Hybrid Director – Domain Architecture

at Manulife

• Job title: Director – Domain Architecture
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $124,250 - $230,750 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boston, United States

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