Senior Enterprise Architect — Swiss Re
- Location
- Bratislava, SK
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Role overview
In this role, you will become the strategic architecture authority for Digital & Tech Asset Management (D&T AM), ensuring alignment with Swiss Re’s enterprise-wide architecture vision and business priorities.
You will act as a senior architectural leader, driving measurable improvements in platform resilience, engineering productivity and data-centric transformation while maintaining enterprise-grade security and cost discipline.
Working closely with the EA leadership team, Design Authority, domain architects, and senior business and IT stakeholders, you will ensure our platforms, data ecosystems, and integration capabilities evolve in a secure, scalable, and future-ready manner.
- In this role, you will become the strategic architecture authority for Digital & Tech Asset Management (D&T AM), ensuring alignment with Swiss Re’s enterprise-wide architecture vision and business priorities.
- You will act as a senior architectural leader, driving measurable improvements in platform resilience, engineering productivity and data-centric transformation while maintaining enterprise-grade security and cost discipline.
- Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise & Solution Architecture Leadership
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise & Solution Architecture Leadership
- Own the AM Landscape design.
- Define and maintain the target architecture vision, principles, standards, and technology roadmap for D&T Asset Management aligned with enterprise strategy and business outcomes.
- Serve as the senior architecture authority for the division, define architectural guardrails and govern alignment of solution designs with target-state architecture, technology selection, and major transformation initiatives.
- Translate complex technical and architectural topics into clear business decisions and executive-level recommendations.
- Ensure alignment with Business Architecture & Capability Management. Data Architecture & Information Strategy
- Define and evolve the division’s data architecture strategy, including data flows, integration patterns, data models, lineage, governance, and platform interoperability.
- Guide architecture decisions related to data platforms, APIs, event-driven integration, master/reference data, and AI-enabled data capabilities. Technology Strategy & Innovation
- Drive technology modernization and evaluate emerging capabilities through PoCs and assessments, ensuring scalable adoption of enterprise-aligned platforms.
Application process
- If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
- Ensure consistent documentation and application of architecture principles and standards across the division. About the Team
- The D&T Asset Management (D&T AM) team sits within Swiss Re's Group Digital & Technology Office (GDTO) — a global function at the heart of Swiss Re's technology transformation.
- Our team is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the technology and data architecture that underpins Swiss Re's Asset Management capabilities.
- We work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and complex financial ecosystems, partnering closely with business and IT stakeholders across the globe to deliver scalable, resilient, and innovative solutions.
- We value pragmatic thinking, bold ideas, and a shared commitment to making Swiss Re's platforms future-ready. About You
- You can envision the future state architecture while understanding the practical steps to get there.
- You thrive in collaborative environments where you can translate complex technical concepts into business value.
Company and context
- Proven ability to collaborate across leadership levels and influence effectively in complex, matrixed organizational structures These are additional nice to haves:
- Familiarity with asset management technology and the specific platforms, data, and regulatory landscape of the financial services industry
- Experience in vendor management and technology partnerships , with a track record of successful collaboration with external technology providers
- Hands-on experience with Enterprise Architecture tools
- Experience defining or contributing to an enterprise AI strategy or AI governance framework, including responsible AI principles, model risk management, and AI ethics considerations
- TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification
- Experience contributing to or leading architecture governance bodies and design authority forums
- For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 5,200] and [EUR 8,700] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
Additional details
- Ensure alignment with Business Architecture & Capability Management. Data Architecture & Information Strategy
- Guide architecture decisions related to data platforms, APIs, event-driven integration, master/reference data, and AI-enabled data capabilities. Technology Strategy & Innovation
- Drive remediation of tech debt. Enterprise Representation
- Influence enterprise-wide technology direction through active contribution to architecture standards, reference architectures, patterns, and governance processes. Governance & Operational Resilience
- Ensure consistent documentation and application of architecture principles and standards across the division.
- We value pragmatic thinking, bold ideas, and a shared commitment to making Swiss Re's platforms future-ready.
- Proven ability to collaborate across leadership levels and influence effectively in complex, matrixed organizational structures These are additional nice to haves:
- For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between [EUR 5,200] and [EUR 8,700] per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
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Notes and original content
- Ensure alignment with Business Architecture & Capability Management.
- Data Architecture & Information Strategy
- Guide architecture decisions related to data platforms, APIs, event-driven integration, master/reference data, and AI-enabled data capabilities.
- Technology Strategy & Innovation
- Drive remediation of tech debt.
- Enterprise Representation
- Influence enterprise-wide technology direction through active contribution to architecture standards, reference architectures, patterns, and governance processes.
- Governance & Operational Resilience
- About the Team
- Proven ability to collaborate across leadership levels and influence effectively in complex, matrixed organizational structures
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Bratislava, SK. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Swiss Re offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Swiss Re during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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