Digital Platform Architecture Strategy
- Define and own the digital platform architecture vision, principles, and target-state roadmap aligned with the companys digital and growth strategy.
- Establish a scalable, reusable digital platform layer including experience, integration, orchestration, data, and shared services.
- Clearly separate platform capabilities from core insurance systems to enable faster innovation and reduced core dependency.
- Define reference architectures for channels, APIs, integration, security, and data across the architectural ecosystem.
Platform Governance & Design Authority
- Act as the design authority for all digital platform initiatives, products, and shared services.
- Ensure consistent use of platform components, APIs, and standards across digital programs.
- Lead architecture review boards focused on platform reuse, scalability,performance, and cost optimization.
- Govern technology selection to avoid fragmentation and duplication across digital initiatives.
Digital Platform Build & Transformation
- Lead the design and evolution of a cloud-native digital platform supporting web,mobile, agent, partner, and embedded insurance journeys.
- Architect API-first, event-driven, and microservices-based platforms to enable rapid onboarding of partners and InsurTech ecosystems.
- Define orchestration layers to decouple digital journeys from core policy, claims, underwriting, and billing systems.
- SRE practices to support high availability and scale in a private insurance environment in India.
Platform Data, Analytics & Emerging Technologies
- Define platform-centric data architecture enabling real-time data exchange, analytics, and AI/ML use cases.
- Enable shared data services for personalization, fraud detection, pricing, and operational intelligence.
- Ensure platform-level data governance, privacy, and lineage across all digital channels.
- Evaluate emerging technologies that enhance platform extensibility, resilience, and developer productivity.
Security, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure architectures comply with IRDAI regulations, data localization requirements, and Indian IT/security guidelines.
- Embed security-by-design and privacy-by-design principles across customer, partner, and internal platforms.
- Design for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity aligned to insurance operational risk standards.
- Partner closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Information Security teams to proactively mitigate architectural risks.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Leadership
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CDO, CEO, and business heads on digital and technology strategy.
- Work closely with Product, Distribution, Operations, Underwriting, Claims, and Finance leadership.
- Translate business growth objectives into executable architecture and technology roadmaps.
- Mentor and develop enterprise and solution architects; institutionalize strong architecture governance and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Strong enterprise architecture leadership in digital-native or platform-led organizations.
- Deep expertise in cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP), microservices, APIs, and integration patterns.
- Solid understanding of core insurance processes and InsurTech ecosystems.
- Experience with data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML-driven use cases.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
Strategic mindset combined with hands-on architectural depth.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
- 15–20 years of overall IT experience, with at least 7–10 years in senior architecture or technology leadership roles.
- Strong experience in General Insurance or Life Insurance within the Indian market.
- Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy core insurance platforms and building digital channels from the ground up.
Proven ability to work with business leadership in a traditional enterprise undergoing digital transformation.
Preferred Candidate :
- TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Security or data architecture certifications are an added advantage.
- A clearly defined and adopted digital platform architecture powering all digital channels and partner integrations.
- Increased reuse of platform services and APIs, reducing duplication and delivery timelines.
- Faster onboarding of new digital products, partners, and embedded insurance use cases.
- Improved scalability, resilience, and performance of customer and distributor digital journeys.
Reduced dependency on core systems for front-end innovation, enabling parallel modernization.
