Platform Portfolio Architect: Enablement

Job Description:

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.
We’re actively seeking a talented Platform Portfolio Architect to join our Pacific Life Technology Architecture team in Newport Beach, CA.
This role is hybrid or onsite. We believe in empowering our employees to get work done both in and out of the office.
As a Platform Portfolio Architect, you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by leading and directing a group of Platform Architects assigned to a set of platforms in the Enablement Portfolio. You will fill a new role that sits on a team of 10 people in the corporate division. Your colleagues will include Architects and fellow technology professionals.

How you'll help move us forward:

• Actively collaborates with business and leadership stakeholders to develop strategies, using their understanding of financial and economic elements sensitive to digital transformation, to guide investment decisions effectively. Lead analysis of business models, market trends, and the tech industry to ascertain potential impacts of architectural choices on business strategy, architecture, and direction.

• Develop and coordinate adoption of enterprise solutions that satisfy requirements related to foundational capabilities and systematically address critical business risks identified through the Enterprise Risk Management processes.

• Oversee the decomposition of strategic plans into actionable epics and features addressing people, processes, and technology.

• Facilitates alignment between business and IT, linking strategy to execution in a collaborative, supportive, and consultative manner, enabling Pacific Life's digital business strategies while balancing innovation and growth. Translate and guide the execution of business strategy to achieve the organization's targeted outcomes by leading the development of a platform portfolio and platform implementation roadmap.

• Work with Platform architects to identify product opportunities across Pacific Life platform portfolios and platforms, drive opportunities and maintain architect teams that are optimally sized

• Construct the Pacific Life Technology Architecture (PLTA) value proposition, aiding in establishing the PLTA practice as an internal management consultancy that provides services and skills to support the development and execution of business strategies. Create a portfolio of consulting services designed to meet the needs of the business and stakeholders, and deliver these in an agile, time-boxed manner in partnership with business unit architects.

• Offer consultative advice tailored to the stakeholder context, assisting business leaders and organizational stakeholders in making informed investment decisions for their next business and operating model, using technology to facilitate this transformation. Lead and facilitate discussions with business leaders, product managers, and product owners, highlighting the risks and implications of product decisions on the business unit and the broader enterprise. Promotes architectural thinking.

Key Skill Categories:

• Strategic planning and blueprinting.

• Manage architecture.

• Reference Architectures.

• Innovation.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of one or more architecture services (including, but not limited to Strategic Planning, Technology Portfolio Optimization, Reference Architecture, Solution Delivery Support, Architecture Assurance, Innovation).

• Working knowledge of at least one Enterprise Architecture framework (including, but not limited to TOGAF, Zachman, Business Motivation Model, BIAN).

• Possesses an advanced knowledge of Pacific Life technology concepts, practices, methods, principles and a comprehensive understanding of evolving industry technology trends, practices and standards. This would include establishing and directing PLT goals and objectives and programs, developing new directions for PLT.

• Expert within the technical components of the assigned platform portfolio.

The experience you bring:

• 10+ years' experience as an architect.

• 8+ years of experience across business, product and technical architecture.

• Concentration in technical architecture.

You can be who you are.
People come first here. We’re committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Learn more about how we create a welcoming work environment through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at www.pacificlife.com. What’s life like at Pacific Life? Visit Instagram.com/lifeatpacificlife.
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Base Pay Range:

The base pay range noted represents the company’s good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications and geographic location. Also, most employees are eligible for additional incentive pay.

$175,860.00 - $214,940.00

Your Benefits Start Day 1  
 

Your wellbeing is important to Pacific Life, and we’re committed to providing you with flexible benefits that you can tailor to meet your needs. Whether you are focusing on your physical, financial, emotional, or social wellbeing, we’ve got you covered.

• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents

• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program

• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

EEO Statement:

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.