Corporate Vice President, Digital Solution Architect

Location Designation:Hybrid - 3 days per week

At New York Life Direct youll be joining the nations #1 direct-to-consumer provider of life insurance. The AARP Life Insurance Program from New York Life is endorsed by AARP and is the only life insurance program developed exclusively for AARP members. Your work will help more Americans achieve greater financial security and peace of mind.

The Corporate Vice President Digital Solution Architect is responsible for designing governing and guiding digital technology solutions that enable business objectives while aligning with enterprise architecture standards security requirements and strategic technology direction. This role serves as a recognized subject matter expert and architectural leader for digital capabilities partnering with business stakeholders product teams engineering teams and senior technology leaders to translate business strategy into scalable secure and customer-focused technology solutions.

The Digital Solution Architect drives technology decisions that improve customer experience accelerate innovation reduce technical risk and support long-term organizational goals. Through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration the role influences architecture strategy establishes reusable standards and patterns and ensures solutions are effective today while positioning the organization for future business and technology needs. The role evaluates emerging technologies including AI-powered capabilities and recommends adoption strategies that deliver measurable business value and operational efficiency.

• Design and lead solution architectures for complex digital initiatives ensuring alignment with business objectives enterprise architecture standards security requirements and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to evaluate strategic opportunities assess technology investments and translate complex business challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple initiatives and technology domains guiding architecture reviews design decisions implementation approaches and production readiness activities.
• Establish and promote architecture standards reusable patterns governance practices and best practices that improve consistency scalability and maintainability across digital platforms.
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks by evaluating scalability performance security integration operational resilience and technology lifecycle considerations early in the solution design process.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends including AI-enabled capabilities generative AI intelligent automation and agent-assisted workflows to determine strategic fit and business value.
• Influence digital technology strategy by contributing to architecture roadmaps technology standards platform modernization efforts and enterprise architecture initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders by providing guidance on architecture decisions technology direction and solution tradeoffs.
• Lead the development of architectural recommendations that balance customer experience business outcomes operational efficiency and technology sustainability.
• Support compliance and governance practices across the technology portfolio and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture security and risk management frameworks.

• 8 years of experience in solution architecture application architecture enterprise architecture or senior software engineering roles.
• Deep knowledge of web application architecture headless solutions using APIs microservices cloud platforms enterprise integration patterns and modern digital ecosystems.
• Experience designing scalable secure and maintainable enterprise solutions across multiple technology domains and business functions.
• Experience establishing architecture standards governance practices reusable design patterns and technology roadmaps.
• Experience evaluating and implementing AI technologies including generative AI AI-assisted development tools prompt engineering or AI-powered business solutions.
• Experience with enterprise content management and digital experience platforms including Sitecore.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technology decisions and communicate architectural concepts to senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication collaboration and stakeholder management skills including the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Experience with Sitecore platforms including Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud Sitecore AI and Sitecore Content Hub.
• Experience developing AI-enabled customer experiences knowledge management solutions chatbots copilots or agentic workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Insurance financial services or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience leading architecture governance programs technology standards initiatives or enterprise architecture practices.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and developing strategic recommendations for technology adoption and modernization initiatives.

Pay Transparency

Salary Range:$133000-$190000

Overtime eligible:Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible:Yes

Sales bonus eligible:No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individuals experience skills qualifications and job location. Additionally employees are eligible for an annual discretionary addition to base salary employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees and have unique offerings for a modern workforce including leave programs adoption assistance and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Lifes leadership in this space.

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Job Requisition ID: 94191