CNA is looking to develop a technology architecture and associated best practices to deliver consistent and cutting-edge user experiences efficiently across multiple user personas, aligning business strategies with technology vision.
Requirements
- Ability to design target state solution architectures using modern decoupled, event-based, and API-enabled frameworks.
- In-depth understanding of and experience within design and delivery of modern, accessible and compliant user experiences to various user personas.
- Experience with strategies for organizing and building Design Systems is a plus.
- Proficient in complex problem-solving, with the ability to articulate approaches and solutions to both business and technology partners effectively.
- Familiarity with end-to-end architecture processes and procedures, including experience with EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and SAFe Agile.
- Experience in managing and resolving architectural challenges and trade-offs while considering both technical and business requirements.
- Experience working with diverse stakeholders, such as business leaders, technology teams, and enterprise architects, to align technology strategies with business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Individual contributor accountable for end-to-end architecture for User Experience, including articulating a vision and recommending incremental buildout of a scalable Design System that is appropriate for CNAs needs.
- Lead the alignment of business strategy and technology vision, working closely with senior business and technology leadership, fostering constructive tension and collaboration to shape and influence strategic decisions and drive innovative and effective solutions for complex business problems.
- Establish the portfolio level epic backlog, in collaboration with portfolio leadership, to enable strategic business and technology capabilities within the business area and identifying synergies across the enterprise.
- Drive architectural advancement through enabler initiatives, influencing cross-domain capabilities, foundational components and NFRs.
- Assess portfolio-level epics, deconstructing business problems to define architectural solution direction, and provide clarity to ambiguous situations.
- Responsible for establishing the technical blueprint and guiding principles for portfolio epics, encompassing conceptual architecture, contextual overview, capability interaction, and system interfaces, providing authoritative direction for the release train's feature development
- Align portfolio-level architecture with broader enterprise architecture initiatives, contributing to the development of architectural frameworks and strategies.
Other
- Strategic and innovative leader within a technology organization, driving an architectural strategy and vision.
- Proficient in agile methodologies and applying enterprise architecture principles to the development lifecycle.
- Strong knowledge of contemporary technology and business trends, enabling creative and cost-effective problem-solving.
- The candidate could be experienced in design, product management or coding, but must be able to bridge the gap between the needs of these and other stakeholders, to create a comprehensive vision for advancing our user experience design and delivery.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, consultative and leadership skills to effectively engage, influence, and build partnerships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
