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Job Description
Job title: Enterprise Architect
Reporting to: Chief Architect
Position type: Permanent
Hybrid working: 3 days a week onsite
WhyTMHCC International
Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the worlds leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.
AbouttheOpportunity
At TMHCC we believe Architecture is at the heart of what we do. Without a clear framework vision and roadmap for our future we are in danger of not optimising the strengths of our company and its us Architecture is notpurelyabouttechnology itis central to the delivery oftheTMHCC business capabilities withinthe architecture domain including Business Technology Data and Infrastructure architecture are critical toassuring delivery certainty of our ambitious business plans over the coming years.
Enterprise Architect is asenior andpivotal role vital toenabling TMHCC Internationaltodefineframe and realise ourbusiness ambitions.
You will work withseniorbusiness stakeholders colleagues in Business Architecture and Solution Architecture to provide oversight across the full change portfolio and the complete end to end TMHCC estate. You willbring together Business Capability Technology Digital Data and Applications into a clear picture of how our business and IT work together to achieve business outcomes add value to our organisation and how the work can be structured and sequenced to execute our strategy.
In addition to yourtechnical and architecturalacumen you will develop a deepunderstandingof all our business lines. Combining this knowledge with your own experienceto provide advice and guidance as required to support decision makers.
You will shape and own the end-to-end architecture for the International division and make sure it is holistically assessed designed optimised governed whilst also working as part of the TMHCC Enterprise Architecture at group level to ensure alignment with corporate policies strategy and direction to maximise the effectiveness of our investments.
Job Purpose&Key Objectives:
- Combining technology expertise commercial understanding business context and clear communication to drive engagement and sponsorship for the delivery of Architecture services to the enterprise.
- Developing a complete picture of business and technology architecture workingwith the productowners and domain experts toalign high level requirements with the architecture approach promoting use of existing capability as well as helping to define the art of the possible from an understanding of the broader market.
- Supportthe optimisation of delivery through a broad understanding of the widerportfolio demand. Working witharchitecturecounterparts to identify opportunities and propose solutions that deliver to business needs and progress the delivery of our strategic target state.
- Developing and evolving theE2Earchitecture and roadmapsacross the businessesin alignment with emerging business needs broader associated principles patterns and roadmaps for the product space and theenterprise.
- Providing and supporting governance and assurance acrossprojects and product linesto ensure design alignment withthestrategy avoidance and reduction of technical debt and an optimal outcome across business and technology needs.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide guidance on adoption to meet future business needs.
Key Accountabilities:
- Development and maintenance ofthe E2E architecture across 12 business lines and central functions aligned withLine of Businessrequirements the broader Enterprise Architecture and business strategy.
- Ensure the stated business outcomes and needs of thebusiness lines and functionsare understood accurately representedin theE2E framework and aligned where possible to change initiatives and delivery plans.
- Proactively collaborate with key business stakeholders to develop and evolvethe E2E capability needs and priorities.
- Support strategic decision making through the development of impact assessments ensuring that they are complete and covering all technical and business change including cross-functional domains ( & information integration security infrastructure) so that decisions are well informed and within investment envelope and benefit realisation.
- Work with the Architecture andDesign community to ensure that the changes and projects are aligned to the agreed boundaries of common domains to avoid technical debt and bespoke solutions ( Finance Reporting etc.)
- Establish and maintain a repository of architecture documentation and best practices.
- Ensure thatarchitectural standards best-practices patterns and non-functional considerations are applied.
- Be the voice of reason to balance speed & agility with quality & reliability underpinning longer term commercial outcomes rather than short term expediencyacross all business distribution.
- Capture and manage exceptions and waivers to architecture standards and plans where required for commercial expediency ensuring there is a longer-term plan and agreement of where and how to address the technical debt.
- Work with thewiderarchitecturecommunityto define standards patterns and other architectural artefacts that guide the implementation of the Architecture forDigital.
- Engage with and manage relationships with technology vendors to ensure the optimal outcomefor TMHCC.
- Lead develop and mentor mixed teams to share knowledge approaches and ways of working to achieve our goals.
Skills and Experience Specification:
- Experienceofunderstanding a modern business needs in terms of product distribution channels in a digital world.
- Demonstrable business acumenin addition to technology skills.
- Youshould be well versed ininthe practical interpretation and implementation ofEnterprise Architect methodologies ( COBIT).
- Skilled at structured problem solvingnot intimidatedby large and complex problems but able toanalyse breaking them down and solving piece by piecewhile keepingsight of the overall big picture. Ultimately being able to communicate rationally to non-technical stakeholdersthe path to the solution.
- Experience in the definition and implementation of strategic change initiatives assuring designs and maintaining progress towards our target state.
- Experience in Solution governance assurance and control with change or project environments.
- TOGAF9.x certificationan advantage.
- Experience of architecting solutions in collaboration with self-organising agile teamsnot under direct line management.
- Familiarity with a variety of Agile delivery frameworks Kanban DSDM.
- Experience in modern service based cloud first Insurance organisations.
What We Offer
The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit for more information about our companies.
The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit for more information about our companies.
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Employment Type
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