AVP, AI Enterprise Architecture

Our Fortune 500 company is driving a digital transformation and looking for forward-thinking innovators to disrupt how our industry thinks about and uses technology. As one of the worlds leading employee benefits providers we help millions of people gain affordable access to benefits that help them protect their families their finances and their futures.

Are you an asker of questions a solver of problems and a challenger of the status quo Our mission is to provide a differentiated customer experience and exceed the expectations people have of technology at any company not just insurers.

We are seeking individuals to join our team of talented IT professionals who share never-ending passion and an unwavering focus on our customer members comfortable working in an agile fast-paced and delivery-focused environment thrive in our environment where we value an entrepreneurial spirit and those who challenge the status-quo.

Unum is changing and were excited about whats next. Join us.

This role is responsible for defining and advancing the enterprise AI architecture strategy assuring scalable secure and flexible AI capabilities that enable rapid delivery of business value.

It serves as the bridge between enterprise architecture strategy and execution shaping how solutions integrating AI are designed governed and deployed across the organization. The leader directly contributes to the design and development of enterprise AI platforms reference architectures and reusable patterns while ensuring our AI architecture & technology decisions align to Unum Groups business strategy and long-term value.

This role acts as a thought leader and orchestrator partnering across technology and business teams to integrate AI into the enterprise in a disciplined sustainable and responsible way.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise AI architecture strategy and standards
• Be the enterprise architecture representative in AI governance committees and directly contribute to governance frameworks and enterprise standards.
• Ensure enterprise AI capabilities are aligned to business outcomes and enterprise priorities
• Design scalable modular and secure agentic AI solutions
• Establish reference architectures reusable patterns and enterprise platforms to industrialize AI capabilities at scale (primarily cloud-based / hyperscaler capabilities)
• Align AI architecture with enterprise capabilities and technology roadmaps
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide tool/platform selection to ensure cost-effective future-ready solutions
• Continuously maintain and update the enterprise AI platform roadmaps as the technology and industry capabilities evolve
• Ensure consistent adoption of architecture standards across delivery teams
• Lead architecture governance compliance and quality (design-time and runtime performance)
• Influences senior leaders and drives alignment across stakeholders
• Partner with business product and technology leaders to translate strategy into execution
• Guide and mentor architects and technical leaders while being a champion of disciplined architecture practices across the organization
• Drive continuous improvement through learnings from implementation and solution delivery
• Define business outcomes use cases and success metrics; support AI business cases
• Partner with the enterprise data team to ensure availability governance and compliance of data required for AI solutions
• Lead evaluation and selection of foundation models (LLMs etc.) based on business fit and cost
• Oversee model training validation and risk assessment (e.g. bias hallucination)
• Define deployment approaches and support enterprise adoption and change management
• Establish monitoring frameworks for performance drift and continuous improvement

• Ensure alignment with responsible AI principles (fairness transparency accountability) and regulatory requirements
• Partner with risk legal and compliance teams to mitigate AI-specific risks (e.g. bias model drift data leakage)
• Establish clear roles responsibilities and oversight mechanisms for AI solutions

Job Specifications

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred
• 15 years of experience in enterprise architecture with significant experience designing and implementing enterprise AI/ML platforms and solutions
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML frameworks cloud AI services (e.g. AWS) and modern data technologies
• Experience with foundation models prompt engineering RAG architectures and agentic AI patterns
• Strong understanding of AI risks governance frameworks and regulatory considerations
• Familiarity with Agile/Lean delivery and modern engineering practices (e.g. CI/CD MLOps)
• Demonstrable experience of delivering complex software systems as an engineer and architect
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences
• Experience with standard enterprise architecture modeling practices (ArchiMate and Bizzdesign preferred)
• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Collaborative and influential leader across complex organizations
• Curious and forward-looking on emerging technologies
• Outcome-driven with focus on measurable business impact

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Our company is built on helping individuals and families and this starts with our employees. We want employees to maintain a positive balance which is why we provide access to the benefits and resources they need to invest in themselves. From our onsite fitness facilities and generous paid time off to employee professional development programs we are committed to helping employees live and work their best both inside and outside the office.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring placement and advancement without regard to a persons race color religion national origin age genetic information military status gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description actual pay will be based on skill geographical location and experience.

$133500.00-$274100.00

Additionally Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health vision dental) insurance benefits (short & long-term disability) performance-based incentive plans paid time off and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum