Sr. Enterprise Solution Architect

Zurich North America is currently hiring a Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect to work in a hybrid schedule at our Schaumburg North America HQ and will report to the Technical Director of Enterprise Architecture within the Advanced Technology & Enterprise Solutions team. The Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect is a highly visible and influential role who will collaborate with IT as well as business stakeholders to deliver business value and improved outcomes by leading business, integration and technology architecture and ensuring alignment with IT strategy and business objectives. The Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect maintains a global view to ensure IT projects deliver both functional and enterprise value and are woven seamlessly into the overall business and technology landscape. Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct in-depth analyses of business challenges and IT capabilities to drive business and IT alignment. Identify critical gaps and opportunities to recommend architectural solutions that deliver tangible business outcomes. Collaborate across organizational boundaries to drive trade-off discussions, facilitate informed decision making and risk mitigation via well-researched and robust IT solutions. Maintain alignment, integration, and coordination of architecture activities across different programs, projects and products. Evaluate COTS software and lead PoC/PoT to select fit-for-purpose solutions aligned to ZNA IT strategy. Strong knowledge of system engineering concepts and data integration patterns like APIs, event-driven architecture, ETL etc., across diverse cloud platforms like Azure/AWS PaaS, SaaS and Vendor solutions. Drive business and IT adoption of technology solutions, including AI/ML, DevOps, IoT, OCR, Cloud, RPA, etc. Adhere to a set of standards, reference architecture patterns, principles, and guardrails. Collaborate with infrastructure teams, Group EA team and Security team to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is vital to modify the enterprise architecture. Rationalize technology landscape by leveraging capability mapping, evaluating technical debt, and recommending solutions towards cost optimization, improved operations, and solution sustainability. Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and achieve buy-in of complex concepts through timely and high-quality verbal/written communication. Manage, mentor, and provide architectural guidance across the organization by communicating the value of Enterprise Architecture, service offering, and instilling architectural and design thinking approaches. Manage the delivery by successfully planning, running and completing projects. Collaborate with all the teams involved in a project to ensure the project produces the necessary outputs while meeting deadlines and staying within budget. Interact with stakeholders to ensure the project meets their requirements and that they agree with the project's current direction. Basic Qualifications: Bachelors Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Information Technology area. OR High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Information Technology area. Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of Insurance industry. 5+ years of experience in roles creating architecture and strategy, performing business analysis or experience as an Enterprise Architect. 5+ years of experience as IT Business Architect or Solutions Architect role preferably with experience in large business process or organizational change initiatives. Working knowledge of Salesforce, Guidewire PolicyCenter and low-code platform like Mendix, Innoveo. Delivery management experience. At Zurich, compensation for roles is influenced by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. In compliance with local laws, Zurich commits to providing a fair and reasonable compensation range for each role. The proposed salary range for this position is $140,200.00 - $229,500.00, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 20%. As a global company, Zurich recognizes the diversity of our workforce as an asset. We recruit talented people from a variety of backgrounds with unique perspectives that are truly welcome here. Zurich does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status. EOE disability/vet. Location(s): AM - Schaumburg Remote Working: Hybrid Schedule: Full Time Employment Sponsorship Offered: Yes #J-18808-Ljbffr