Director; Senior Architect

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role‑specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

• Work across the business, operations, and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions, and prioritizing functional and non‑functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services.
• Contribute to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices, including standardized templates.
• Clarify the architecture, assisting with system design to support implementation, and providing solution options to resolve any architectural impediments.
• Facilitate solution‑driven discussions, leading the design of complex architectures, and finding creative solutions through domain knowledge, practical experiments, and proof of concepts, while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable.
• Educate team members on technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions.
• Support the team as needed in selecting the technology stack required for solutions and helping choose preferred technology products.
• Perform design and code reviews to ensure all non‑functional requirements are being sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).
• Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related.
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related Quantitative occupation.
• Must include 5 years of experience in each of the following:
• Building, testing and documenting quantitative models consistent with model development procedures and model risk management expectations;
• Applying statistical skills of distributions, statistical testing, and regression with machine learning techniques and algorithms including ensemble models;
• Applying knowledge of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, advanced machine learning and Statistical Modeling, Quantitative Analysis, Forecasting, and Data Visualization to facilitate the automation of testing; and,
• Utilizing data analytics tools of Tableau and Alteryx to conduct thorough analysis of large financial datasets to extract actionable insights and identify trends.

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)

Salary range: $ - $ annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.