VP, Business Solution Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

As our VP- Business Solution Architect, you will partner with the senior Business, Operations and Technology leadership within SLM and Commercial Insurance to understand the business strategy and design an effective operating model, overall Solution architecture and end to end processes and capabilities to drive business outcomes.

Acting as a strategic partner, you will bridge the gap between business needs and technology solutions.

You will design and implement scalable, efficient, and cost-effective solutions that align with organizational goals and drive business transformation.

Furthermore, you will collaborate with stakeholders across departments to analyze business processes, identify challenges, and recommend solutions that enhance productivity, improve customer experiences, and support long-term growth.

In this role you will:


* Develop and design end-to-end business solutions that align with organizational objectives, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and alignment with industry best practices.

In partnership and close collaboration with business owners and usability teams, design a wholistic future state employee experience and interim state options across Underwriting and Operations building strategic capabilities across the insurance life cycle from new business to post bind including account management, risk selection and decision making, rating, pricing, UW collaboration and work management


* Lead solution architecture efforts for key projects, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budgets, and alignment with business goals.

Support the execution Product Owners within agile implementation responsible for overall Epics, Features and User Stories that represents business strategy and design, system functionality; are required to support business functions and their associated benefits


* Partner with business leaders, IT teams, and other stakeholders to understand business needs, gather requirements, and translate them into technical solutions.


* Analyze current business processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements to optimize workflows and achieve operational excellence.

Analysis and design of business capabilities and functions that include People, Process, Partners & Technology.

Designing, sequencing and executing business projects to advance the business strategy and business architecture


* Evaluate and recommend technology platforms, tools, and systems that best meet business requirements while ensuring compatibility with existing infrastructure.


* Create and maintain detailed documentation, including solution designs, workflows, and technical specifications, to ensure clarity and alignment across teams.


* Identify potential risks and challenges associated with proposed solutions and develop mitigation strategies to address them.


* Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to continuously enhance solution design and...