Chief Architect, Corporate Functions Portfolio

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Head of Portfolio Architecture for Corporate Functions in the New York area. This senior role leads end-to-end architecture across business units, shaping the portfolio roadmap and investment priorities with Enterprise Architecture.

You will mentor architects, collaborate with HR, Legal, Finance and Investments and partner with cloud, data, and AI domains to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technology and architecture experience, with insurance/financial services background.
• Experience influencing senior leaders on technology strategy and investment decisions.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end enterprise architecture: business, data, integration, AI, and digital domains.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture across multiple value streams within the business unit and ensure end-to-end design across platforms and capabilities.
• Own Corporate Functions target state, portfolio roadmap, priorities, and leadership for architecture.
• Shape platform architecture including cloud, data, and AI to enable scalable, secure, compliant solutions.
• Improve engineering productivity by defining architecture patterns, standards, and operating structures.

Skills

Executive communication

Leadership

Architecture governance

Portfolio planning

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

Cloud platforms

Tools

Workday

Oracle

ServiceNow

Job description

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Head of Portfolio Architecture for Corporate Functions in the New York area. This senior role leads end-to-end architecture across business units, shaping the portfolio roadmap and investment priorities with Enterprise Architecture.

You will mentor architects, collaborate with HR, Legal, Finance and Investments and partner with cloud, data, and AI domains to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.