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About the Role

As a Lead AI Tech Architect, you will collaborate with clients to define IT strategies and architecture solutions, secure buy-in, and drive transformation. You will primarily support core banking and financial services clients, shaping technology strategies, modernizing architecture, and delivering business transformation. You will have end-to-end responsibility for complex modules, build specialized expertise, and take on team leadership and intellectual leadership responsibilities. You will also guide junior team members, assist with proposals, client care, relationship building, and contribute to Practice Area development and the BCG brand.

Responsibilities

Work closely with clients to understand their issues
Define IT strategies and architecture solutions
Secure buy-in for recommendations
Collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance
Support core banking and financial services clients
Shape technology strategies
Modernize architecture
Deliver business transformation across complex banking environments
Take on end-to-end responsibility for larger, highly technical and more complex modules within a project
Build specialized expertise to solve clients' most critical challenges
Take on team leadership responsibilities
Demonstrate intellectual leadership
Guide junior members of the team
Help with project proposals
Assist with client care
Build relationships with peers
Contribute to the Practice Area development
Help build the BCG brand as a key member of the case team

Requirements

10+ years' proven experience as a Lead Technology, Solution or Enterprise Architect within Financial Services
Significant experience designing and delivering Core Banking transformation programmes, gained through consulting and/or client-facing roles
Proven experience designing and delivering modern architectures
Strong understanding of scalability, resilience, observability and security
Strong knowledge of integration architecture, including REST APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, and other synchronous/asynchronous integration patterns
Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering
Experience defining Target Architectures, Reference Architectures, technology roadmaps and Architecture Governance for large-scale transformation programmes
Experience managing architectural debt and driving technology evolution across complex enterprise estates
Strong thought leadership with experience leading teams of architects and influencing senior technology and business stakeholders
Ability to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery - articulating trade-offs across the architecture
Experience adopting AI-assisted architecture and engineering tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude or similar) to improve solution design, documentation, engineering productivity and delivery
Hands-on experience with one or more leading core banking platforms, such as Temenos Transact (T24), Finacle, FIS Profile, Oracle FLEXCUBE, Avaloq, Thought Machine, Mambu, 10x Banking, Engine by Starling, or relevant Fiserv core banking solutions
Deep understanding of end-to-end banking capabilities, including customer onboarding, customer information management, deposits, lending, payments, product catalogue, general ledger, digital banking, open banking and regulatory reporting
Experience working within highly regulated banking environments
Strong understanding of regulatory and security considerations

Skills

Technology Architecture
Solution Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
Financial Services Domain Expertise
Core Banking Transformation
Modern Architecture Design
Scalability
Resilience
Observability
Security
Integration Architecture
REST APIs
Event-Driven Architecture
Messaging
Synchronous Integration Patterns
Asynchronous Integration Patterns
Software Engineering Practices
DevOps
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Platform Engineering
Target Architecture Definition
Reference Architecture Definition
Technology Roadmap Development
Architecture Governance
Architectural Debt Management
Technology Evolution
Thought Leadership
Team Leadership
Stakeholder Influence
Strategic Thinking
Pragmatic Delivery
AI-Assisted Architecture Tools
AI-Assisted Engineering Tools
Core Banking Platforms
Banking Capabilities
Customer Onboarding
Customer Information Management
Deposits
Lending
Payments
Product Catalogue
General Ledger
Digital Banking
Open Banking
Regulatory Reporting
Regulated Banking Environments
Regulatory Considerations
Security Considerations

Location

Global

Work Type

Consulting
Client-Facing

Experience Level

Lead
10+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline
Professional architecture certifications (e.g. TOGAF) are desirable
Cloud certifications are desirable

About the Company

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.
BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963.
Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities.
Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change.
BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose.
We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America.
We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge.
We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past.
At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace.
We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions.
We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

Equal Opportunity

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
BCG is an E - Verify Employer.