Assistant Vice President - Data and AI Platform Architecture

Title: AVP, Data & AI Platform Architecture

Location: Hartford CT- Home

This role can have a Hybrid or Remote work arrangement. Candidates who live near one of our office locations will have the expectation of working in an office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) Candidates who do not live near an office will have a remote work arrangement, with the expectation of coming into an office as business needs arise.

Job Description:

AVP Architecture - IA05AE

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals -- and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

The Enterprise Data and Analytics organization is seeking a passionate, transformational technology leader to push boundaries and help build the next generation of Data & AI Platforms that enable agentic frameworks and differentiating data-driven capabilities.

Responsibilities:

* Key thought leader, collaborator, and contributor, partnering across Enterprise and LOB teams to define Reference Architecture Patterns and drive adoption to meet business, technology, and data strategies.

* Define target state architecture for Data & AI Platforms including multi-cloud distributed storage and compute, model orchestration, and observability systems that provide scalable, resilient, and secure capabilities operating in a cost-optimized manner.

* Collaborate with Data Science, Data Engineering, and Platform Engineering to design a platform architecture that enable a seamless and predictable transition from experimentation and discovery through operating production models at scale in a regulated environment.

* Partner with new data initiatives and related programs to ensure alignment to Enterprise Data Strategy and Architecture, including review and approval of key design documents.

* Make it easy for engineers to adopt and implement appropriate and approved solution patterns solving their business partners most pressing and complex needs.

* Define and evangelize technical platform standards that contribute to highly scalable, self-healing, and secure systems.

* Provide leadership and mentorship to federated teams of architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous upskilling and learning.

* Cultivate and lead communities of practice that evangelize the benefits and promote the adoption of re-useable solution patterns, along with establishing a feedback mechanism for continuous improvement and iterations of such patterns.

* Scan and filter the market for emerging platform solutions, technologies, and new architectural concepts to incorporate into an evolving portfolio of platform capabilities.

* Lead the build and execution of POCs and prototypes that serve to qualify and validate emerging data and AI platform solutions and can be leveraged as solution quick starts.