Overview
Why AAA Life
AAA Life is a respected and trusted American brand that has been focusing on Life Insurance and Annuity Products since 1969. At AAA Life we have over 1.8 million policies where we take pride in earning the trust of our policyholders who understand our promise to be there for them – and their families – when we’re needed most. By joining the AAA Life team, you are joining a company that genuinely cares about helping each other, with a devotion to protect the lives of those around us. We embrace a diverse, equitable, inclusive culture where all associates can feel a sense of belonging and use their unique talents and perspective to influence, innovate, motivate, and thrive.
How You’ll Work
Work Solution: Hybrid (Tuesday- Thursday) Or Remote (USA)
Relocation Eligibility: Available
The Director ofEnterpriseArchitecture reportsdirectly to theVice President, Technology Transformation.The Directoris responsible forunderstanding and translating the AAA Life business vision and strategy,and providingoverall direction,guidanceand definition of IT architecture to effectively support the strategy.The Director must be capable of practically applying existing,newand emerging technologies to new and evolvingbusinessand operating models.The ability to developthese technologyroadmaps and communicate to AAA Life executives and leaders is key to ensuring the proper buy-in anddelivery of results.The Governance of theEnterpriseArchitectureacross the organization is a key role to ensure that the architectural direction upholds the current and future state business,data,andinfrastructureand application roadmaps.
Responsibilities Lead and Influence
Lead and coordinate all aspects of the EA program, including: (1) business architecture, which is focused on guiding people, process and organizational change; (2) information architecture, which is focused on the consistent sharing of information across the enterprise; (3) solutions architecture, which is focused on developing a direction for managing the portfolio of to-be solutions; (4) technical architecture, which is focused on evolving the technical infrastructure; and (5) security architecture, which is focused on managing IT risk through the exchange of information between people, systems and things inside and outside the organization.
Lead the evolution of theEnterpriseArchitecturefunction with a team of architectsand partner with the engineering organization leads.
Promote the business value of the EAfunction and its process, and the results of the EA program to business andtechnologyleaders/executives.
Lead the buy versus build analysis where appropriate.
Be a catalyst for technologytransformation and innovationacross thetechnologydepartment and across the company.
Lead the development of an implementation plan fortheEnterpriseArchitecturebased on business strategy and requirements.
Construct technology-enabled operating models andprovideviableoptions and visibility into execution issues.
Communicate these options to AAAlife leadership.
Provide leadershiponenterprisetechnologiesand platforms.
IdentifyEcosystems and Develop Business Models
Create architectural and technology strategic roadmaps that result in stronger, moreeffectiveand more reliable business technology platforms
Understand the business's economic and financial levers that are susceptible to digital transformation, to effectively support and guide technology investment decisions.
Design and construct future and currentstate business modelsto educate and inform decision makers
Manage the development oftransformationplans for moving from the current to the future state environment across application portfolio
Focus on Strategy and Execution
Demonstrate the business value of EA as an enabler of strategy formulation, and as support for technology innovation, which drives the organization's top and bottom lines.
Formulate, translate, advocate, support and execute businessstrategyto achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes.
Research and Understand Technology and Nontechnology Trends
Scan the world for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect business.Provide practical advice and best practices to overcome these challenges and successfully deliver the expected business outcomes.
Lead the analysis of business and operating models, markettrendsand the technology industry todeterminetheir potential impact on the enterprise's business strategy,directionand architecture.
Enable Enterprise Ideation and Innovation
Track and apply innovative and existing technologies, anchoring them in the business model to assess their potential, and use rapid prototyping approaches to evolve innovations.
Run technology experiments, helping to create new products andservicesand integrating the best of theseinto steady-state operations for the organization.
Determineand Help Orchestrate the Delivery of Business Outcomes
Work with business peers to develop and present business capability models and roadmaps tofacilitatediscussion and decision making with stakeholders across the enterprise.
Lead analysis of thebusiness'future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement and driving the business forward.
Work with business peers and lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business outcomes and drivers to derive useful business context, and in response to disruptive forces.
Lead analysis of thetechnologyenvironment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
Lead andfacilitatethe creation of governance,assuranceand standards to guide EA decision making.
Ensure that theoptimalgovernance structure and compliance activities are associated with EA compliance.
Oversee the evaluation andselectionof EAstandards,as necessary.
Oversee EA implementation, continuousimprovementand ongoing refinement activities.
Oversee the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
Consult with infrastructure,projectand product teams to ensure consistency with theEnterpriseArchitecture, as well as toidentifywhen it is necessary tomodifytheEnterpriseArchitecture.
Qualifications RequiredEducation/Experience
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field required.Master's degree preferred.
15years ofexperience in the IT industry with emphasis onApplication.
At least 7 years architecting Cloud (AWS or Azure).
Must have managed a team of 4-5 people.
Development, ApplicationDelivery, and Business Process Solutions.
Leadership experience managing several direct reports, including managers.
Demonstrated experience insoftware developmenttechnologyandEnterpriseArchitecture.
Demonstrated RFP and contract development experience.
Preferred Experience
Master's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
Seven or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, databasemanagementor operations in a multitier environment
Five or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis
Work Environment
Works in atemperature-controlledenvironment.
Essential Job Functions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee isfrequentlyrequired to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements.Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants as needed to enable them to fulfill these requirements.
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AAA Life is a respected and trusted American brand that has been focusing on Life Insurance and Annuity Products since 1969. At AAA Life we have over 1.8 million policies where we take pride in earning the trust of our policyholders who understand our promise to be there for them – and their families – when we’re needed most. By joining the AAA Life team, you are joining a company that genuinely cares about helping each other, with a devotion to protect the lives of those around us. We embrace a diverse, equitable, inclusive culture where all associates can feel a sense of belonging and use their unique talents and perspective to influence, innovate, motivate, and thrive.
How You’ll Work
Work Solution: Hybrid (Tuesday- Thursday) Or Remote (USA)
Relocation Eligibility: Available
The Director ofEnterpriseArchitecture reportsdirectly to theVice President, Technology Transformation.The Directoris responsible forunderstanding and translating the AAA Life business vision and strategy,and providingoverall direction,guidanceand definition of IT architecture to effectively support the strategy.The Director must be capable of practically applying existing,newand emerging technologies to new and evolvingbusinessand operating models.The ability to developthese technologyroadmaps and communicate to AAA Life executives and leaders is key to ensuring the proper buy-in anddelivery of results.The Governance of theEnterpriseArchitectureacross the organization is a key role to ensure that the architectural direction upholds the current and future state business,data,andinfrastructureand application roadmaps.
Responsibilities Lead and Influence
Lead and coordinate all aspects of the EA program, including: (1) business architecture, which is focused on guiding people, process and organizational change; (2) information architecture, which is focused on the consistent sharing of information across the enterprise; (3) solutions architecture, which is focused on developing a direction for managing the portfolio of to-be solutions; (4) technical architecture, which is focused on evolving the technical infrastructure; and (5) security architecture, which is focused on managing IT risk through the exchange of information between people, systems and things inside and outside the organization.
Lead the evolution of theEnterpriseArchitecturefunction with a team of architectsand partner with the engineering organization leads.
Promote the business value of the EAfunction and its process, and the results of the EA program to business andtechnologyleaders/executives.
Lead the buy versus build analysis where appropriate.
Be a catalyst for technologytransformation and innovationacross thetechnologydepartment and across the company.
Lead the development of an implementation plan fortheEnterpriseArchitecturebased on business strategy and requirements.
Construct technology-enabled operating models andprovideviableoptions and visibility into execution issues.
Communicate these options to AAAlife leadership.
Provide leadershiponenterprisetechnologiesand platforms.
IdentifyEcosystems and Develop Business Models
Create architectural and technology strategic roadmaps that result in stronger, moreeffectiveand more reliable business technology platforms
Understand the business's economic and financial levers that are susceptible to digital transformation, to effectively support and guide technology investment decisions.
Design and construct future and currentstate business modelsto educate and inform decision makers
Manage the development oftransformationplans for moving from the current to the future state environment across application portfolio
Focus on Strategy and Execution
Demonstrate the business value of EA as an enabler of strategy formulation, and as support for technology innovation, which drives the organization's top and bottom lines.
Formulate, translate, advocate, support and execute businessstrategyto achieve the organization's targeted business outcomes.
Research and Understand Technology and Nontechnology Trends
Scan the world for major disruptive technology and nontechnology trends (trendspotting) that affect business.Provide practical advice and best practices to overcome these challenges and successfully deliver the expected business outcomes.
Lead the analysis of business and operating models, markettrendsand the technology industry todeterminetheir potential impact on the enterprise's business strategy,directionand architecture.
Enable Enterprise Ideation and Innovation
Track and apply innovative and existing technologies, anchoring them in the business model to assess their potential, and use rapid prototyping approaches to evolve innovations.
Run technology experiments, helping to create new products andservicesand integrating the best of theseinto steady-state operations for the organization.
Determineand Help Orchestrate the Delivery of Business Outcomes
Work with business peers to develop and present business capability models and roadmaps tofacilitatediscussion and decision making with stakeholders across the enterprise.
Lead analysis of thebusiness'future-state capabilities and future (and current) IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement and driving the business forward.
Work with business peers and lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business outcomes and drivers to derive useful business context, and in response to disruptive forces.
Lead analysis of thetechnologyenvironment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
Lead andfacilitatethe creation of governance,assuranceand standards to guide EA decision making.
Ensure that theoptimalgovernance structure and compliance activities are associated with EA compliance.
Oversee the evaluation andselectionof EAstandards,as necessary.
Oversee EA implementation, continuousimprovementand ongoing refinement activities.
Oversee the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work.
Consult with infrastructure,projectand product teams to ensure consistency with theEnterpriseArchitecture, as well as toidentifywhen it is necessary tomodifytheEnterpriseArchitecture.
Qualifications RequiredEducation/Experience
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field required.Master's degree preferred.
15years ofexperience in the IT industry with emphasis onApplication.
At least 7 years architecting Cloud (AWS or Azure).
Must have managed a team of 4-5 people.
Development, ApplicationDelivery, and Business Process Solutions.
Leadership experience managing several direct reports, including managers.
Demonstrated experience insoftware developmenttechnologyandEnterpriseArchitecture.
Demonstrated RFP and contract development experience.
Preferred Experience
Master's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
Seven or more years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, databasemanagementor operations in a multitier environment
Five or more years of business experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis
Work Environment
Works in atemperature-controlledenvironment.
Essential Job Functions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee isfrequentlyrequired to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements.Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants as needed to enable them to fulfill these requirements.
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