Principle Architect, Investments

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World's Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

• Leads and facilitates Technical Advisory function to define architectural principles and standards; establish, monitor, and manage application development practices and standards; determine technologies and infrastructures required for application development and support; monitor and manage technology lifecycle to control and guard against obsolescence.
• Accountable oversight and strategic direction for architecture teams as they collaborate across the Global Technology organization for creation, management, and adherence to published technology management framework.
• Ensures Global Technology application decisions are in line with the overall needs of the business and identify opportunities where IT can provide value. Ensure scope, visibility, and support of architecture & technology decisions across Enterprise IT.
• Establishes solution architecture for complex, interconnected, multi-platform systems.
• Ensures collaboration and shared best practices with the other architects.
• Collaborates and plans best practices with the technical teams who develop, test, and support products. Supports strategic planning and maintain alignment, of projects.
• Ensures systems meet the various statutory and regulatory requirements that drive how the business must operate, especially as they pertain to IT applications.
• Serves as a liaison between the architecture team, business area leaders, and team leaders.
• Provides mentoring and coaching to team members through performance evaluation and identifying development opportunities; continually developing project team competencies.
• Maintains current knowledge of industry practices, trends, and applications. Performs in an advisory role to senior management on potential new business developments, programs, and new technology.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) required
• MBA and/or Master’s degree preferred

• 15+ Years of progressive professional experience evaluating, delivering, and/or managing in a complex IT environment(s) required 15+ Years IT experience including
• 10+ years working on large, complex development projects. required
• 20+ Years professional experience in information technology
• 10+ Years experience in system architecture
• AWS cloud experience preferred

• LOMA certification

• Working knowledge of core insurance, accounting, and information systems required
• Senior-to-expert knowledge and experience with Relational DBMS (multiple vendors), application architectures (Java script/Node, J2EE and .NET), React, Goovy/Grails Tool Suite; middleware architectures services based, queue based, message based), operating systems (multiple vendor), and cloud. required
• Expert knowledge of functional, structured, and object-oriented design/programming, relational database design, operating systems, networking concepts, and systems integration, as well as architecture patterns. required
• Understanding of insurance company business and insurance industry concepts required
• Demonstrated success in decision making, conflict resolution, communication and negotiation/influence skills, to be effective working between many high-level managers. required
• Advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received by the customer. required
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills. required
• Ability to manage multiple projects and/or sub-teams simultaneously, including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility. required
• Proficient in software development methodologies and possesses the ability to disseminate them to a team. required
• Ability to quickly learn and…