Enterprise Architect Leader

Fractal; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Fractal seeks a senior enterprise architecture leader to join full-time and support a major U.S. insurance client. Embedded with the client's architecture group, you will define vision, governance, and operating models to scale AI as an enterprise capability while modernizing data, cloud, and API ecosystems.

You will influence senior leaders, write strategic plans, and guide federated teams. TOGAF knowledge is helpful, insurance experience is a plus, and hybrid NY/NJ work is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of technology leadership, including senior enterprise architecture roles.
• Working knowledge of TOGAF and the ADM (certification not required).
• Proven record of target-state architectures, roadmaps, and governance across data, AI, cloud, and integration.
• Ability to assess large federated organizations and recommend practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise architecture vision and target-state architecture.
• Define roadmaps linking technology to business strategy across data, AI, cloud, apps, and APIs.
• Lead architecture governance across domains to ensure scalable, reusable solutions.
• Shape enterprise AI strategy and guardrails for safe, efficient scaling.
• Write architecture strategies, standards, and decision papers for leadership review.
• Direct architecture and delivery teams and advise senior leadership as needed.
• Collaborate with client Chief Architect and Fractal leaders across teams.
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar for architecture practice.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF knowledge

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Governance

Insurance domain

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow IRM

Archer

CMDB

Job description

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies, with a bold vision: to power every human decision in the enterprise. We believe the future belongs to organizations that combine human imagination with intelligent systems and Fractalites are the ones building that future.

Fractal's Financial Services & Insurance practice supports leading insurers, banks, and asset managers. We design, build, and scale production-grade AI, advanced analytics, and GenAI solutions, and we help clients modernize the data, cloud, and technology foundations that make them work. Our work helps clients improve operational performance, accelerate innovation, and deliver measurable business impact.

Please visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal

Location: Hybrid, New York / New Jersey. Regular onsite presence at client offices in the NY/NJ area.

Role Overview

Fractal is seeking a senior enterprise architecture leader to join Fractal full time and support a leading U.S. insurance client. Embedded with the client's architecture organization and reporting day to day to its Chief Architect, you will establish the architectural vision, governance, and operating model needed to scale AI safely and consistently as an enterprise capability, while modernizing the broader enterprise architecture function across data, cloud, applications, platform, and APIs.

This is a strategic architecture leadership role, not a solution design role. You will need to understand the technology landscape in depth and write clear, credible plans, but you are not expected to be hands-on with every tool. Success in the role takes strong strategic thinking, breadth across architecture domains, executive-level communication, and the ability to influence across a large, complex, federated organization. TOGAF certification is not required; working knowledge of TOGAF and the ADM is. Insurance experience is a strong plus, and broader financial services experience is valued.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise architecture vision. Define and maintain the enterprise target-state architecture and the technology roadmaps that tie it to business strategy, spanning data, AI, cloud, applications, platform, and integration (APIs).
• Diagnose the current state. Untangle how this large, federated organization and its architecture function are structured today, identify gaps and overlaps, and turn them into clear, prioritized recommendations.
• Lead architecture governance. Establish and run governance across data, AI, cloud, application, platform, and integration domains so investments are scalable, reusable, and aligned to business strategy rather than decided project by project. Keep federated teams connected to the central architecture function through enterprise standards, communities of practice, and risk-aware decision‑making.
• Shape enterprise AI strategy and architecture. Define the architecture, operating model, and guardrails needed to scale AI safely, efficiently, and consistently across the enterprise.
• Write the plans. Author architecture strategies, roadmaps, standards, and decision papers, with enough command of the underlying platforms and tools, including enterprise risk and governance tooling, to evaluate options and direct the work without configuring them hands‑on.
• Challenge and direct. Push back where needed, direct architecture and delivery teams, and advise senior leadership, including the Chief Architect, by surfacing issues early and recommending a clear course of action.
• Partner across teams. Work day to day with the client's Chief Architect and its engineering, data, security, and risk teams, with support from Fractal's Cloud and Data Technology and Financial Services practice leaders.
• Mentor and guide. Coach architects and engineers and raise the bar for architecture practice, leading by influence across cross-functional groups.
• Own engagement outcomes. Be accountable for the quality of your work and for client satisfaction as a Fractal leader embedded with the client.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 15+ years of experience in technology leadership, including senior enterprise architecture roles
• Working knowledge of TOGAF and the ADM (certification not required)
• Proven record of defining target‑state architectures, roadmaps, and governance models across data, AI, cloud, application, platform, and integration (API) domains
• Strong understanding of the enterprise technology landscape, including cloud and data platforms, AI and GenAI, API and integration patterns (REST, SOAP), and enterprise risk and governance tooling (such as ServiceNow IRM, Archer, and CMDB), sufficient to evaluate options and direct work without hands‑on configuration
• Ability to assess a large, complex, federated organization, identify structural and architectural gaps, and recommend practical solutions
• Confidence and credibility to push back, influence, and direct teams and senior executives
• Strong strategic thinking and architecture breadth, with the ability to influence across a large, complex, and federated enterprise environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including clear plans, strategy documents, and executive presentations
• Preferred: experience in insurance (life, annuity, or retirement especially) or broader financial services, but not required

Pay

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Fractal, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the starting base range is $225,000 to $265,000. Final compensation depends on skills, experience and training, certifications, and the needs of the role, and may be higher for candidates whose experience significantly exceeds the requirements. In addition, for the current performance period, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

As a full-time employee of the company or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time. You will be eligible for benefits on the first day of employment with the Company. In addition, you are eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment, in accordance with the applicable plan terms. The Company provides for 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave. We also follow a \"free time\" PTO policy, allowing you the flexibility to take time needed for either sick time or vacation.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.