Chief Architect - Retirement Services
Company: American General Life Insurance Company
Location: Houston
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
About the roleChief Architect - Retirement Services is a highly
talented and multifaceted IT executive role responsible for the
overall technical architecture vision and technology plan for Group
Retirement, driving capital technology investment and
transformation. -This role will focus on understanding and applying
existing, new, and emerging technologies to transform and optimize
business and operating models and will have a primary role leading
the business through immediate rapid transformation to autonomous
independence. What you need to know: -Formulate Strategy and Guide
Execution: Facilitate business and IT alignment through -
collaborative consultation with our business, driving the
organization's digital business strategies and balancing innovation
and growth; Leads the analysis of business and operating models,
market trends and the technology industry to determine their
potential impact on the enterprise's business strategy, direction
and architecture; Constructs technology-enabled business and
operating models and provides viable options and visibility into
execution issues; Build architecture roadmap and strategies by
which to measure execution success and fulfillment of overall
business goals and strategies. - -Orchestrate the Delivery of
Business Outcomes: Develop diagnostic and actionable deliverables
that help business guide investment decisions in support of
executing business strategy. Leads analysis of the business'
future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment
to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for
improvement to drive the business forward. Collaborates within the
federated architecture consortium to find the right balance between
enterprise risk and agility. Build architecture roadmap and
strategies by which to measure execution success and fulfillment of
overall business goals and strategies. -Manage the Solutions
Architecture & Engineering Practice: Mature architecture to enable
of strategy creation, and technology innovation; Participate in
federated architecture practice developing standards, guardrails,
and cross cutting strategies to drive common platforms while
enabling federated autonomy and speed; Manage a talent pool of
engineering leads that work with application delivery teams in
delivering technical & business capabilities while rationalizing
the Retirement Services technology portfolio -Plan and Manage the
Core IT Platform Portfolio: Presents gap analyses and/or IT
investment roadmaps that reflect the status of the existing IT
platform portfolio and its ability to contribute to future-state
business capabilities around ecosystems and digital platforms; -
Leads the development of an architecture plan for the based on
business requirements and the varying IT strategies for
project-driven or product-driven delivery teams. - Develops and
applies standards and minimal viable architectures through the
Federated Architecture governance model, which is informed by the
business strategy and corporate governance. -Facilitate Innovation:
Assesses disruptive forces impacting the organization and
identifies technology-enabled innovation opportunities that enables
business strategy; Scans for major disruptive technology and
competitive threats from digital enterprises (both known competitor
and emerging) to provides proactive solutions to overcome these
challenges / challengers; Tracks and applies innovative
technologies, anchoring them in the business and operating model to
assess their potential, and use agile and lean approaches to evolve
and manage innovation, including running technology experiments to
explore create new products, services, and platform features.
-Build and Maintain Relationships: Provide consultative advice to
executive business leaders who seek recommendations to make
investment decisions related to their business and operating model
where technology is an enabler; Facilitates interaction with senior
business leaders, product managers and product owners in a
business-driven conversation over the risks and implications of the
product decision to the line of business, business unit and greater
enterprise.What we're looking for:Experience:o10+ years of
progressively senior engineering management experiencewith scale
outcomesoDemonstrated thought leadership in technical visionoProven
inspiring leadership of innovative, agile teamsoDeep understanding
of the value of data, bringing it to life, andleveraging modern
tools, platforms, AI, and cloud to deliver the bestexperienceoTrack
record of working successfully on cross-functional teams and
astrong financial acumen for managing project fundingoDemonstrated
success working effectively in a large organization plus verystrong
entrepreneurial or 'intrapreneurial' career evidenceoAbility to
identify key drivers, core assumptions, and significant
trendsacross a complex, competitive landscapeoManage complex array
of external technology vendors/partnersoExternal perspective to
build partnerships and drive digital transformationand develop
capabilities from the outside/in to support growth
strategyoPossesses excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
along with highlydeveloped communication and presentation skills
with the ability toconvey complex information understandably to a
wide variety of executiveand non-executive audiencesoAble to drive
change through influence and persuasion, navigate large,complex
organizations, and work collaboratively work across
variousfunctions and disciplines up and down an organization, has
highly effectivecoaching and influence capabilities.oExceptional at
cultivating relationships and collaborating with peers
andcolleagues across multiple lines of business and platforms, able
to unlockpotential in teams and build, develop, and foster
talent.oDemonstrated experience and expertise in architecture
domains (Cloud, Data, Distributed Applications, Mobile and API)For
positions based in New York, the base salary range is
$170,000-$210,000 and the position is eligible for a bonus in
accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan. In
addition, we're proud to offer a range of competitive
benefits#LI-SB1 #LI-CFB #LI-BS1 #LI-SAFGWe are an Equal Opportunity
Employer Corebridge Financial, Inc., its subsidiaries and
affiliates are committed to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and
its policies and procedures reflect this commitment. We provide
equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race,
color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin,
veteran status, disability or any other legally protected
categories such as sexual orientation. At Corebridge Financial, we
believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and
our mission - creating a foundation for a creative workplace that
leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide
variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee,
seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as
individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.To
learn more please visit: Corebridge Financial is committed to
working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job
applicants and employees with physical or mental disabilities. - If
you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search
for a job opening or to complete any part of the application or
hiring process, please send an email to . - - Reasonable
accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.At this
time, Corebridge Financial does not require that individuals be
vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter a Corebridge Financial office,
except as required by applicable state or local regulations (such
as vaccination requirements in New York).Functional Area:IT -
Information TechnologyEstimated Travel Percentage (%): Up to
25%Relocation Provided: NoAmerican General Life Insurance
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