Enterprise Architect

Role Overview

• Lead the development and evolution of market/enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring the capabilities and investments required to execute Securian’s business strategies are clearly defined and governed.
• Partner with Business Architects to define and evolve future-state business capabilities that support enterprise and market objectives.
• Establish and evolve enterprise target-state architecture aligned to business strategy, market priorities, and long-term enterprise objectives.
• Align business capability roadmaps, technology roadmaps, and data strategies into a cohesive enterprise transformation direction.
• Collaborate with Technology Architects to establish and communicate a clear technology north star that guides enterprise investments, modernization efforts, innovation initiatives, platform evolution, and technology lifecycle decisions.
• Define and maintain enterprise technology principles, standards, architectural guardrails, and strategic technology direction.
• Help shape enterprise data strategy to support growth, operational excellence, analytics, AI adoption, and business innovation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, helping shape enterprise strategy, business transformation initiatives, and investment priorities.
• Lead enterprise architecture governance for major initiatives, architecturally significant changes, and non-standard technology decisions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise strategy, enterprise architecture direction, target-state architectures, governance models, and technology strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into enterprise capabilities, architecture roadmaps, modernization priorities, and investment recommendations.
• Experience working across business architecture, technology architecture, data architecture, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience guiding enterprise-level decision-making involving business capabilities, technology investments, data strategies, and modernization efforts.
• Experience establishing and governing enterprise standards, architectural guardrails, and technology lifecycle strategies.
• Broad knowledge across business architecture, application architecture, data architecture, technology architecture, cloud platforms, AI-enabled technologies, and enterprise governance practices.
• Strong executive communication and relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive enterprise-wide alignment.
• Proven ability to facilitate complex trade-off discussions and guide strategic decisions balancing business value, risk, cost, innovation, and sustainability.
• Experience mentoring architects, engineers, and technical leaders while advancing organizational architecture maturity.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Paid time off: We want you to take time off for what matters most to you. Our PTO program provides flexibility for associates to take meaningful time away from work to relax, recharge and spend time doing what’s important to them. And Securian Financial rewards associates for their service by providing additional PTO the longer you stay at Securian.
• Leave programs: Securian’s flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
• Holidays: Securian provides nine company paid holidays.
• Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian’s 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.
• Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.
• Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs. Dedicated groups focus on a variety of interests and affinities, including: Mental Wellness and Disability Pride at Securian Financial, Securian Young Professionals Network, Securian Multicultural Network, Securian Women and Allies Network, Servicemember Associate Resource Group