Core competences:

Create and maintain holistic B/D/A/T views centred on the application portfolio, mapping capabilities to applications, data ownership, technology platforms, and lifecycle risks to guide modernization and investment decisions.  Review and validate solution designs from internal teams and vendors against EA principles, reference architectures, security, data, and integration standards; document trade-offs and decision records.  Facilitate on global technology solution governance processes, work closely with regional team, and manage standards, waivers, and compliance metrics for traceable, risk-ware change.  Convey complex architecture options to senior business and Internal IT stakeholders, facilitate alignment, and mentor solution architects to adopt standards and patterns.  Apply EA practices to life insurance value streams (distribution, underwriting, policy admin, claims, finance/actuarial), integrating regulatory, data privacy, and resiliency considerations.  Produce consumable models and diagrams; leverage lightweight apps/workflows to improve EA repository quality, lifecycle data, and CAB inputs.

 

Key responsibilities:

Build and maintain current state and target state architecture across B/D/A/T with an application portfolio lens, including capability maps, application/service catalogues, data usage, and technology stacks.  Support solution architecture reviews and provide technical guidance; validate designs from internal IT and vendors against EA guardrails, security/data standards, and regulatory requirements; manage exceptions and remediation.  Curate EA standards, reference architectures, modelling conventions, and documentation templates; drive adoption via guidance, examples, and coaching.  Manage application and technology lifecycle risks, including legacy modernization planning, vendor and codebase landscape, and integration complexity; maintain technology and application roadmaps.  Engage stakeholders across business, digital, data, security, infrastructure, and delivery to ensure traceability from business outcomes to architecture decisions and delivery plans; report progress through measurable KPIs.  Conduct horizon scanning and POVs on trends relevant to insurance (APIs/open integration, cloud platforms, data/AI enablement, low-code, event-driven architecture) and recommend pragmatic adoption paths.  Establish metrics for governance effectiveness, portfolio health, and adherence to standards; continuously improve forums, processes, and artifacts. 8+ years in IT, including at least 4 years in software development in both front-to-back engineering role and 2+ years in architect roles spanning solutions and enterprise concerns; at least one end-to-end EA or IT architecture transformation program in the insurance industry.  Familiarity with TOGAF and ArchiMate; ability to produce application portfolio centred B/D/A/T viewpoints, roadmaps, and decision records.  Proficiency with Draw.io and diagram-as-code (PlantUML, Mermaid).  Programming/automation: Hands-on familiarity with Python and Power Automate for building up EA dashboards and management tools.  Working knowledge of cloud services, API management, integration patterns, security and data standards relevant to regulated financial services.  Practical experience structuring architecture reviews, managing standards/waivers, and facilitating CAB participation with clear inputs/outputs and risk/impact assessment.  Strong written and verbal communication in both English, Cantonese, and Mandarin; demonstrated coaching/mentoring of architects and engineers.  Exposure to insurance reference models (e.g. ACORD); certifications such as TOGAF, ArchiMate would be advantage.