Senior Associate - Solutions Lead

Location Designation:Hybrid - 3 days per week

As part of Technology, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth - driving the company's success.

Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Solution Lead to join our Policy Administration Modernization Program. This role will be instrumental in leading the technical direction, solution architecture, and engineering execution as we replace our legacy policy administration platform with a more scalable, flexible, and cloud-based policy admin system.

What You'll Do:

* Serve as the technical leader for the modernization program, overseeing solution design, system integration, and technical delivery.
* Own key technical decisions and guide the team through complex technical challenges.
* Coach and mentor tech resources within the program to help them grow their technical and business acumen
* Collaborate with architects, product owners, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to design scalable, supportable systems.
* Collaborate with enterprise technology partners to ensure security, compliance, and data governance standards are met.
* Collaborate with cross-technology partners to align modernization roadmaps, with a focus on decommissioning mainframe systems and transitioning to modern, cloud-based architectures.
* Support system testing, performance optimization, and production readiness.

What You'll Bring:

* 8+ years of experience in solution architecture or enterprise systems design
* Proven track record of leading modernization or digital transformation initiatives
* Deep understanding of cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
* Deep understanding of system integration, APIs, data migration strategies, and event-driven architectures.
* Familiarity with policy admin platforms (e.g., Verisk Life FAST or ALIP) is highly desirable.
* Experience in designing scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions.
* Experience with Agile development methodologies.
* Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred:
* Prior experience in the insurance or financial services industry.
* Experience working with distributed teams and offshore/onshore models.
* Experience working with legacy mainframe technologies.

Pay Transparency

Salary Range:$82,500-$140,000

Overtime eligible:Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible:Yes

Sales bonus eligible:No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.

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 theFoundation.We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

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Job Requisition ID: 92330