Senior Insurance Architecture & Transformation Leader

EY; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Consultant to join engagement teams, deliver consulting services, and help develop business with clients in life insurance and group benefits. You will shape target-state architecture across policy administration, underwriting, claims, and servicing, partnering with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable technology solutions.

You will gain exposure to modern platforms, cloud services, data architectures, and enterprise modernization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of relevant consulting, architecture, or technology experience.
• 3+ years of experience across Life Insurance, Annuities, or Group Benefits.
• Experience supporting architecture and implementation initiatives on policy administration platforms (FAST, FINEOS AdminSuite, ALIP, OIPA, DXC wmA/CyberLife, EXL LifePro, or comparable PAS).
• Strong understanding of the Life & Annuity value chain including product configuration, underwriting, policy administration, servicing, claims, and distribution.
• Experience delivering architecture artifacts for large-scale transformation programs.
• Knowledge of architecture patterns, integration technologies, APIs, middleware, and cloud-native solutions.
• Familiarity with platform configuration, extension frameworks, data migration, and enterprise system integration.
• Experience working in onshore/offshore delivery models with clients, SI partners, and vendors.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present to executives and technical teams.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, and architecture modeling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support design and delivery of solution architectures for Life & Group Insurance transformation initiatives.
• Develop architecture artifacts, solution designs, and technical specifications across policy administration, underwriting, claims, servicing, integrations, data, and reporting.
• Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Contribute to target-state architecture roadmaps and modernization strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluate platform capabilities and support option assessments, including technology recommendations and trade-off analyses.
• Assist with integration architecture efforts, including APIs, middleware, cloud services, and enterprise system connectivity.
• Support data architecture activities, including data migration, reporting, analytics, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Participate in architecture governance, design reviews, and compliance with enterprise standards and security requirements.
• Collaborate with delivery and engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented and standards maintained.
• Stay current on industry trends, cloud capabilities, and AI innovations; contribute to best practices and accelerators.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Visio

Excel

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior Consultant to join engagement teams, deliver consulting services, and help develop business with clients in life insurance and group benefits. You will shape target-state architecture across policy administration, underwriting, claims, and servicing, partnering with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable technology solutions.

You will gain exposure to modern platforms, cloud services, data architectures, and enterprise modernization