Insurance Transformation Architect Manager

EY; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 139,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Manager to join our Business Transformation & Growth (BTG) practice to help clients architect and modernize their business and technology ecosystems. You will lead architecture strategy and oversee large-scale insurance transformation initiatives, leveraging AI and cloud technologies to deliver measurable business value.

In this role, you’ll guide executive stakeholders, mentor multidisciplinary teams, and drive governance, risk management, and enterprise integration across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of consulting, technology, or architecture experience.
• 5+ years of experience within Life Insurance, Annuities, or Group Benefits.
• Experience serving as Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, Technical Architect, or Lead Architect on large transformation programs.
• Deep understanding of the Life & Annuity value chain, including product development, underwriting, policy administration, servicing, billing, claims, and distribution.
• Experience with policy administration platforms including FAST (Verisk), FINEOS AdminSuite, ALIP, OIPA, DXC wmA/CyberLife, EXL LifePro, or similar PAS solutions.
• Experience designing enterprise integration architectures utilizing APIs, middleware, event-driven solutions, and modern integration patterns.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture principles and platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Experience leading architecture governance, design reviews, and technical decision-making forums.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams across onshore/offshore delivery models.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and consulting skills.
• Experience developing architecture deliverables, technology roadmaps, and transformation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy, target-state design, and modernization roadmaps for large-scale insurance transformation programs.
• Advise client executives on technology investments, platform strategies, and transformation decisions.
• Define scalable, secure, and future-ready business, application, data, integration, and technology architectures.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled solutions to improve business outcomes, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
• Lead end-to-end solution architecture across insurance core platforms, cloud technologies, integrations, data, analytics, and enterprise applications.
• Define enterprise AI architecture strategies leveraging Generative AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, and predictive analytics.
• Establish architecture patterns, standards, and integration frameworks for APIs, cloud-native solutions, AI services, and intelligent agents.
• Provide oversight for data architecture, migration, reporting, analytics, and master data management initiatives.
• Lead architecture governance, review boards, and decision-making processes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, regulatory, responsible AI, and risk management requirements.
• Partner with delivery, engineering, product, and operations teams to address technical challenges and mitigate architectural risks.
• Promote the use of AI to accelerate solution delivery, improve quality, and enhance engineering productivity.
• Build trusted relationships with client executives, architects, business leaders, and program sponsors.
• Lead architecture workshops, strategy sessions, solution reviews, and executive presentations.
• Translate business priorities into actionable technology roadmaps and transformation strategies.
• Mentor and develop architecture professionals across engagements and initiatives.
• Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, solution assets, methodologies, and business development activities.
• Support recruitment, coaching, and career development while staying current on emerging insurance, cloud, and AI technologies.

Skills

Executive communication

Architecture leadership

Cloud architectures

AI-enabled solutions

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Business

Tools

FAST (Verisk)

FINEOS AdminSuite

ALIP

OIPA

DXC Life

EXL LifePro

Job description

EY is seeking a Manager to join our Business Transformation & Growth (BTG) practice to help clients architect and modernize their business and technology ecosystems. You will lead architecture strategy and oversee large-scale insurance transformation initiatives, leveraging AI and cloud technologies to deliver measurable business value.

In this role, you’ll guide executive stakeholders, mentor multidisciplinary teams, and drive governance, risk management, and enterprise integration across