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About the Role

The Director Enterprise Architect acts as the bridge between business intent and technical implementation, translating business needs into architectural choices and communicating architectural constraints back to the business. This role ensures alignment of business, application, and data strategies with CPG’s overall business, technology, and governance strategies, policies, and standards. As a thought leader, the Dir EA provides guidance, principles, and best practices for designing, selecting, building, configuring, and deploying business capabilities through application and technology solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead the translation of business priorities into architectures and strategies to enable delivery of optimal solutions.
Ensure that architectural solutions are business-appropriate and long-term sustainable.
Provide architectural guidance to development teams working on applications, systems, and platforms.
Create and maintain architectural diagrams and related documentation.
Hands-on capability to define, scope, and build proof-of-concept implementations.
Help define the application landscape and enabling technologies.
Develop and maintain a pragmatic target architecture.
Support the design and maturation of CPG’s AI governance framework and implementation.
Assess AI and other emerging technologies and recommend adoption where they can be leveraged to deliver business value in pursuit of CPG’s goals.
Set and maintain a set of key IT architectural principles and standards for the enterprise.
In collaboration with Data Architect, TSAs, and Engineers, ensure alignment of application selection, implementation, and development with architectural principles and standards.
Define measurable success and failure criteria for tool, product, and process changes.
In collaboration with the VMO, drive continuous rationalization across CPG’s application and technology portfolio to eliminate inefficiencies and duplication.
Review solution architectures based on established enterprise application strategy.
Work with key members of the ITS management team to define and drive technical strategy and architectural direction for various applications and systems.
Communicate system solutions, recommend approaches, and support project teams through the deployment of the solutions.
Guide the design of reusable technology solution components and patterns.

Requirements

Solid understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, data concepts, cloud fundamentals, and AI.
Proven track record of translating business strategy and requirements into optimal technical architecture.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
Must have a strong business architecture perspective.
Strong understanding of application design principles, and demonstrable use of those principles in application architecture.
Knowledge of application design patterns, data modeling, service-oriented integration, and business intelligence domains.
Experience in architecting and designing scalable, secure, high performing, and sustainable business systems.
Experience leading solution architecture and design sessions with members of applications and technology teams.
Experience with transactional applications in industries such as benefits, financial, and/or healthcare is a plus.
Demonstrated experience in interacting and negotiating with business stakeholders at all levels.
Proven track record of influencing without authority.
Excellent communication skills.
Extensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position.

Skills

Application Architecture
Integration Patterns
Data Concepts
Cloud Fundamentals
AI
Business Architecture
Application Design Principles
Application Design Patterns
Data Modeling
Service-Oriented Integration
Business Intelligence
Solution Architecture
Technical Strategy
Architectural Direction

Location

Midtown Manhattan

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

10+ years of experience in development, solution, and application or enterprise architecture roles.

Education Level

BA/BS preferred. Combination of work and experience considered

Salary/Compensations

$170,000- $195,000

Benefits

Medical (including Vision)
Dental
Employer funded defined benefit pension plan (five year vesting)
Employee Life Insurance
Spouse and Dependent Life Insurance
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage
Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage (elected as either pre-tax or after-tax)
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Worker’s Compensation
Employee Assistance Program
Retiree health insurance (eligible after 10 years)
Retiree life insurance
401(k) with matching contributions (immediate vesting)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Commuter Benefits
New York’s 529 College Savings Program (NY State residents)
Educational Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Vacation
Sick
Personal
Holidays
Discretionary annual incentive program

About the Company

Church Pension Group (CPG) is a financial services organization that serves the Episcopal Church.
CPG was founded in 1917 to provide pension benefits to eligible clergy of the Episcopal Church.
CPG’s mission has expanded to include life and disability insurance, health benefits, property & casualty insurance, and publishing.

Equal Opportunity

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
CPG does not sponsor visas.
CPG is an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to fair hiring practices and do not discriminate against job applicants or employees based on any protected characteristics.
We also celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.