Senior Director,Product Architecture Job Hartford area,Connecticut USA,IT/Tech

Responsible for leading one or more architecture teams within one or more segments or domains for a single business unit.
Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.
Ensure alignment of initiatives to target state, enterprise standards and business objectives.
Proactively identify opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess potential impact on the enterprise.
Define and lead technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of new technology architecture solutions.
Responsible for leading an architecture team within Bond and Specialty Insurance division.
Define and execute the strategic architecture roadmap for platform modernization of Management Liability and Cyber products.
Drive a cohesive domain architecture and integration strategy (for APIs, Events, Agents) across Product, Underwriting, Pricing, and Specialty Cyber domains.
Drive continuous technology transformation and modernization, including to minimize technical debt.
Provide thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principles and technology modernization.
Collaborate with and influence leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives.
Optimize talent strategy to ensure proper mix of resources.
Proactively attract, develop, engage, and retain high performing talent.
Set clear goals, provide ongoing feedback, and hold talent accountable.
Promptly address performance issues.
Ensure proper alignment of team skills with technology direction and execution proof of technologies.
Prepare and deliver communications to convey architectural direction.
Drive strategic relationships and champion buy-in.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in technology related field or equivalent, with 8 to 10 years of architecture experience.
Advanced level architecture and recent hands-on strong engineering experience with modern technologies.
Successful execution of complex, large scale technology strategies and initiatives.
Strong architecture and recent hands-on engineering experience with modern technologies like Guidewire, AWS Cloud and Microservice-based architecture.
Successfully architected large scale technology initiatives.
Extensive leadership experience with a proven ability to influence enterprise-wide technology and business decisions.
The ideal candidate will have a strong record of mentoring technology architects and engineers, as well as leading large, cross-functional teams to achieve strategic outcomes.
They should demonstrate the ability to align multi-team goals and architectural strategies with the organization’s mission while effectively balancing long‑term planning with day-to-day operational priorities.
Advanced leadership skills are essential, including the ability to coach and develop talent, foster collaboration across engineering and business units, and drive innovation through knowledge sharing and empowerment.
This individual will be a visible, trusted leader who inspires and motivates teams to deliver transformative business and technology results.
Extensive experience working an agile operational model.
Advanced experience supporting transformational change.
Strong understanding of value creation and business capability models.
Strong knowledge of the insurance industry.
Strong experience identifying and analyzing current/future problems and opportunities, valuating information to understand root causes, and exploring alternative solutions for effective decision-making.
Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve mutually responsible results.
Extensive experience exercising sound judgment, making decisions and committing to a position.
Advanced and effective verbal, written and listening communication skills.

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s in technology related field

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Senior Director, Product Architecture