Chief Solution Architect / Executive Director –Transformation

Us3 Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Senior executive compensation package

Opportunity to shape major transformation initiatives

High visibility role

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is looking for a Chief Solution Architect/Executive Director in the UK to spearhead transformation initiatives in the insurance sector. The ideal candidate will have extensive insurance domain knowledge, particularly regarding Guidewire platforms, and experience in embedding AI/ML solutions. This high-visibility role involves engaging with stakeholders, ensuring architecture delivers business value, and influencing delivery teams. The position offers a senior executive compensation package for a candidate ready to shape major transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in large scale Transformation within Insurance.
• Demonstrable experience embedding AI/ML solutions into processes.
• Technically credible at executive and board levels.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, data platforms, and API integration.
• Experience operating in regulated UK financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as architectural authority across transformation programmes.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to translate business outcomes.
• Provide assurance on architecture and technology risk.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to translate business outcomes into designs.
• Offer executive-level assurance on architecture, risk, and technical debt.
• Oversee strategic technology partners and vendors.

Skills

Insurance domain knowledge

Guidewire knowledge

AI/ML integration

Cloud-native architecture

Regulatory compliance

Data platforms

APIs & integration

Tools

Guidewire

Job description

Chief Solution Architect / Executive Director –Transformation - Insurance | UK (Hybrid)

Overview

We are seeking a senior Solution Architecture leader with deep Insurance domain knowledge, ideally with strong Guidewire knowledge, and proven experience within regulated environments. This role will define and govern enterprise architecture across core platforms, digital, data, and AI, supporting large-scale transformation and modernisation initiatives.

Reporting to the Executive Committee, the role will act as the architectural authority for complex change programmes, ensuring technology decisions deliver business value, regulatory compliance, and long-term scalability.

Key Responsibilities

Transformation & Change

• Act as architectural authority across multi-year transformation programmes.
• Support delivery teams and system integrators with clear architectural direction and decision‑making.
• Balance innovation with operational resilience and regulatory compliance.

Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Engage with senior business, technology, risk, and compliance stakeholders to translate business outcomes into robust technical designs.
• Provide executive‑level assurance on architecture, technology risk, and technical debt.
• Oversee strategic technology partners, vendors, and system integrators.

Experience & Background

• Experience in large scale Transformation within Insurance.
• Knowledge of Guidewire platforms in complex, large‑scale environments.
• Demonstrated experience embedding AI/ML solutions into core insurance processes.
• Background in cloud‑native architecture, data platforms, APIs, and integration patterns is a plus.
• Experience operating in highly regulated UK financial services environments.

Skills & Attributes

• Technically credible at executive and board level.
• Strong decision‑maker with a pragmatic, value‑driven approach.
• Able to influence delivery, engineering, and business teams without direct line management.
• Comfortable operating across strategy, design, and governance.
• Clear communicator able to translate complex technology into business outcomes.

What’s on Offer

• Senior executive compensation package.
• Opportunity to shape a major insurance transformation initiative.
• High visibility role with influence across business, technology, and delivery.