Corporate Vice President - Senior Domain Architect (HR, Communications, Compliance and Legal)

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

When you join New York Life, you’re joining a company that values career development, collaboration, innovation, and inclusiveness. We want employees to feel proud about being part of a company that is committed to doing the right thing. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programs. New York Life is a relationship-based company and appreciates how both virtual and in-person interactions support our culture.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Domain Architect within the New York Life Corporate Technology function to deliver solution designs and architectures for key initiatives hosted in a variety of environments while considering re-use, scalability, reliability and alignment with New York Life’s vision and strategy. The role primarily will be responsible for Human Resources, Compliance, Legal and Communications functions.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead successful design and implementation of solution and technical architectures for HR, Compliance, Legal and Communications technologies by managing expectations and risks, ensuring appropriate organizational structures, principles, tools, and responsibilities.
• Function as a bridge between technical and business audiences during solution planning, development, and deployment.
• Potentially lead the team of solution and technical architects in large products/platforms, set the overall technology and architecture direction and own its end-to-end delivery in an architect’s capacity.

Create reliable solution plans that include cost estimates and optimized delivery approaches by working with the business and multi-disciplinary teams.

Your key responsibilities

• Define long-term vision, architecture, technology roadmap and governance structures for HR, Compliance, Legal and Communications technologies within the organization, considering emerging trends like AI, machine learning, and automation.
• Oversee the integration of various HR, Compliance, Legal and Communications systems (e.g., SAP, Success Factors, LMS, AML, Matter Management, Case Management, Intranet) and ensures seamless data flow across the organization.
• Function as a bridge between business needs and technology solutions, ensuring that the organization can effectively leverage technology to achieve its strategic objectives within HR, Compliance and Communications functions.
• Using critical thinking, consider the art of the possible, compare diverse options based on feasibility and impact, propose impactful plans and roadmaps that balance tactical and strategic needs.
• Stay abreast of industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Drive the adoption of new and cost-effective technologies and best practices.
• Evaluate existing HR, Communications, Legal and Compliance applications and processes for efficiency, effectiveness, compliance and fit for business needs.
• Contribute to the development of architecture governance structures, methodologies, and compliance activities.
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders and help to create an environment which solicits positive contributions from all participants: Solution and Technical Architects, engineering teams, product manager, project managers, product analysts, test and project teams, Information Security and Operations.
• Cultivate lasting relationships across business, IT, Procurement, and vendors / industry analysts to maintain insight into the broader enterprise as well as industry trends.
• Deep understanding of Application, Infrastructure and security architecture and non-functional aspects like Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Availability, and other “capabilities” of a system.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in defining long-term technology vision for HR/Corporate Communications/Compliance technologies.
• In-depth understanding of HR processes core capabilities like recruitment, onboarding, performance management, compensation.
• Understanding of relevant laws, regulations (e.g., GDPR, SOX, FCPA), industry standards, and best practices
• Experience in how Data, AI, Machine Learning and Automation can aid these areas.
• Deep understanding of Application, Infrastructure and security architecture and non-functional aspects like Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Availability, and other “capabilities” of a system.
• Familiarity with various HR, Communications and Compliance technologies (e.g., SAP, LMS, GRC platforms, data privacy tools, Intranet, social media, and Web 2.0)
• Good working knowledge and understanding of the latest cloud computing and data technologies, business drivers, emerging computing trends, and deployment options.
• Experience in negotiating contracts and manage relationships with technology vendors.
• Demonstrate a keen interest on industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Conceptual and analytical skills – ability to extract, analyze, and document complex business and technical requirements/strategies.

Ideally, you will also have

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, HR/Compliance related certifications, or related field preferred
• 10+ years in a domain architect role for Human Resources / Compliance / Legal and Communications applications
• 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.
• Achieved one or more of the typical solution and technical architecture certifications e.g., Microsoft, MS Azure Certification, TOGAF, AWS Cloud Certified, SAFe, PMI, and SAP
• Considerable experience in presenting ideas, products, concept papers to varied audiences.

Preferable to have knowledge of:

• Cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM.
• One or more programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, PERL, C++, .NET, and related Microsoft technology skills preferred.
• Visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau and understanding of analytics tools including Azure Stream Analytics, SQL Analytics, Data Lake Analytics.

Salary range: $157,500-$237,500 

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Click here to learn more about our benefits. Starting salary is dependent upon several factors including previous work experience, specific industry experience, and/or skills required.

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. We invite you to bring your talents to New York Life, so we can continue to help families and businesses “Be Good At Life.” To learn more, please visit LinkedIn, our Newsroom and the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

Job Requisition ID: 91530