Domain Managing Architect

Horace Mann•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Domain Managing Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the Digital domains. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, and tools to ensure that technology solutions align with the long-term best interests of Horace Mann.

Requirements

10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in architecture leadership roles
Proven experience leading cloud transformation and legacy modernization programs at enterprise scale
Exceptional communication and leadership skills in both technical and business contexts
Brings broad cross-domain knowledge spanning enterprise and solution architecture, data platforms, integration, infrastructure, networking, and security to design scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions.
Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g., TOGAF).
Fluency in modern architecture practices, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures.
Proven experience leading legacy modernization and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across complex technology landscapes.
Ability to define and govern enterprise architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
Expertise in creating architecture artifacts and diagrams (e.g., Visio, draw.io).
Collaborate with business leaders, IT leadership, and engineering organizations to translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions.
Experience in risk management and executive-level presentations.
Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries and drive consensus.
Experience with digital transformation

Nice To Haves

Experience in the insurance industry is highly preferred.
Experience in the Customer, Distribution and Producer/Agent business domains
Experience implementing AI governance frameworks in regulated environments.
Exposure to Agentic AI and Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, vector databases)
Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS SA).

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain current, future, and transitional state architectures.
Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture models and diagrams.
Formulate and review high-level design documents.
Define, document, and govern architectural decisions across programs and projects.
Develop and enforce architecture policies, standards, and processes in partnership with the Chief Architect and CIO.
Identify and establish new enterprise building blocks and reusable architectural patterns.
Establish AI governance frameworks including model risk management, explainability, fairness, and compliance.
Lead and approve Enterprise Architecture Assessments. including AI-enabled and cloud migration solutions.
Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, data, privacy, and responsible AI expectations.
Provide best-practice guidance in evaluating and selecting vendor products and technology platforms.
Partners with Solution Delivery teams, architects, and technical leads to maintain current, target, and transition architectures.
Facilitate consensus across diverse technical and business teams.
Lead modernization efforts including legacy rationalization, decommissioning, and adoption of cloud-native and AI-ready platforms.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences.
Identify and mitigate architecture risks, and technical debt.