Enterprise Architect, Workforce Benefits

Pacific Life • Newport Beach, NC

1d • $167,850 - $205,150 • Onsite

About The Position

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own. We’re actively seeking a talented Enterprise Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture team in Newport Beach, CA or Charlotte, NC. Expectations for the role include spearheading technology direction, technology adoption, and technology experimentation. As the Enterprise Architect overseeing architecture in our Workforce Benefits Division (WBD) you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by continuing the advancement of WBD’s groundbreaking leadership in Workforce Benefits and enhancing Pacific Life’s reputation of excellence in the marketplace. You will fill an existing role that sits on a team of six people in the Workforce Benefits Division’s Technical Leadership. Your colleagues will include both Value Stream Leads, the Division CIO, the Project Portfolio Director, and the Head of Platform Operations. This high-functioning virtual team sets and delivers Technologies for WBD.

Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, compute engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• Broad but relatively narrow, financial services in general or insurance industry specific, deep in 3+ domains (Business, Applications, Data, Integration, Infrastructure, Security).
• Strong behavioral skills relevant to consensus building, communication, facilitation, negotiation, relationship building, working knowledge of business / operating / financial models and cost / benefit analysis, risk analysis / management, consulting, and navigating organizational politics.
• Diversified, multifaceted and extensive experience, stems from working with numerous technology solutions.
• 15+ years of progressive technology experience.
• 7.5+ years as an Architect.

Nice To Haves

• Workplace Benefits experience.
• Technical Team Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze global trends in utilizing technology across the insurance industry and potential disruptive influences.
• Study business motivational context and interconnection of business and technology capabilities.
• Provide advisory and consulting services, serve on technology decisioning committees, serve as trusted expert in the relationship between business and technology, engage at the transformation ideation phase.
• Develop and iterate architecture solution designs for key initiatives and special projects.
• Ensure that Solution Architects elaborate on High Level Designs by developing Low Level Designs that adhere to architecture governance.

Benefits

• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees