Senior Manager - Enterprise Architect - Insurance

Job description
Our UK Insurance Technology practice empowers some of the biggest Insurance clients to solve their most complex business problems and transform their organisations through embedding the latest technology.  
You'll have the amazing opportunity to collaborate alongside a vibrant, experienced team of Analysts, Developers, UX Designers and Architects in the Insurance business. Alongside your career development, you will gain exposure to some leading global insurers and find out why our clients value our insights and experience.
 
The opportunity
As part of the EY Consulting Insurance Technology practice, you will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of engagements that will challenge you in areas such as Insurance Core Platform implementations, leveraging emerging technology within the insurance domain, technology enabled business transformations. Our EMEIA focus means that our team has a footprint that spans several geographies in Europe and continued investment in our practice has grown the team circa 30% year-on-year.
 
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with an agile mindset, problem solving skills, industry knowledge of Insurance and/or Technology Consulting practices to supplement our strong capabilities and fuel our continued growth.
 
Location(s): London or Edinburgh
 
Responsibilities, Qualifications, Certifications - External
Your key responsibilities
•    Work collaboratively with clients, establishing a business-driven vision for the future of their solution architecture 
•    Create IT strategies and architecture roadmaps, including transition stages
•    Understand many of the key components of the architecture stack, including business, process, data, application, integration, network, security, and infrastructure architecture
•    Create artefacts at appropriate levels of detail to be able to communicate effectively with both business and technical audiences
•    Provide technical expertise for the evaluation and selection of software products, standards and services
•    Support architecture governance using industry good practice, IT standards, and client technical policy
•    Leading EY practice and people development activities
•    Building and leading high performing teams
 

To qualify for the role, you must have
•    Experience of delivering work in a top tier consulting firm (Big 4, Accenture, IBM etc.) or technology / service provider 

•    Experience with current technologies, and understanding of trends and implications on the insurance industry, including cloud architecture & providers, integration tools & approaches, and artificial intelligence methods & techniques.
•    A working knowledge of at least one sector of the Insurance industry, such as General, Life & Pensions, London Markets (Specialty) or Healthcare, including the key terms and concepts
•    Experience of working as an architect in IT strategy, IT transformation, or IT cost reduction projects working with senior stakeholders
•    Knowledge of the common functions in a typical IT organisation
•    Passion for the delivery of technology solutions that have a positive impact
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills
 

Ideally, you’ll also have
•    Extensive experience as an Architect in Financial Services Technology 

•    Preparation of proposals and sales materials
•    Experience of digital transformation and technologies
•    Knowledge of DevOps and its adoption 
•    Experience of working with emerging technologies such as AWS or Azure cloud, integration, AI, or mobile computing 
•    Understanding of TOGAF or Zachman
 

What we look for
•    High level of drive, commitment to achieving quality solutions, with an ability to work under pressure 

•    Ambition to build a career in EY and our Insurance Technology practice
•    Strong interest and commitment to developing and delivering leading edge solutions
•    Ability to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into workable solutions 

•    Team players and leaders who openly support, encourage and share knowledge with colleagues
•    Trusted advisors who can build strong client relationships
 

What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

 •    Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

•    Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
•    The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
 

Please note: Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. We ask because it matters!
 
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