American International Group

VP, Solutions Architect

American International Group$126K — $171K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years as a solution architect on large, complex projects, particularly in insurance
  • Strong understanding of IT architecture principles and enterprise frameworks
  • Experience with insurance platforms like Duck Creek and Guidewire is advantageous
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
  • Experience designing cloud-based solutions including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
  • Familiarity with integration patterns involving MuleSoft and AWS
  • Strong communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business goals
  • Develop solution architectures for complex systems, ensuring alignment with target architecture
  • Analyze current underwriting landscape to create a holistic roadmap
  • Communicate architecture goals to stakeholders and oversee design implementations
  • Ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, and regulatory requirements
  • Design overall architecture including systems and infrastructure alignment with enterprise standards
  • Present technology solutions to business partners, ensuring clarity on alignment with requirements
  • Address cross-domain challenges to ensure cohesive system integration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program that prioritizes health, wellbeing, and financial security
  • Investment in professional development opportunities
  • Encouragement for team collaboration and connection
  • Culture that values in-person engagement among team members
Full Job Description

Make your mark in technology


Global architecture team with the right architecture-based competencies and all the industry-standard / the above-said emerging technology-based skill sets, is here to help AIG to thrive to give a complete meaning for successful delivery execution. Along with collaborating with regional architects across the global, architecture team build strategies and road map, product evaluation, creating reference architectures, new technology & framework evaluations etc., We also religiously follow the Architecture Governance, within the region, by strongly adopting not only the architecture standard processes, but we do also follow Security Architecture, Technology Risk & Controls, Risk Assessment, Technology on-boarding processes etc.

How you will create impact:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experiencedSenior Solutions Architectto join our Global architecture team. Reporting to the Head of North America Solution Architect, Senior solution architect will play a crucial role and be responsible for driving systems architecture towards to an end-state vision that modernizes, transforms and simplifies the General insurance Underwriting systems landscape.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with business stakeholders to understand requirements and align solutions with business goals

  • Responsible for developing solution architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with IT target architecture while aligning to the business requirements.

  • Understand the current North America underwriting landscape problems and business priorities to facilitate the development of a holistic roadmap.

  • Communicates the architecture objectives to business and IT stakeholders and consults during the development of requirements. Provides oversight throughout design implementations into the productive solution.

  • Ensure the solution meets functional, non-functional and regulatory requirements especially in insurance domain.

  • Designs the overall architecture that includes system, components, application, data and infrastructure ensuring it aligns with enterprise standards in the organization

  • Presentations to Business Partners that clearly defines the technology solutions aligning to the business requirements.

  • Deals with cross domain challenges, ensuring different components work together as a cohesive system

Core Responsibilities include

Focuses heavily on designing solutions to demonstrate how technology supports business outcomes and work closely with non-technical teams

Responsible for bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders

Utilizes knowledge across multiple technology domains like software, infrastructure, integration, security and collaborates with horizontal technical/application and platform architects

What you'll need to succeed:
  • 8+ years of experience as solution architect, delivering solutions for large and complex projects. Experience working with insurance platforms including COTS products Duck creek, Guidewire is a significant advantage.

  • Strong knowledge of IT architecture principles, enterprise frameworks, and various technology platforms combined with the ability to develop architecture strategies using reference architectures, domain architecture patterns and technology frameworks.

  • Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of the insurance industry, particularly Property & Casualty as well as hands on experience of architecting, solution and tuning insurance platforms.

  • The ability to understand business requirements and convert them into technology solution specifications and create a blueprint for development and integration team to follow.

  • Experience in design cloud-based solutions (AWS, Azure) and implementation of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and hybrid models. Strong Knowledge of Cloud architecture patterns, principles and best practices and emerging technology in insurance industry.

  • Experience in MuleSoft, AWS integration patterns, Spring boot framework, Java, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, Angular, AI/ML solutions.

  • Technical certifications TOGAF, AWS solution architect is highly valued.

  • Able to monitor market trends and to guide on the future technologies and capabilities to help business value at AIG

  • Strong communication and presentation skills

For positions based in New Jersey, the base salary range is $126,000- $171,000 and the position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan. In addition, were proud to offer a range of competitive benefits, a summary of which can be viewed here: .

Ready to accelerate your career? We would love to hear from you.

Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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At AIG, we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture, which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive, connected environment for our team and clients alike.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in whats most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial securitys well as your professional developmentto bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Functional Area:

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About American International Group

American International Group provides property insurance, life insurance, and financial services.

American International Group Careers

Join the dynamic team at American International Group (AIG), a leading global insurance organization, and propel your career into a future of opportunities and professional growth. At AIG, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation, leadership, and diversity that is unmatched in the industry.

Work You’ll Do

At American International Group, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry, dedicated to solving complex challenges and driving transformative solutions in the world of insurance. Our team is at the forefront of developing innovative insurance products that not only meet the needs of our clients worldwide but also anticipate future trends.

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AIG believes in the power of continuous learning and offers extensive training and development programs to help you hone your skills and advance your career. Leadership development, diversity training, and innovation workshops are just a few examples of how we invest in our employees' growth and leadership capabilities.

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Joining AIG means more than just having a job; it means being part of a team that values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We offer competitive benefits that support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees and their families. At AIG, you will find a supportive network and a culture that applauds innovation and rewards performance.

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Learn more about American International Group
Size
36,600 employees
Market Cap
$46.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$5.9 billion
Founded
1919
5 Year Trend
-0.3%
Revenue
$43.7 billion
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