Vice President, Data Solution Architect

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Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

The Global Technology organization at Prudential is seeking a Vice President, Data Solution Architect. Reporting to the Vice President, Lead Data Architect, you will participate in the development of architecture principles, patterns, standards, and reference materials to enable the creation of rich analytical and data science capabilities in new and existing platforms, supporting multiple businesses and corporate functions. This role requires a unique combination of skills: strong knowledge of data throughout its lifecycle from capture to storage to multi-channel consumption and disposition, deep technology knowledge to leverage automation wherever possible, the ability to work across and influence many partners (e.g., technology, business data stewards, regulatory, analytics) and both a strategic and technical mindset.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Key thought leader, collaborator, and contributor, partnering across teams to define Architecture Patterns and Reference Architectures, and driving adoption to meet business and technology strategies.

• Define target state enterprise data architecture, including the strategy and architecture for creation and use of official data sources. 

• Define and revise the enterprise data framework consisting of capabilities required of cross business and corporate function official data sources in the enterprise data architecture.

• Apply expertise in current, modem patterns and practices, across the disciplines of data management, data governance, data risk, data analytics and data science, to help realize our goal of creating differentiating, data-driven capabilities in the markets we serve.

• Partner with new data initiatives and related projects to ensure alignment to organization-wide target data strategy and architecture, including review and approval of key design documents. 

• Define and review technical data standards and patterns and approve exceptions to standards. Ensure data architecture patterns are modern/current and built for reusability and can be easily explained and leveraged.

• In partnership with security architecture, determine enterprise-wide strategy for data security, access, and provisioning. Ensure technical data standards and data solution architecture designs align with security requirements and data governance policy objectives.

• Review and approve significant architectural changes in support of data quality remediation.

• Build reference architectures for use by CIO organizations and the CDO team that align with business and technology strategies.

• Provide solution architecture consultation and support for initiatives and product teams

• Scan the market for emerging solutions and new architectural concepts and technologies that address challenges or enable new use cases.

• Evaluate the application portfolio; apply Application Portfolio Management practices and influence application disposition for the application portfolio.

• Demonstrate a talent mindset by evangelizing architecture transformation, influencing adoption of the transformation, and driving modernization goals across product and data teams.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering

• At least 7+ years of technology leadership experience in data and information architecture and development fields including significant experience in data management, inclusive of cloud infrastructure.

• Foundational Technical & Conceptual Acumen:

  • Knowledge of modern data solutions using cloud data services in AWS and Azure.

  • Experience with implementing or owning metadata management tools, data exchange and quality platforms and master data management platforms.

  • Knowledge of/experience with emerging machine learning and cognitive computing paradigms including Generative or Conversational AI within Fintech is a plus.

  • Experience with enterprise level reporting, business intelligence (BI) and analytics toolsets as well as emerging technologies enabling more rapid deployment of data insight capabilities to a wider range of business consumers.

  • Strong knowledge of business processes, data or information management, data flows, data quality standards. Analytical ability to work with data and present results.  

  • Conceptual thinking and ability of doing some form of business process modeling (for example Event Storming, Design Thinking, etc.), solutions decomposition (for example DDD) and enterprise data modeling and cataloging.

  • Knowledge of agile methodology and practices.

• Data Governance and Data Risk: Experienced with implementing governance processes and tools at an enterprise level across data protection, data exchange, master data management, reference data management, enterprise data cataloguing, curation, and quality.

• Modern Architecture Thought Leadership: strong knowledge of EA and Solution Architecture frameworks and best practice with awareness of current trends for new architectural patterns and concepts and the ability to apply those patterns and trends to help achieve business-focused transformation outcomes.

• Influencing & Building Relationships: ability to build collaborative relationships and guide/influence and co-create with engineering teams, AI/ML teams credibly and consistently to new methods of implementation. Ability to do the same with data governance and control partners to effectively operationalize governance and risk management.

• Communication Skills: ability to clearly communicate the vision and target state and influence the adoption of enterprise architecture principles, patterns, reference architecture and standards to demonstrate progress on technology maturity.

• Prioritization Skills: ability to manage multiple efforts across different areas with experience managing projects, budgets, and schedules to successful completion.

• Intellectual Curiosity: continuous learning mindset with demonstrated aptitude for understanding strategic investments and new technologies.

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you. 

What we offer you:

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave

• Retirement plans:

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)

• Company-funded pension plan

• Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.

• Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

To find out more about our Total Reward package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $195,100.00 to $263,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

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