Domain Managing Architect - Digital

Horace Mann; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 124,200 - 175,800; Full time

Job summary

Horace Mann in Plano, TX seeks a Domain Managing Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership across Digital domains. This role ensures technology solutions align with Horace Mann's long-term interests by leveraging EA disciplines, frameworks, and AI governance.

The position drives cloud transformation, modernization, and governance, partnering with CIO and enterprise teams to create scalable, secure enterprise solutions for insurance domain challenges.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years in architecture leadership.
• Proven enterprise cloud transformation and legacy modernization leadership.
• Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills.
• Broad cross-domain knowledge across data platforms, integration, security.
• Experience with TOGAF or similar EA framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain current, future, and transitional state architectures.
• Create architecture models and diagrams (conceptual to physical).
• Define, document, and govern architectural decisions across programs.
• Develop architecture policies, standards, and processes with CIO.
• Lead AI governance frameworks including risk management and explainability.
• Partner with solution delivery teams to align architectures.
• Lead modernization efforts including cloud-native platforms.
• Communicate complex concepts to executives and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Cloud transformation leadership

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF

Communication

Leadership

AI governance

Risk management

Executive presentations

Tools

Visio

draw.io

Azure

AWS

Job description

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.

Key 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.
• Partner 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the insurance industry.
• 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).

Pay Range: $124,200.00 - $175,800.00

Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc.

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