Director Domain Architecture

The Opportunity

John Hancock Technology Office is seeking an Architecture leader to own and drive Domain Architecture across the US segment supporting multiple highprofile initiatives. This position requires an ability to lead a team of domain architects to design and deliver highly scalable solutions that leverage our strategic capabilities to support our digital customercentric transformation. This leader will be tasked to drive the maturity of domain architecture for the US Segment in partnership with the solution delivery leadership architecture partners platform owners and business IT partners to deliver quality digital solutions for the US segment business.

In addition to leading a team of architects primarily focus on technology excellence supporting our business the candidate will be tasked to align progress to our target state architecture and drive maturity of platform capabilities towards our digital leadership objectives.

Office location: Boston USA (ideal location) Toronto Canada (alternatively); Relocation assistance is not available at present.

Work arrangement: Hybrid 3 days in Offie 2 days from Home; Remote working option is not available.

Work Authorization: USA Work Authorization is required; Work Permit transfers are not available at present.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Domain Architects (infrastructure security cloud data integration etc. horizontally aligned to various delivery streams to drive architecture for various highprofile initiatives.

• Responsible for managing and driving the overall performance of the team.

• Partner with business and IT leaders to understand prioritize and align domain architecture roadmap and related deliverables.

• Ensure the team is actively engaged in all aspects of project life cycle entrenched in scrum teams and committed to business success.

• Own and drive the target state architecture maturity via domain architecture progress and business & technical platform alignment.

• Demonstrated ability to guide the team for architectural vision and quality.

• Collaborate and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders to drive design decisions and practice maturity.

• Own and drive the domain architecture program for the segment including backlog prioritization delivery managing velocity realignment stakeholder communication etc.

• Champion domain architecture reviews and process maturity to showcase alignment and adoption of enterprise standards reduction of technical debt improved experience etc.

• Communicate architecture value in terms of alignment to both functional and nonfunctional requirements to design & deliver solutions in an easier better faster manner.

• Lead and drive team to automate and drive efficiencies by iterative and valuedriven approaches.

• Facilitate and contribute to design reviews and provide appropriate feedback.

• Ensure designs are produced to satisfy conceptual logical and physical views and aligns to both segment and global domain architecture assurance standards.

• Ensure initiatives are driven through various architecture forums and quality gates.

• Identify complex issues in a timely manner and provide mitigation recommendations to the relevant delivery and business partner leads.

• Demonstrated leadership abilities in a complex environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.

• Own and drive articulation of domain architecture metrics scorecards dashboards etc. to demonstrate both alignment and progress of domain architecture practice maturity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (ideally) or Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and recent relevant work experience.

• Overall information technology experience 10 years

• Systems or application development experience 10 years

• Proven experience in range of technology domains as senior SME or Architect Infrastructure Cloud Platforms Security Data Integration etc.

• Financial services industry experience is highly preferred.

• Insurance domain is preferred but not a must.

• Exposure to new technologies architecture frameworks and design patterns.

• Experience leading a team of technical members including platform engineers architects.

• Prior experience leading a domain or technology architecture office or program with successful track record is strongly preferred.

• Prior exposure in lean/agile architecture principles design by automation resilient patterns etc.

• Proven story telling ability to architecture concepts and value to diverse audience ranging from developers to executive leadership.

• Proven experience driving and delivering digital efforts with a focus on customer experience agility reliability and quality.

• Exposure to architecting endtoend solutions in cloud Azure/AWS preferred.

• Exposure to well architected framework concepts in solution design.

• Exposure to automation frameworks and their relevance to business agility.

• Exposure/Experience with DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering Concepts.

• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork facilitation and negotiation

• Excellent team building and relationship building skills.

• Excellent time management skills including multitasking and prioritization.

• Strong written verbal communication and presentation skills

• Experience articulating the financial and business impact of various technology architecture alternatives including costbenefit analysis TCO etc.

• Experience working in an open highly collaborative team environment.

• Experience with technical delivery principles. (e.g. Agile Scrum Disciplined Agile etc. and certifications (Cloud Security Data Admin etc. is a plus.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines with attention to detail.

• Experience with technology rationalization and modernization initiatives.

• Exposure to financial services industry specifically life insurance is a plus.

• Understanding and exposure to security and compliance standards and best practices.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where wellbeing and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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