Director, Solutions Architect

Nationwide•Columbus, OH

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, or Scottsdale, Arizona office 2 days per week. This role will serve as the Solutions Architecture Leader for Property & Casualty (P&C) Data, with accountability spanning enterprise data platforms, analytics enablement, and business-unit-aligned delivery. Applicants for this role should possess strong IT and data architecture skills. You will be responsible for the technical quality, integrity, and evolution of P&C data platforms, integration patterns, and analytical capabilities that support underwriting, claims, actuarial, finance, and distribution workflows. Strong consideration will be given to applicants with Property & Casualty insurance experience, including an understanding of how data supports core insurance functions and business decision-making. Experience translating business outcomes into scalable, secure, and compliant data and platform architectures is highly valued. The ideal applicant is an experienced technology leader who has led architecture teams, partnered closely with business units, and delivered enterprise platforms across a mix of internal solutions and third-party technologies. This role requires the ability to define, communicate, and gain alignment on strategic roadmaps while balancing near-term delivery with long-term architectural direction. This area is broad and complex, requiring comfort with ambiguity, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead through influence while coordinating across multiple stakeholders and domains. If you have a passion for people leadership and have governed architecture and platform strategy at scale, we would like to hear from you. #LI-AC1 Job Description Summary If you’re passionate about delivering technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Solution Architect Leader you will be responsible for the technical quality, integrity and evolution of the application portfolio supporting a product domain, a business solution area or the technology portfolio supporting a line of business or infrastructure domain.

Requirements

Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or a related field is preferred.
More than ten years of experience in a Technology.
Shown strength in multiple architectural domains and various technologies.
Awareness of and experience with Web and Cloud technologies.
Five years leading planning and roadmap development and four years of management experience is preferred.
Superb communication and facilitation skills.
Ability to make decisions and recommendations on technology strategies while considering various options and business needs.
Aptitude to influence, build relationships, negotiate and set priorities needed.
Strong executive presence.

Nice To Haves

Property & Casualty insurance experience, including an understanding of how data supports core insurance functions and business decision-making.
Experience translating business outcomes into scalable, secure, and compliant data and platform architectures is highly valued.
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the management of associates including but not limited to performance management, salary planning, training, development, workforce planning, hiring, and disciplinary actions; and attracts, hires, engages and develops the team through impactful recruitment, coaching and feedback.
Leads the development and maintenance of technology strategies, blueprints and application roadmaps for a product domain, a business solution area or business/technology roadmaps for a given infrastructure domain.
Identifies technical risk, currency and depth of product/applications supporting a business solution area or leads the technologies supporting a given infrastructure domain.
Oversees the delivery of programs and projects driven by the solution area, product domain or infrastructure domain.
Implements reusable technology solutions that uses shared assets.
Harvests intellectual capital that contributes to increased delivery capabilities.
Leads technical quality through architecture and design reviews.
Top specialist in the generation of new solutions and designs in support of the needs of the product domain, business area or infrastructure domain.
Assists business solution area leadership team with estimating costs and technical resource planning for new solutions, technology upgrades and maintenance of product/application platforms.
Establishes building codes and guardrails for the business solution area and carries out compliance with technology and architecture standards.
Active profession participant through communities of practice, industry involvement and/or standards organizations.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire