Chief Technology Architect - Insurance
Accenture
Toronto, ON-
Number of positions available : 1
- Salary To be discussed
- Full time
- Published on August 30th, 2025
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Starting date : 1 position to fill as soon as possible
Description
ARE YOU READY to step up and take your technology expertise to the next level?
There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to create a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Working in a digitally driven, innovation-led environment where you can help clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on some of the coolest projects you can imagine.
About the role:
As the Chief Technology Architect - Insurance, you will be responsible for shaping the technology vision and architecture strategy for leading insurance clients. You will guide complex digital transformation initiatives across life, health, P&C, and reinsurance domains, delivering scalable and future-proof solutions that meet business, regulatory, and customer expectations. This role combines deep insurance industry knowledge with cutting-edge technology expertise to drive innovation and business value.
Responsibilities
Strategic Technology Leadership
- Define and execute enterprise architecture strategies aligned with insurers’ business goals and transformation agendas.
- Lead digital innovation programs including modernization of legacy systems, cloud adoption, API-led integration, and intelligent automation.
- Advise CIOs, CTOs, and business leaders on technology modernization, regulatory compliance, and emerging tech (e.g., AI, IoT, blockchain in insurance).
Solution Architecture & Delivery Oversight
- Architect end-to-end insurance solutions including policy administration systems (PAS), claims, underwriting, and customer experience platforms.
- Ensure robust integration of platforms such as Guidewire, Duck Creek, Majesco, Sapiens, and other core insurance suites with cloud-native and digital front-end ecosystems.
- Provide architecture governance across programs, supporting scalability, security, and data integrity.
Client Engagement & Consulting
- Serve as a trusted advisor on digital transformation journeys including core platform replacement, data modernization, and ecosystem partnerships.
- Collaborate with functional consultants, delivery managers, and client stakeholders to co-create scalable, future-ready solutions.
- Support pre-sales and solutioning efforts by defining reference architectures and delivering thought leadership.
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead and mentor a team of architects and technical consultants across geographies.
- Drive architecture best practices, reusable accelerators, and solution blueprints across the insurance portfolio.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (MBA is a plus).
- 15+ years of IT experience with at least 5 years in a senior architecture role within the insurance industry.
- Deep understanding of insurance domains including Life, P&C, Health, Commercial Lines, and InsurTech trends.
- Hands-on experience with core systems like Guidewire, Duck Creek, Majesco, or Sapiens.
- Solid foundation in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, APIs, and enterprise integration.
- Strong grasp of compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and industry data standards like ACORD.
- Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Enterprise Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman).
- Experience with agile transformation, DevSecOps, and CI/CD frameworks.
Our Commitment to Inclusion & Diversity
At Accenture, inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and embedded in our core values. We are committed to creating a workforce where our people can feel comfortable, be themselves and contribute. Like Canada itself, Accenture employees represent a tremendous variety of cultures, ethnicities, beliefs, backgrounds and languages. We offer an inclusive environment regardless of personal characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age or disability.
Requesting An Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Other Employment Statements
It is currently our objective to assign our people to work near where they live. However, given the nature of our business and our need to serve clients, our employees must be available to travel when needed.
Job candidates are not required to disclose any offence for which a pardon has been granted.
To provide you with the most effective recruiting process, Accenture may use artificial intelligence to create insights on how your candidate information matches the requirements of the role you have applied to. The final decision will always be taken by the hiring team after considering your candidate profile in full. During the application process, you can choose to opt out of this artificial intelligence screening process and be rest assured that this will not negatively impact your opportunity for employment with Accenture.
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