AVP, Architecture - Claim

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$177,400.00 - $292,600.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Collaborative Environment, Transformational Projects, and a Growing Team!
As a member of Enterprise Technology Solutions, you will be joining a strategic and collaborative team that is passionate about transforming our business and technology capabilities and paving the way for best-in-class solutions.

As an AVP, Architecture supporting Claim, you will collaborate with senior Technology and Business leaders and apply your knowledge of modern technology to influence and innovate solutions that impact the business. In this role we will look to you to:

• help lead the effort to create the technology target state for the Claim
• transform our current business and technology capabilities and pave the way for best-in-class solutions.
• inspire a team of high-performing architects who you will coach, mentor, and empower.

Let us help you accelerate your career as we grow our team and transform our business!

What Will You Do?

• - Lead a team responsible for technology architecture for the Claim business unit.
• - Collaborate with Senior Technology and Business leadership to set architecture priorities and direction.
• - Exhibit strong thought leadership in modern architecture principles and technology modernization.
• - Drive continuous technology transformation to reduce technical debt.
• - Partner with Senior Software Engineering leadership.
• - Identify opportunities from industry and technology trends to benefit the enterprise.
• - Lead technology proof of concepts to validate new architecture solutions.
• - Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.
• - Ensure IT initiatives align with the target state.
• - Build strong partnerships with engineering to align skills with technology direction.
• - Communicate architectural direction and its alignment with enterprise strategy.
• - Optimize talent strategy to attract and recruit top talent.
• - Continuously improve architecture efficiency and effectiveness.
• - Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent.
• 10+ years of technology architecture experience.
• Insurance technology experience.
• Cloud architecture certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or strong cloud experience.

Technical Skills:

• Expert in software engineering.
• Developed strategic technology direction and architecture vision.
• Created technology target state and roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Executed technology modernization initiatives, including cloud migration and API strategy.
• Current experience with AWS, APIs, accelerators, and DevSecOps.
• Good understanding of security.
• Experience with large-scale platforms like ServiceNow and Salesforce.

Leadership:

• Provided mentorship to architecture leaders.
• Organizational and transformational leadership in an agile operating model.
• Proven track record of influencing C-level leadership.
• Demonstrated decision-making ability.

Business Acumen and competencies:

• Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models.
• Focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Passionate about technology transformations.
• Recent hands-on experience.
• Resilient and positive in the face of challenges.
• Strategic vision for API architecture.
• Ability to influence and persuade.
• Proficient in presenting technical concepts clearly.
• Excellent problem-solving