AVP, Technical Architecture (Hybrid)

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Our Business

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2023 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2023.

Working at Selective

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely - we employ uniqueness. Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs. Employees receive comprehensive total rewards packages - including competitive compensation and performance awards, health benefits, and retirement savings - and professional development opportunities and flexible schedules to support their health, wealth, and well-being. Join our team and help make a difference.

Summary:

Selective is seeking an AVP who will lead the Technical Architecture teams. Provide infrastructure solutions and integration architecture leadership across the enterprise in alignment with the overall enterprise architecture strategy. Work closely with enterprise architects, domain architects, and technical leads to define sound technical solutions in support of business initiatives. Establish standards, and efficiencies as they relate to solutions and integration architecture. Define an infrastructure architecture future state that aligns with enterprise architecture and business strategy, and manage gaps, risk, and technical debt. Have the ability to transform business requirement into technology solutions aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely within the enterprise architecture team and contribute to the overall enterprise technology strategy and target architecture. Develop and monitor principles and standards that ensure alignment of the infrastructure solutions and integration architecture to the overall enterprise technology strategy.
• Define infrastructure solution architecture design and integration patterns with emphasis on reuse, scalability, performance, availability, security, and data governance. Maintain and publish graphical design diagrams and relevant architecture artifacts.
• Work collaboratively with enterprise architects, domain architects, and technical leads as required across architecture domains including applications, integrations, information, infrastructure, and security architecture.
• Contribute to the management and direction of the infrastructure architecture portfolio and its components, including systems, services, middleware, and information flows. Assist with the enterprise portfolio reporting, review, and action plan.
• Lead technical review of packaged and hosted infrastructure solutions. Assess technical quality and adherence to enterprise technology standards. Provide leadership and oversight of infrastructure solution architecture activities and Service Delivery Practice in the areas of governance, standards, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with key business partners to define business needs and priority, drive implementation, and be the liaison of business and group IT team. Ensure expeditious resolution of service incidents.
• Maintain strong partnerships with strategic vendors, understand relevant product roadmaps, and align infrastructure products and roadmaps to enterprise architecture strategy and portfolio management. Ensure client-stakeholder and contractual service level agreements and objectives are met or exceeded.
• Research the market, evaluate potential solutions, and recommend proof-of-concepts for new technologies and solutions based on an understanding of technology trends and technology strategy.
• Ensure the right balance of rapid delivery of business outcomes with sound technical solutions. Lead infrastructure architecture strategies in alignment with enterprise architecture and business strategic imperatives.

Qualifications:

• BS or higher degree in in computer science, management information systems, business administration, or related discipline is preferred.
• 8+ years of technical architecture experience preferably to include cloud architecture and deployment.
• 3+ years of management experience preferably leading technical teams
• Understanding of infrastructure solutions design and methodologies, and how to apply them to large complex multi-tier systems.
• Knowledge of integration patterns, best practices, and supporting technologies.
• Previous leadership/managerial experience and in leading virtual teams.
• Understanding of business functions and ability to expand business knowledge as required.
• Enthusiasm for delivering quality solutions.
• Understanding of cloud architectures and concepts.

Salary range: $164,000 - $225,000. The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include the candidate's qualifications and experience.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.

Selective maintains a drug-free workplace.

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