Business Architect Manager

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About Kemper

Kemper is one of the nations leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kempers products and services are making a real difference to our customers who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

We employ 10000 associates within our family of companies and are growing! At Kemper we foster a culture of ownership and accountability where high performance and strong contributions are recognized valued and rewarded. Add to that our growing auto home life and health business segments across the U.S. and youve got endless potential.

Position Summary:
Responsible for the advancement and stewardship of enterprise-level assets and processes by designing and implementing structure workflows and information flows that meet business needs in partnership with teams across Kemper. Contributes to aligning strategic goals with data systems and operational execution enabling more effective enterprise-wide collaboration and decision-making

Position Responsibilities:

• Organizes the ongoing development and refinement of a multi-year Kemper/Workday roadmap by gathering input facilitating prioritization discussions and ensuring alignment across teams.

• Collaborate with business units analysts and data architects to gather document and structure business requirements that align with enterprise objectives and drive effective solution design.

• Manages the development and maintenance of business capability maps and process documentation that define current operations and outline future-state goals.

• Leads the application of structured data-driven prioritization models (e.g. scoring frameworks impact/effort matrices) to assess sequence and prioritize strategic initiatives.

• Partners with business leaders to support governance activities including scheduling materials preparation and stakeholder engagement for decision-making forums.

• Partners with business and platform teams for maximization of Workday and related systems by identifying opportunities to better align standard functionality with evolving business needs.

• Supports communication efforts to raise awareness ensure transparency and provide ongoing education around key initiatives and progress across stakeholder groups.

• Leads the evaluation and documentation of processes and systems as the scope of business architecture expands beyond initial platform priorities to include priorities across the Corporate Functions and at the enterprise-level as applicable with the expectation that this role will collaborate with business architects across Kemper

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration Information Technology Finance or Computer Science or similar field required

• At least 5 years of business architecture experience with at least 7 years of business experience in related industry

• Hands-on experience with Workday or similar enterprise systems (e.g. implementation support administration user enablement).

• Experience working with Finance Accounting or operational data and processes.

• Sponsorship not accepted for this opportunity

The range for this position is $95900 - $159700. When determining candidate offers we consider experience skills education certifications and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and Kemper benefits (Medical Dental Vision PTO 401k etc.)

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination. Kemper is focused on expanding our Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts to align with our vision mission and guiding principles. Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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