The Lead Microsoft Power Platform Architect is responsible for overseeing architectural standards guiding delivery teams and implementing Power Platform solutions to enhance business operations and governance.

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife's Global Technology team you'll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You'll develop maintain and support technology applications and delivery leveraging AI automation and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes improve tech resiliency and ensure high-performing seamless solutions that power life's most important moments. In this dynamic environment you'll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
The Lead Platform Architect is responsible for strategic architectural oversight of MetLife's citizen developer platforms-setting guardrails and standards proving out new capabilities and coaching delivery teams to align to governance and approved patterns across MetLife's global COE and federated COE operating model. This is an exciting opportunity to define the blueprint for how MetLife scales low-code and AI globally balancing speed-to-value with enterprise risk and resiliency
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural vision standards and design patterns for MetLife's citizen developer platforms including Microsoft Power Platform in alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Enterprise Architecture RUAI Compliance Security and Platform Engineering) to define evolve and enforce platform guardrails and best practices.
• Design and oversee scalable secure and maintainable platform architectures that support global deployment and long-term growth.
• Evaluate and recommend new and emerging platform capabilities through proof-of-concepts assessing business value architectural fit and operational impact.
• Provide architectural oversight solution design review and technical guidance to delivery teams ensuring compliance with governance performance scalability and security standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent practical experience with 5+ years of relevant professional experience including 3+ years implementing Power Platform and other citizen-developer platforms.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Copilot Studio Power Automate Power Apps) and/or Claude CoWork in an enterprise environment.
• Strong expertise in platform and solution architecture with the ability to design scalable secure and maintainable architectures.
• Proven experience integrating Power Platform solutions with enterprise systems data sources and applications.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex platform tradeoffs and make sound architectural decisions.
• Working knowledge of modern AI and automation concepts sufficient to evaluate platform capabilities and guide architectural direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise security compliance and DevOps practices including CI/CD cloud platforms data integration and working within governed technology environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive cross-functional discussions document architectural decisions and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $120000 - $150000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health financial wellness and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision dental insurance and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home pet critical illness hospital indemnity and accident insurance as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs parental leave paid time off paid holidays volunteer time off tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® MetLife through its subsidiaries and affiliates is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance annuities employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets we hold leading positions in the United States Latin America Asia Europe and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues customers communities and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together Do the Right Thing Deliver Impact Over Activity and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race color national origin religion creed sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital or domestic/civil partnership status genetic information citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States) uniformed service member or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law ("protected characteristics").
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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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