Director, Solutions Architect - Excess & Surplus

About the role

This role is the Director, Solutions Architect for the Excess, Surplus & Specialty (ES&S) Business Solution Area within P&C Technology. You will own end-to-end technology strategy and the evolution of the ES&S application suite — Policy Admin, Claims, Workflow/Document Management, Data, and Integrations — directing a ~$40M annual build portfolio and a distributed team across Columbus, Scottsdale, and Des Moines.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end accountability for the ES&S application suite, balancing technology currency, risk, and delivery capacity.
• Strategic vision, multi-year roadmaps, and the annual planning cycle — with board-ready updates to Business Presidents, PMO, and technology leadership.
• IT investment planning across the build-and-run portfolio, driving build-vs-buy-vs-retire decisions through ROI and business case analysis.
• A team of Product Architects and Application Suite Tech Leads, plus strategic vendor and MSP relationships from POC through production.
• Secure-by-design, BC/DR, and regulatory reporting integrity (NAIC, claims data, loss-run) across the portfolio.

Requirements

• Strong IT architecture skills, with a track record leading architecture teams across large, complex portfolios.
• Experience delivering third-party package software and integrating vendor platforms into a coherent suite.
• P&C insurance experience — technology and business acumen. Excess & Surplus or Specialty experience is a strong plus.
• Ability to develop and communicate strategic roadmaps to business and technology executives, with investment-planning fluency across a multi-tens-of-millions portfolio.
• Passion for people leadership, and strong command and communication skills in a broad, complex, ambiguous space.

Qualifications

• More than ten years of experience in a Technology.
• Showed strength in multiple architectural domains and various technologies.
• Awareness of and experience with Web and Cloud technologies.
• Five years leading planning and roadmap development and four years of management experience is preferred.

Skills

• Superb communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to make decisions and recommendations on technology strategies while considering various options and business needs.
• Aptitude to influence, build relationships, negotiate and set priorities needed.
• Strong executive presence.
• Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Eight hours of Lifetime paid time off
• Eight hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire