target landscape, and develop functional roadmaps within the initial 3–12 months.

• Engage in the design and establishment of MMA’s business unit Enterprise Architecture group, including architecture review standards, key principles, and core processes.

• Act as a subject matter expert for one or more business capability areas.

• Comprehend intricate upstream and downstream dependencies across servicing, transaction, and operational workflows.

• Lead, guide, and define IT architecture within assigned domains to align with corporate business strategy.

• Review and provide insights on proposals and initiatives, delivering technical expertise for projects in a consulting and troubleshooting capacity.

• Create implementation proposals for new applications, capabilities, and services.

• Collaborate with project sponsors and business users to grasp solution requirements and needs.

• Oversee the development of supporting application components, system interfaces and designs, and the deployment of new systems and services.

• Ensure the quality of technology deliverables by contributing to and communicating development, QA, security, and service onboarding standards and best practices.

• Keep track of industry trends and relay opportunities arising from emerging technologies and best practices.

• Advise and mentor technology colleagues and team members on technology skills, principles, processes, and technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture.

• Solid experience in developing enterprise technical solutions and strategies.

• Leadership experience in managing multiple large, cross-functional teams or projects.

• Capability to influence senior management and key stakeholders.

• Proven experience as a domain architect or enterprise architect in a large insurance or brokerage organization.

• Direct responsibility for architecting capabilities across complex, high-volume operational platforms and business processes.

• Skill in translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and effectively communicating a vision.

• Ability to align business objectives with IT strategy and convert insurance operating model requirements into actionable architectural roadmaps.

• Knowledge of Insurance Broking, Risk Management, or Employee Benefits processes and solutions.

• Experience with large-scale application rationalization initiatives.

• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification is considered a distinguished qualification.

• Familiarity with solution architecture frameworks, patterns, emerging technologies, and best practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous time off, including personal and volunteering days.

• Tuition reimbursement and opportunities for professional development.

• Flexibility for remote work.

• Charitable contribution matching programs.

• Opportunities for stock purchases.

• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits.

• Tuition assistance available.

• 401K savings and various retirement plans.

• Employee assistance programs.

• Performance-based incentives may be offered.

• A competitive total rewards package.