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12.08.2025
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26.09.2025
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Insurance Principal Architect - APAC & Europe, UK & Lloyd’s
London, UK
We invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients’ potential, thereby fulfilling our own. Take it seriously.
Make it fun. Know it matters.
As we develop an enterprise-wide Insurance strategy to transform our business, we are seeking an Insurance Principal Architect. The Insurance Principal Architect is a hands-on, execution focused role helping translate the Insurance strategy, define architecture, and deliver the solution. In this role you will have an understanding of our Insurance systems and processes, and function as an Insurance architecture subject matter expert for our various projects.
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What will your essential responsibilities include?
* Understanding of AXA XL’s existing architecture
* Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and 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: understanding business capabilities, translating to technical capabilities, designing architecture, assisting in defining non-functional requirements, documenting interactions, assisting in cost estimation, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance, assessing vendor tools, demonstrating tools, leading reviews, and creating feedback loops.
* Present architecture decisions, educate others, and share best practices
* Document costs and performance metrics, and participate in defining architecture principles and engaging with vendors and industry experts
You will report to the Head of Insurance Architecture.
* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
* Line management responsibility for APAC & Europe, UK & Lloyd's solution architecture team
* Authority & accountability in domain architecture for Rate Quote Bind, Underwriting, Claims, and Risk Consulting, with self-supervision
* Act as a strategic advisor, evaluate technology products, influence senior management, and contribute to strategic development
* Provide technical training and guidance, possess broad insurance and architecture expertise, and communicate effectively across business lines
* Navigate business dynamics, demonstrate excellent communication, organizational skills, problem-solving, and ability to work under pressure and in diverse, global teams
* Knowledge of Agile, SCRUM, Continuous Delivery, and understanding of cultural differences
* Hands-on experience with architecting and tuning insurance products & services, Salesforce, Azure, containers, databases, messaging, microservices, integration, security, etc.
FIND your future
AXA XL, part of AXA, is known for solving complex risks and providing innovative re/insurance solutions for various clients, driven by technology, data, and talent in an inclusive workspace. We partner with those who move the world forward.
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