Senior Vice President, Solution Architect

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Solution Architect to join our Foundational Frameworks team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Defining and evolving enterprise architecture and solution designs aligned with business strategy, architectural principles, and technology standards.
• Designing scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions for complex business and technology environments.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and recommending innovative approaches to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Identifying opportunities to maximize the value of technology investments through simplification, reuse, and modernization.
• Partnering with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to develop architecture solutions that balance business needs, risk, scalability, and performance.
• Providing architectural guidance and technical expertise throughout the solution lifecycle, from strategy through implementation.
• Ensuring architecture decisions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and best practices.
• Influencing technology direction across multiple teams through technical thought leadership, collaboration, and strong architectural decision-making.
  

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. Advanced degree preferred.
• 10-12 years of experience in technology and architecture roles required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to make hard and fast decisions.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a passion for changing status quo and driving out-of-the-box ideas.
• Ability to work effectively within a non-hierarchical culture, promoting transparency, trust, and open collaboration.
• Eagerness to roll up the sleeves in execution and learning and pushes the team to do the same.
• Hands-on development skills, including SCM, CI/CD, and related tooling.
• Able to communicate vision and get others on board.