Manager Architect developing and managing technical road maps and designs for Ameriprise India LLP. Overseeing complex architecture across various domains including data, infrastructure, applications, and security.
About the role
- Architecture leader at Manulife driving Domain Architecture across the US segment. Leading a team to design scalable solutions in support of digital transformation.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Domain Architects (infrastructure, application, data, web/mobile, integration, etc.) horizontally aligned to various delivery streams to drive architecture for various high-profile initiatives.
- Responsible for managing and driving the overall performance of the team.
- Partner with business and IT leaders to understand, prioritize and align domain architecture, roadmap and related deliverables.
- Ensure the team is actively engaged in all aspects of project life cycle, entrenched in scrum teams and committed to business success.
- Own and drive the target state architecture maturity, via domain architecture progress, and business & technical platform alignment.
- Demonstrated ability to guide the team for architectural vision and quality.
- Collaborate and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders to drive design decisions and practice maturity.
- Own and drive the domain architecture program for the segment including backlog prioritization, delivery, managing velocity, realignment, stakeholder communication, etc.
- Champion domain architecture reviews and process maturity to showcase alignment and adoption of enterprise standards, reduction of technical debt, improved experience, etc.
- Communicate architecture value in terms of alignment to both functional and non-functional requirements to design & deliver solutions in an easier, better, faster manner.
- Lead and drive team to automate and drive efficiencies by iterative and value-driven approaches.
- Facilitate and contribute to design reviews and provide appropriate feedback.
- Ensure designs are produced to satisfy conceptual, logical and physical views, and aligns to both segment and global domain architecture assurance standards.
- Ensure initiatives are driven through various architecture forums and quality gates.
- Identify complex issues in a timely manner and provide mitigation recommendations to the relevant delivery and business partner leads.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities in a complex environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.
- Own and drive articulation of domain architecture metrics, scorecards, dashboards, etc., to demonstrate both alignment and progress of domain architecture practice maturity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (ideally) or Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience.
- Overall information technology experience - 10+ years
- Systems or application development experience - 10+ years
- Proven experience in range of technology domains as senior SME or Architect – Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms, Web/Mobile, Data, Integration, etc.
- Financial services industry experience is highly preferred.
- Insurance domain is preferred but not a must.
- Exposure to new technologies, architecture frameworks, and design patterns.
- Experience leading a team of technical members including platform engineers, architects.
- Prior experience leading a domain or technology architecture office or program with successful track record is strongly preferred.
- Prior exposure in lean/agile architecture principles, design by automation, resilient patterns, etc.
- Proven story telling ability to architecture concepts and value to diverse audience, ranging from developers to executive leadership.
- Proven experience driving and delivering digital efforts with a focus on customer experience, agility, reliability, and quality.
- Exposure to architecting end-to-end solutions in cloud – Azure/AWS preferred.
- Exposure to well architected framework concepts in solution design.
- Exposure to automation frameworks and their relevance to business agility.
- Exposure/Experience with DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering Concepts.
- Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
- Excellent team building and relationship building skills.
- Excellent time management skills, including multi-tasking and prioritization.
- Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills
- Experience articulating the financial and business impact of various technology architecture alternatives, including cost-benefit analysis, TCO, etc.
- Experience working in an open, highly collaborative team environment.
- Experience with technical delivery principles. (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Disciplined Agile, etc.), and certifications (Cloud, Security, Data Admin, etc.) is a plus.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines with attention to detail.
- Experience with technology rationalization and modernization initiatives.
- Understanding and exposure to security and compliance standards and best practices.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Mental health benefits
- Vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Adoption/surrogacy benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Employee/family assistance plans
- Various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Up to 11 paid holidays
- 3 personal days
- 150 hours of vacation
- 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
- Full range of statutory leaves of absence
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