AVP Architect (Cloud Adoption and Modernization)

Company: The Travelers Companies Inc.
Location: Hartford
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

Who Are We?Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. Thats 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.Compensation OverviewThe annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.Salary Range$177,400.00 - $292,600.00Target Openings1What Is the Opportunity?As an Assistant Vice President of Architecture, you will help lead the effort to create the technology target state for the Applied Modernization 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 and teams. 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 lead a team of Enterprise Architects in collaboration with a matrixed team of division-focused Architects to drive Cloud adoption and Modernization. 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 companys goals. Division-focused architects work with the Cloud Adoption and Application Modernization teams on establishing and communicating common approach and strategies and target state for future adoption. You will also partner with the Enterprise Cloud Enablement team to ensure patterns are implementable.What Will You Do?Organizational responsibility for a major segment of Technology Architecture in support of the Applied Modernization business unit.Works with the Senior leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives.Displays strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principals and technology modernization.Drives continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt.Create a partnership with Senior Software Engineering leadership.Looks for opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess potential impact on the enterprise.Defines and leads technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of new technology architecture solutions.Defines target state technology architecture and roadmaps.Ensures alignment of IT initiatives with the target state.Builds strong partnership with engineering to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction.Prepares and delivers comprehensive communications to convey architectural direction and how it aligns with enterprise strategy.Optimizes talent strategy to ensure proper mix of resources and attracts and recruits best talentContinuously improve efficiency and effectiveness of the architecture.Perform other duties as assigned.What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?Bachelors in technology related field or equivalent with 10+ years of technology Architecture experienceProvided mentorship to architecture leadersOrganizational and transformational Leadership Experience in an agile operating modelExpert level Software Engineering awarenessLed development of strategic technology direction and architecture vision for an organizationDeveloped 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 ImprovementDemonstrated ability to drive decisionsMust 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 or DevSecOpsCloud Architecture Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong architecture experience on CloudGood understanding of securityWhat is a Must Have?Bachelors degree or its equivalent in work experienceEight years of experience in enterprise, application, and/or information architecture within a line of business or enterprise areaTwo years of previous management experienceWhat Is in It for You?Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members including spouses, domestic partners, and children are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.Employment PracticesTravelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and work together to deliver extraordinary results.In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.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/.0by Jobble

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