About the Role
As we develop an enterprise‑wide P&C Insurance strategy to transform our business, we are seeking a Senior Solution Architect that will focus on Insurance Underwriting Solutions. The Insurance Senior Solutions Architect is a hands‑on, execution focused role helping translate the Insurance strategy, define architecture, and deliver the solution. You will need to work closely with other architects as well as key business stakeholders to attend strategic workshops with product owners and journey owners, as well as external advisors who provide market insights and thought leadership to solve the complexity of underwriting. In this role you will have an understanding of our Insurance applications and processes, and function as an Insurance architecture subject‑matter expert for our various projects. Your expertise in Insurance products will help guide and reimagine end‑to‑end solutions for submission, rate, quote, bind, risk consulting, claims and underwriting processes.
Key Responsibilities
* Understand AXA XL's existing architecture.
* Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments, translate these into an architecture and road‑map.
* Collaborate with customers, analysts, other architects, modelers, developers, testers, partners and vendors.
* Guide the full lifecycle of a solution, including translating business capabilities to technical capabilities and solution architecture.
* Assist the customer and business solutions analysts to define and declare non‑functional requirements for building out solution capabilities.
* Design AXA XL's architecture and solutions to meet business requirements while balancing architectural standards, implementation and operational risks, budget and time constraints.
* Document solution interactions and relationships, along with basic infrastructure and application onboarding requirements.
* Assist in the creation of cost estimates, including implementation and total cost of ownership.
* Ensure future‑state solutions are fully vetted, performant and scalable, enable agility, can be supported, are cost‑effective and highly available, and meet the robust needs of the business.
* Ensure security by design to meet information security policies, legal, compliance, risk, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
* Assess vendor tools based on required capabilities, future capabilities, and architecture drivers, and document justification for tool selection.
* Be hands‑on to demonstrate tools, patterns, security, performance, scalability, etc. in a lab environment when necessary.
* Work with the quality assurance team to ensure the testing approach is appropriate for the given architecture and solution.
* Lead design reviews (pre‑development) and implementation reviews (post‑development) to ensure principles and standards are followed and technical debt is managed.
* Create a feedback loop for those implementing and interacting with the solutions.
* Participate in the definition of adoption and experience metrics for the solution to measure its success.
* Present architecture decisions, explain the end‑to‑end solution, educate others how they can contribute, and provide guidance on tool usage.
* Extract best‑practice knowledge, reference architectures, and patterns for sharing with the broader community of architects at AXA XL and/or AXA Group.
* Document cost and performance metrics for different design patterns and provide project teams the ability to choose the most appropriate pattern for their requirements, timeline, and budget.
* Participate in the definition and maintenance of architecture principles and artifacts.
* Engage with tool vendors on their roadmaps and appropriate usage of their tools.
* Engage with industry experts to validate the architecture and designs, and understand industry trends.
* Drive the end‑to‑end solution architectures and designs for the AXA XL Underwriting Solutions for the P&C Insurance.
* The architect will engage with E2E and Underwriting and CRM stakeholders to support the analysis of business requirements and capabilities to craft technical solutions.
* Require strong technical skills, fluency and excellent communication skills.
* Report to the Principal Architect.
* Work with Salesforce Cloud platforms such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud or Commerce Cloud.
* Integrate external systems using APIs, Salesforce Connect, and middleware tools.
* Perform data modeling, including custom objects, fields, and relationships.
* Handle data migration, ETL/ELT processes and data quality management within Salesforce.
* Use event‑driven architecture with Platform Events and Change Data Capture.
* Build microservices and modular architecture within Salesforce and connected systems.
* Implement security models, including user access, permissions, sharing rules, and data security.
* Optimize performance of Salesforce applications and integrations.
Qualifications
* Hands‑on knowledge and experience with architecting and implementing Salesforce solutions.
* Initiates own work receiving broad direction as needed.
* Lead or manage large, long‑term or complex projects with dotted‑line responsibility.
* Ability to assess and advise on the department's strategy.
* Independently resolve a variety of novel strategic challenges that have significant impact on organization‑wide cost and efficiency with far‑reaching impact.
* Established experience in relevant architecture roles.
* Possess broad and deep insurance and architecture expertise and knowledge of underwriting domain.
* Understand and communicate business problems & technical solutions in appropriate terminology.
* Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written) and relationship‑building skills across all levels of management.
* Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change.
* Excellent problem‑solving and analysis skills.
* Ability to work well under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.
* Ability to work as part of a team or to be self‑directed as required.
* Experienced at working as part of a global team (including outsourcing) spanning multiple time zones.
* Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM and Continuous Delivery.
* Understand cultural differences and be effective working in a diverse environment.
* Passion for learning and prepared to go the “extra mile”.
* You care about what you do, and what we do.
Benefits & Culture
* AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, origins, marital status, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic.
* Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
* Robust support for flexible working arrangements.
* Enhanced family‑friendly leave benefits.
* Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index.
* Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter.
* Hands‑on knowledge and experience with architecting and implementing Salesforce solutions.
* AXA XL’s sustainability strategy (2023‑26) “Roots of Resilience” focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
* Reward program that covers health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security, providing competitive compensation and inclusive benefits that evolve with you.
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