Corporate Vice President Digital Solution Architect

• Design and lead solution architectures for complex digital initiatives ensuring alignment with business objectives enterprise architecture standards security requirements and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to evaluate strategic opportunities assess technology investments and translate complex business challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple initiatives and technology domains guiding architecture reviews design decisions implementation approaches and production readiness activities.
• Establish and promote architecture standards reusable patterns governance practices and best practices that improve consistency scalability and maintainability across digital platforms.
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks by evaluating scalability performance security integration operational resilience and technology lifecycle considerations early in the solution design process.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends including AI-enabled capabilities generative AI intelligent automation and agent-assisted workflows to determine strategic fit and business value.
• Influence digital technology strategy by contributing to architecture roadmaps technology standards platform modernization efforts and enterprise architecture initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders by providing guidance on architecture decisions technology direction and solution tradeoffs.
• Lead the development of architectural recommendations that balance customer experience business outcomes operational efficiency and technology sustainability.
• Support compliance and governance practices across the technology portfolio and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture security and risk management frameworks.

• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture application architecture enterprise architecture or senior software engineering roles.
• Deep knowledge of web application architecture headless solutions using Next.js APIs microservices cloud platforms enterprise integration patterns and modern digital ecosystems.
• Experience designing scalable secure and maintainable enterprise solutions across multiple technology domains and business functions.
• Experience establishing architecture standards governance practices reusable design patterns and technology roadmaps.
• Experience evaluating and implementing AI technologies including generative AI AI-assisted development tools prompt engineering or AI-powered business solutions.
• Experience with enterprise content management and digital experience platforms including Sitecore.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technology decisions and communicate architectural concepts to senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication collaboration and stakeholder management skills including the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Experience with Sitecore platforms including Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore AI and Sitecore Content Hub.
• Experience developing AI-enabled customer experiences knowledge management solutions chatbots copilots or agentic workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Insurance financial services or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience leading architecture governance programs technology standards initiatives or enterprise architecture practices.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and developing strategic recommendations for technology adoption and modernization initiatives.

What We Do

At New York Life our 180-year legacy of integrity mutuality and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S. we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view investing in people purpose and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology- data- and AI-powered company we’re modernizing our platforms rearchitecting experiences and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients advisors and communities in more personalized proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance investments retirement group benefits and direct-to-consumer offerings New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture inclusive teams and a shared belief that when our people thrive so does our company. Here tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas energy and growth power what’s next.

Why Work With Us

New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity humanity and shared success—values that show up in how we work lead and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.

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