Director, Technology Architecture and Engineering Acceleration
Description
Director Technology Architecture & Engineering Accelerator, US Retail Market
About the role: Liberty Mutual Technology's US Retail Market Architecture team is hiring a Director of Technology Architecture & Engineering Accelerator. This senior, strategic and hands-on leadership role will define and deliver the technical vision, architectures, and enablement that modernize and optimize our technology ecosystem. You will lead a team of technical architects and engineering manager to develop architecture strategies, platform patterns, and starter components that accelerate delivery across the market while aligning to enterprise architecture strategies, standards, and roadmaps.
This is a hybrid role requiring 2 days in the office a week in one of our five tech hub locations (Plano, TX, Boston, MA, Portsmouth, NH, Indianapolis, IN and Columbus, OH).
- Translate long-term architecture vision into measurable, actionable outcomes and prioritize an emerging architecture backlog in partnership with product and engineering leadership.
- Drive cloud and application modernization (including API first design), platform consolidation, and strategic replacement of legacy mainframe applications; lead technology selection, POCs, and migration planning.
- Own technical stewardship: manage technical debt and architecture integrity to ensure scalability, resilience and secure.
- Delivery of production ready software accelerators that embody the architectural North Star, integration starters, and modernization migration blueprints.
- Establish and maintain the US Retail Market technology taxonomy including fitness functions and frameworks to measure adherence to architectural North Star
- Collaborate with product teams, senior architects/engineers, vendors and cross functional stakeholders to align technology decisions with business outcomes and enterprise standards.
- Design and promote engineering best practices, developer experience improvements, automation and observability to increase velocity and operational resilience.
- Communicate technical tradeoffs, risks and recommendations to diverse audiences technical and nontechnical to achieve alignment and informed decision making.
- Oversee talent development, performance management, and succession planning across the team, including hiring, coaching, and mentoring other people leaders and senior technical architects and engineers
- Define and track KPIs to measure accelerator effectiveness and adoption
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into clear business impacts.
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot or other core programming languages / frameworks
- Remain technically engaged and provide technical mentorship.
- Experience leading other people leaders
- Bachelors or Masters degree in technical discipline; Master`s preferred
- Generally, a minimum of 10 years of architecture experience in applications development in a complex, multi-platform distributed environment
- Exposure to layered solutions and designs, diverse technical configurations, multiple technologies and processing environments
- Thorough knowledge of all components of technical architecture
- Thorough knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes
- Thorough knowledge of financial models and budgeting
- Thorough understanding of business operations, objectives and strategies including but not limited to, insurance industry, financial services, global business, technology trends, as well as security minded
- Strong understanding of network architecture
- Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills
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Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
As a purpose-driven organization, Liberty Mutual is committed to fostering an environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. Through strong relationships, comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we seek to create an environment where employees can succeed, both professionally and personally.
At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. By providing protection for the unexpected and delivering it with care, we help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.
We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. By actively seeking employee feedback and amplifying the voices of our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are open to all, we create an environment where every individual can make a meaningful impact so we continue to meet the evolving needs of our customers.
We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Adoption Leave
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Casual Dress
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Personal/Sick Days
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation
- Volunteer Time Off
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- Performance Bonus
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Mentor Program
- Promote From Within
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Internship Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Shadowing Opportunities
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