Job Classification:
Technology - Architecture
Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, youll unlock an exciting and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role
The Global Technology organization at Prudential is seeking a Lead, Architect Solution Architect. The Lead, Architect Solution Architect will help advance the strategies of business and corporate functions around simplification and modernization of our technology stacks by focusing on proof and execution of Architecture Patterns and Reference Architectures. The Lead Architect is responsible for deploying efficient enablers and modern solutions that are consumable and available across the enterprise US Businesses (Insurance, Retirement, Enabling Solutions, Marketing, PGIM), Corporate Functions, Prudential International Insurance and for providing architecture consulting on various initiatives. This role requires a unique combination of skills: knowledge of our businesses and business processes, strong technical acumen, familiarity with Enterprise Architecture with emphasis on modern/current technologies and architecture patterns, strong ability to partner, educate, co-create and influence through execution.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
Key collaborator partnering across teams to define and maintain Architecture Patterns, Reference Architectures and Reference Implementations to ensure alignment with other Architecture domains (i.e. Data, Infrastructure, Security) and driving adoption to meet business and technology strategies
Partner with engineering teams to explain and evangelize patterns and reference architectures, drive the adoption of architecture principles and patterns and influence implementation solutions in alignment with our modernization goals, principles, and patterns.
Co-create and evaluate accelerators (e.g., code templates, reference architectures, reference implementations) to enable rapid adoption and implementation by Application and Platform Product Teams.
Co-create implementation solutions and influence design solution architecture for alignment with EA patterns and standards (includes integrations, technology platforms, capacity, and performance management plan) and for alignment with business strategies and enterprise goals. Identify and classify technology debt where solutions deviate from alignment; influence teams to modernize and avoid technology debt.
Ensure new initiatives and related projects are aligned to organization-wide target state architecture, including review and approval of key design documents.
Ensure architecture standards and solution architecture designs align with security requirements.
Study the market and industry to proactively identify tech-forward opportunities to solve complex new business and technology challenges and take advantage of the new opportunities that come with technology innovation.
Recommend new technologies to address challenges or deliver solutions where existing technology doesn't exist, existing technology doesn't adequately meet business needs, or new technology delivers better outcomes (e.g., higher performance, lower cost, etc.).
Evaluate the application portfolio; apply Application Portfolio Management practices and influence application disposition for the application portfolio.
Demonstrate a talent mindset by evangelizing architecture transformation, influencing adoption of the transformation and driving modernization goals through co-creation of reference architecture and solution implementation, and using successful implementation examples as a way to broaden awareness and adoption.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring
Bachelors degree is required, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
At least 3 years of technology experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture or Engineering
Foundational Technical & Conceptual Acumen:
Deep understanding of programming concepts and a history of building and architecting a diverse set of applications using modern technologies and patterns
Knowledge of modern application architectures and solutions using cloud services in AWS and Azure.
Conceptual thinking and ability of doing some form of business process modeling (for example Event Storming, Design Thinking, etc.), solutions decomposition (for example DDD) and enterprise data modeling and cataloging.
Knowledge of business processes and business and technical capabilities, preferably in financial services industry and applying that knowledge through application portfolio management processes.
Knowledge of agile methodology and practices.
Modern Architecture Thought Leadership: Understanding of EA and Solution Architecture frameworks and best practices with awareness of current trends for new architectural patterns and concepts and the ability to apply those patterns and trends to help achieve business-focused transformation outcomes.
Influencing, Building Relationships & Communication Skills:
Ability to build collaborative relationships and guide / influence engineering teams credibly and consistently to new and modern methods of implementation.
Ability to clearly communicate the vision and target state and influence the adoption of enterprise architecture principles, patterns, reference architecture and standards to demonstrate progress on technology maturity.
Prioritization Skills: Accustomed...

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