Head of Enterprise Architecture
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
Guilford, OHFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Vice President of Enterprise Architecture defines and governs enterprise-wide architecture strategy across insurance functions, aligning technology investments with business priorities. The role advises executive leadership, leads modernization of core systems and digital capabilities, and oversees architecture governance, standards, and talent management. It also guides strategic technology partnerships and ensures solutions align with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards.
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Job Summary: The Vice President of Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a senior technology executive responsible for defining, driving, and governing the enterprise-wide architecture strategy to enable business growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation. This role ensures alignment between business priorities and technology investments across all insurance functions (underwriting, policy, claims, billing, distribution), while modernizing core systems and advancing data, cloud, and digital capabilities. The VP, EA serves as a key advisor to the CIO and executive leadership team, shaping long-term technology direction and ensuring scalable, secure, and compliant solutions across the enterprise. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship. Job Responsibilities: - Define and own the enterprise architecture vision, operating model, and strategic roadmap. - Align architecture strategy with corporate objectives, product strategies, and customer experience goals. - Lead long-term modernization efforts (core platforms, cloud migration, digital ecosystem). - Act as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders (CIO, CTO, COO, CFO, business presidents). - Translate business strategy into technology capabilities and investment priorities. - Drive enterprise-wide decision-making on technology direction and standards. - Establish and enforce architecture governance frameworks, standards, and policies. - Chair or sponsor Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and design authorities. - Ensure consistency, scalability, and reuse across all technology solutions. - Provide oversight across all architecture domains and lead legacy modernization and technical debt reduction at scale. - Ensure architecture aligns with regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., NAIC, SOC2, HIPAA where applicable). - Define structure across enterprise, domain, and solution architects. - Owns accountability for talent management and navigation of employee related issues that impact morale and work environment to ensure a high performing team including hiring, selection, succession planning, performance and compensation management, and employee development and career coaching as required. Manages priorities and workload distribution and removes barriers that impede progress. - Guide selection and governance of strategic technology partners and platforms. - Build partnerships with InsurTech vendors and ecosystem providers. - Influence contract and investment decisions tied to architecture strategy. Job Qualifications: - 15+ years of experience in IT, with significant experience in enterprise architecture leadership. - 7-10+ years in senior leadership roles (Director, AVP, VP). - Deep experience in the insurance industry (P&C, Life, or Reinsurance). - Proven track record leading enterprise-scale transformation and modernization programs. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's or MBA preferred.) Behavioral Competencies: - Collaborates - Communicates Effectively - Customer Focus - Decision Quality - Nimble Learning - Builds Effective Teams - Business Insight - Develops Talent - Directs Work - Ensures Accountability - Manages Complexity - Drives Vision and Purpose - Strategic Mindset Technical Skills: Mastery of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF). Strong experience with: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) API and microservices architecture Data platforms, governance, and AI/ML Core insurance systems (Guidewire, Duck Cr
How this job compares
Set against the 443 open Enterprise Architecture jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$152–274K/yr333 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Enterprise Architecture jobs in Ohio and 443 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Enterprise Architecture postings that state a minimum ask for (median 10 years, across 361 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 143 of the 443 open Enterprise Architecture jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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