Solutions Architect – Marketing & Distribution

Job Summary

The Solutions Architect will provide architectural leadership on multiple, complex projects and business technologies for the Marketing & Distribution domain of F&G. This includes Product solutions, Sales tools, and company websites/portals. This role will develop and promote technical roadmaps to modernize, enhance, and support the application set of their business partners. This role will participate in F&G’s Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions and present solution designs to the ARB for approval. In addition, this role will strategize with business and technology stakeholders to define future-state business capabilities and requirements, and translate into transitional and target state architectures, and roadmaps.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Own and be responsible for a cohesive technology landscape for the Marketing & Distribution (Product solutions, Sales tools, websites/portals) business domain, within the framework of our Enterprise Architecture
• Is engaged at all levels of the SDLC to oversee and guide technology processes and implementation of solutions
• Provide architectural leadership to the delivery teams, either formally or informally, in support of their application sets
• Provide architectural leadership on multiple complex projects and business technologies
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand business needs, define future-state business capabilities, and establish a technical vision for the application set supporting the Marketing & Distribution domain
• Develop and promote technical roadmaps to modernize, enhance, and support the application set of the Marketing & Distribution business domain
• Research current and emerging technology, and engage with other architects to innovate in a risk appropriate manner to accelerate corporate growth
• Maintain a close relationship between Solution Architecture and Solution teams to ensure adherence to Enterprise Architecture governance
• Provide support to management on build vs buy analysis and decisions
• Serve as the architecture lead on large projects identifying gaps and designing ecosystem components such as user interfaces, middleware, data integration and services
• Ensure solutions are fit for purpose and aligned with the organization’s reference architecture
• Support and promote technical consistency by following Enterprise Architecture’s guiding principles
• Participate in F&G’s architecture review board (ARB) sessions and presents solution designs to the ARB for approval
• Communicate all technical decisions, issues and risks to Program Leadership and manage technical dependencies within or external to the program
• Contribute to the design of all new solutions brought into the application set to ensure alignment to security and technology guiding principles and the technology ecosystem
• Exhibit ownership of technical deliverables from external resources, providing review of deliverables and actively manage an effective feedback cycle
• Support IT leadership in financial planning and timing of solution delivery
• Mentor and coach others and provide input on performance evaluations

 Experience and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar
• 10+ years of Application Development domain experience
• 5+ years of experience leading teams (formally or informally)
• 5+ years designing and integrating large complex solutions and/or front-end solutions
• Experience with Life/Annuity insurance systems and operations
• Strong knowledge of API concepts, and working knowledge of one or more API integration platforms
• Understanding of secure system design principles, patterns, and practices
• Excellent coding and analytical skills (.NET/C# and front-end development background a plus)
• Experience with a cloud or hybrid platforms such as Azure and AWS
• Strong SQL writing and tuning skills
• Ability to effectively operate in support of a complex ecosystem of technology platforms managed by internal resources and vendor partners
• Strong project management skills

Preferred Requirements

• MBA, Master of Computer Science, or similar
• Experience in a multi-vendor, TPA environment with multi-day feeds and complex integrations
• Experience with developing application roadmaps to support long-term capabilities
• Knowledge of User Experience design principles and best practices
• Experience with Salesforce and/or other Customer Relationship Management & Sales platforms
• Experience with website design and development

Skills and Abilities

• Strong team building, partnership, collaboration, and resource management skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize/communicate conflicting demands in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working in an Agile IT environment
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills with good written and verbal communication
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence others outside of span of control
• Superior communication skills in articulating technology direction for all levels of management
• Proven ability to mentor and develop talent, and drive a team for results
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities, assign appropriate resources, ensure quality, and maintain high standards

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