Head of Portfolio Architecture, Corporate Functions

Direct Hire (Base + Bonus)

Work Location (Hybrid): 3 days/week onsite — New York, NY, Holmdel, NJ, or Bethlehem, PA

• Insurance industry architecture leadership experience
• Architecture & technology alignment at portfolio scale (not just solution design)
• Strong governance mindset that enables speed, not blocks it
• Executive presence and proven ability to influence investment/roadmaps

• Drive cohesive architecture across multiple value streams, ensuring end-to-end design consistency across platforms, products, and capabilities.
• Own the Corporate Functions target-state architecture, portfolio roadmap, architecture priorities, and investment influence.
• Advance modern platform architecture across cloud, data, integration, and AI capabilities.
• Improve engineering productivity and delivery speed by defining architecture patterns, guardrails, and operating models that scale.
• Partner with Solution Architects to establish scalable patterns and with enterprise architecture leadership for cross-portfolio alignment and trade-offs.
• Serve as the primary architecture advisor to the Corporate Functions digital/technology leadership team, shaping strategy, priorities, and transformation sequencing.
• Manage and develop a team of Solution Architects; raise architecture maturity across the portfolio.
• Be available for high-impact production incidents affecting business operations.

• Shape and influence strategic investments across Corporate Functions (HR, Legal, Finance, Risk, Investments).
• Guide architecture across core enterprise platforms such as Workday, Oracle, and Service Now, plus integration/API ecosystem enablement.
• Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term sustainability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, increase reuse, and accelerate time-to-market—driving simplification across business units, not just within the portfolio.

• Drive holistic architecture across:
  • Business processes and operating value streams
  • Core and surrounding application ecosystems
  • Integration and event-driven architectures
  • AI/ML use cases (e.g., underwriting/claims automation, fraud, personalization)
  • Digital experiences for customers, distribution partners (agents/brokers), and internal users
• Ensure solutions meet regulatory, risk, security, privacy, and resiliency requirements (e.g., SOX/SOC expectations, data privacy).
• Promote cloud-native, API-first, data-centric, and AI-enabled patterns where appropriate.

• Define/enforce architecture principles and guardrails aligned to enterprise standards and insurance regulatory expectations.
• Lead or participate in architecture review and governance forums; ensure decisions are auditable and practical.
• Partner with security, risk, compliance, and legal stakeholders to support operational resilience and auditability.

• Act as a trusted advisor to Corporate Functions leaders and senior technology leadership.
• Represent architecture trade-offs in enterprise forums and influence outcomes across business units.
• Communicate architectural direction, risks, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor and develop architects across the portfolio.

• 7+ years in technology/architecture roles, with significant experience in the insurance industry (or similarly regulated financial services with deep insurance exposure).
• Proven experience as a Portfolio / Domain / Product / Enterprise Architect in a large, regulated environment.
• Deep understanding of insurance operations and systems…