Lead Cloud Adoption Architect

Company SummaryTaking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.Job CategoryProject Management, TechnologyTarget Openings1Job Description SummaryAs a Lead Architect, you will help lead the effort to create the technology target state for the Applied Modernization and Office of Enterprise Architecture Unit of a global, Dow 30 company. As a direct report to a member of the Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technology leadership team, you will interface directly with senior technology leaders to transform our current business and technology capabilities and pave the way for best-in-class solutions. You will be a dedicated partner to senior Technology and Business leaders as you define a target state, roadmaps and identify new and emerging technologies that will transform and optimize the business. As an organizational leader, you will humbly serve and inspire a team of high-performing Architects who you will coach, mentor, and empower. As a successful candidate, you are a visionary executive with a track record of building high-quality enterprise solutions. You are results-driven and bring strong Architecture and engineering skills and a deep understanding of modern technologies including Cloud-native, APIs, AI, and ML. You are a person of high integrity, who believes in challenging the status quo when needed, while always first seeking to understand. You will work within a community of architecture leaders, charged with establishing and evolving a unified architecture vision. You will be part of a team of Enterprise Architects that collaborates with a matrixed team of division-focused Architects to drive Cloud adoption. This team serves as a point of intake for Cloud requests from across the company and provides prioritization in alignment with division needs and the company’s goals.Division-focused architects work with the Cloud Adoption and Application Modernization teams onestablishingand communicatingcommonapproachand strategies and target state for future adoption.You will also partner with the Enterprise Cloud Enablement team to ensure patterns are implementable.This position may be based 100% remotely or in one of our offices.Primary Job Duties & ResponsibilitiesArchitecture responsibility for a major segment of Technology Architecture in support of the Applied Modernization and Office of Enterprise Architecture business unitWorks with the Senior leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperativesDisplays strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principals and technology modernizationDrives continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debtCreate a partnership with Senior Software Engineering leadershipLooks for opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess potential impact on the enterpriseDefines and leads technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of architecture solutionsHands-on prototyping of new technology solutionsMinimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree or its equivalent in work experienceEight years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture within a line of business or enterprise areaEducation, Work Experience, & KnowledgeBachelor’s in technology related field or equivalent with 7+ years of technology architecture experienceProvided mentorship to architecture leadersOrganizational and transformational Leadership Experience in an agile operating modelEstablishes strategic technology direction and architecture vision for an organizationExpert level Software Engineering experienceDeveloped technology target state, roadmaps that aligned to Short- and Long-term business goalsProven track record of Influencing C-level leadershipInsurance technology experienceStrong grasp of value creation and business capability modelsInnovation and Continuous ImprovementJob Specific Technical Skills & CompetenciesMust be passionate about technology transformationsHas hands on experience in the last 3 yearsExecuted technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud native and API StrategyCurrent experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, DevSecOpsCloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong architecture experience on CloudGood understanding of securityExperienced with large scale technology platformsEmployment PracticesTravelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.