Vice President, Enterprise Architecture

Who We Are

At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. That's why every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow.

We align to a set of Values that are the core pillars that define our culture and help bring our brand purpose to life:

* We are stronger as one:
We collaborate across the enterprise, scale what works and act decisively for our customers and partners.

* We deliver on commitments:
We are accountable, empower each other and go above and beyond for our stakeholders.

* We learn, improve and innovate:
We get better each day by challenging the status quo and equipping ourselves for the future.

* We are inclusive:
We embrace different perspectives, enabling our colleagues to make an impact and bring their whole selves to work.

Who You'll Work With

The Information Technology organization is the technological foundation of our business and works in collaboration with our partners from across the company. The team drives technology and digital transformation, partners with business leaders to design and execute new strategies through IT and operations services and ensures the necessary IT risk management and security measures are in place and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and principles.

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The Role

At Corebridge we are committed to empowering our architecture teams by actively involving them in shaping enterprise policies and standards, while granting them authority over the creation of principles, patterns, and reference architectures This ensures alignment, agility, and innovation across our technology landscape.

At Corebridge, the Vice President, Enterprise Architecture oversees multiple facets of Enterprise Architecture Strategy, Innovation, and Community Standards and Governance. This person will act as a subject matter expert driving daily architecture practice management across business functions, ensuring alignment with enterprise, business, and application architecture communities. The VP will oversee proof-of-concept labs and advise CTO/CIO/CRSO on emerging technologies, and be responsible for the operational execution of enterprise architecture strategies, investment planning, IT roadmaps, business architecture, innovation (e.g. AI) initiatives, and master planning.

In addition, the VP will manage developer and technical standards, platform engineering, training, documentation, communications, communities of practice, and governance processes including Permitting Processes and Architecture Review Boards.

Responsibilities

* Define and Evolve Enterprise Architecture Strategy:
Develop long-term architectural vision aligned with business goals, ensuring scalability, agility, and innovation across the organization.

* Establish Governance and Standards:
Create and enforce architecture principles, policies, and standards to guide solution development and technology adoption.

* Lead Architecture Reviews and Decision-Making:
Evaluate major initiatives and solutions for alignment with enterprise architecture, risk, security, and compliance requirements.

* Mentor and Guide Architecture Teams:
Provide leadership and coaching to junior architects and technical teams, fostering architectural maturity and cross-functional collaboration.

* Engage with Executive Stakeholders:
Advise senior leadership on technology trends, investment planning, and strategic initiatives, translating business needs into architectural outcomes.

* Maintain Reference Architectures and Capability Models:
Own and update reference architectures, capability maps, and roadmaps to ensure consistency and clarity across domains and platforms

Skills and Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

* 10+ years in IT Enterprise Architecture or Solution Architecture.

* Proven team leadership skills.

* Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.

* Confidence in guiding Enterprise Architects as they develop principles, standards and cross functional solutions.

* Ability to align technology architecture with business strategy, translating enterprise goals into actionable architectural plans.

* Knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF, Zachman, and experience applying them to guide enterprise-wide architecture initiatives.

* Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders, and drive consensus across diverse business and technical groups.

* Strong understanding of cloud platforms, integration patterns, data architecture, security, and emerging technologies such as AI and automation.

* Experience establishing and enforcing architecture principles, policies, and standards to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability.

* Skilled in articulating complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, and mentoring junior architects to build organizational capability

* Customer journey mapping,…