Senior Manager, Solution Architect – Insurance

Key Responsibilities

Lead solution architecture for insurance transformation, application modernization, and managed services engagements.

Define end-to-end solution designs covering applications, integration, data, cloud, security, and infrastructure components.

Engage with clients and business stakeholders to understand business objectives, requirements, and challenges.

Translate business needs into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology solutions.

Provide architectural leadership across application development, system integration, migration, modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.

Collaborate with programme managers, delivery teams, business analysts, architects, and technical leads to ensure successful implementation.

Conduct architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance frameworks.

Develop solution proposals, architecture roadmaps, effort estimates, and transition strategies.

Support pre-sales activities including RFP responses, workshops, presentations, and client solution discussions.

Provide guidance on cloud adoption, API-led integration, microservices, DevOps, and emerging technologies.

Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and constraints while recommending mitigation strategies.

Drive innovation and continuous improvement across client engagements and delivery programmes.

Mentor architects, technical leads, and engineering teams to strengthen architecture capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, Technical Architect, or Architecture Lead within the Insurance industry, IT Services, or System Integrator environment.

Strong experience designing and delivering large-scale application development, modernization, and digital transformation programmes.

Experience working with insurance platforms, policy administration systems, claims management, underwriting, billing, or customer engagement solutions.

Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, integration architecture, cloud technologies, and modern software engineering practices.

Experience working with geographically distributed delivery teams.

Excellent consulting, stakeholder management, and client-facing communication skills.

Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, SDLC, and modern delivery methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

12+ years of IT experience, including significant experience in Solution Architecture or Architecture Leadership roles.

Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions within the insurance sector, including Life, General, Health, or Group Insurance environments.

Strong understanding of insurance business processes including policy administration, claims, underwriting, billing, and customer servicing.

Experience with DXC Insurance platforms such as Integral, iPOS, Assure, or equivalent insurance solutions.

Expertise in solution architecture, application modernization, cloud transformation, and enterprise integration.

Strong knowledge of Java, .NET, APIs, Microservices, Middleware, Event-Driven Architecture, and modern application architectures.

Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.

Experience supporting solution development, effort estimation, proposal creation, and pre-sales engagements.

Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance business objectives, technical strategy, and delivery outcomes.

Proven ability to influence business, technology, and executive stakeholders.

Experience managing complex delivery environments and multiple workstreams.

Strong leadership, mentoring, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.

TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Architect, Google Cloud Professional Architect, SAFe Architect, PMP, or Scrum certifications are advantageous.

Key Success Factors

Ability to define scalable, business-aligned solution architectures.

Success delivering complex insurance transformation and modernization programmes.

Strong alignment of business objectives, technology strategy, and delivery execution.

Innovation mindset focused on modernization, automation, and emerging technologies.

Delivery excellence across complex enterprise environments.

Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive key architectural decisions.

Focus on customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and business value realization.

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