Director - Enterprise Architecture

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead our Retirement and Income Solutions team. In this role, you’ll play a critical leadership role in defining and evolving the technology strategy and architectural vision for our suite of retirement and income products and services, including 401(k), annuities, pension plans, PCS, Bank and PRT. You will work across business, product, and technology teams to develop architecture blueprints and roadmaps that modernize our technology ecosystem, enable our digital transformation, and ensure our solutions are scalable, secure, and compliant with industry regulations!

• Architectural Strategy:
  Define and lead the enterprise architecture strategy for the retirement solutions portfolio, aligning technical decisions with long-term business goals.
• AI & Emerging Technology:
  Identify, evaluate, and drive AI opportunities to inform and evolve scalable, adaptive enterprise IT architecture.
• Leadership & Team Development:
  Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of enterprise architects while fostering accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Platform Modernization:
  Guide the strategic modernization of legacy systems and platforms, developing a "point of arrival" architecture for key capabilities.
• Cloud Transformation:
  Architect and drive cloud migration and modernization initiatives, using public cloud platforms like AWS for scalable, cloud-native solutions.
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate with executives, product owners, and other technical teams to understand business processes and translate requirements into architectural blueprints.
• Roadmap Planning:
  Contribute to roadmap planning, solution assessments, and technical due diligence for new initiatives and vendor platforms.
• Regulatory Compliance:
  Ensure that all architectural designs adhere to stringent security protocols and financial services regulations, including SOX, SEC, and FINRA.
• Innovation & Mentorship:
  Evaluate and recommend new technologies, platforms, and tools. Serve as a mentor for delivery teams, promoting guidelines and design patterns.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure!

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, (Master's degree is a plus) and 10+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture, with a minimum of 5 years focused on the financial services or insurance industry or equivalent work experience.
• You have deep expertise in designing complex, large-scale distributed applications and experience with microservices architectures.
• You are familiar with financial services regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, SEC, FINRA).
• You are a strong, strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to translate complex problems into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience in enterprise or solution architecture, specifically with retirement products.
• Experience in designing architectures that support wealth management platforms, digital client portals, and agent/advisor technologies.
• Certification such as TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks is desirable.

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based…