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Industry : Insurance

Employer : Intact Financial Corporation

Our employees are at the heart of what we do best: helping people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. When you join our team, you’re bringing this purpose to life alongside a passionate community of experts.  

Feel empowered to learn and grow while being valued for who you are– here, diversity is a strength. You have our commitment to support you in reaching your goals with tools, opportunities, and flexibility. It’s our employee promise. 

Our hybrid work model provides the balance between working from home and enjoying meaningful in-person interactions.

Read on to see how you can shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Solutions Architect with insurance claims and Guidewire ClaimCenter solutioning experience.

What you’ll do here:

• As a central player within the project teams, facilitate claims solution definition within the company.
• Define and document the claims solution architectures, jointly with the product tech lead and considering the demands of the projects.
• Liaise with the business and your team to review solutions.
• Participate in the development of claims roadmaps & strategies.
• Make sure the goals of the business are aligned with the appropriate solutions and that we are making an impact and adding value for our organization.
• Participate in the development of standard & patterns definition with other architects.
• Facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
• Help the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
• Manage and develop the architecture for a broad scope of projects, working closely with claims application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative.
• Monitor the current-state claims solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.
• Contribute to the evolution of the claims application portfolio from the current to the future.
• Consult with claims and infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture.
• Act as a technical mentor among the development teams.
• Document claims solution architecture design and analysis work.
• Assist in the development to define business vision and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business constituents: Intact Claims teams, EA team members, project teams and staff in various IT functional areas as needed to fulfill the responsibilities described above.

What you bring to the table:

• Hands-on working experience architecting Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions, including customization and integration. Guidewire certification is a plus, but not necessary.
• Other technologies of interest: Guidewire Cloud, Salesforce CRM, legacy modernization, and AWS.
• An excellent team player who demonstrates leadership.
• Open and transparent – can communicate with the business, telecom, infrastructure, security, audit, vendors, and software engineering.
• Driven by challenges and results.
• Organized, proactive and a catalyst for change.
• Able to sucessfully manage stakeholders and competing priorities
• Demonstrated knowledge & architecture experience in, architecture (digital / digital marketing / micro / macro / monolithic services, APIs), application integration, service-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, application architecture, distributed architecture, data architecture and modelling.
• Demonstrated experience with modelling languages & techniques.
• Can quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Can understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.
• Strong technical background (platforms, languages, protocols, frameworks, open source, etc.).
• Experience with architecture frameworks (TOGAF) & architecture certification’s a plus.
• Experience in engaging and supporting claims teams and understanding their day-to-day operations in the P&C insurance space.
• Knowledge on security best practices and understand the impacts it can have on a business.
• Comfortable working in a constantly evolving technological environment.
• Effective at presenting and speaking with all levels of the organization and different audiences.
• Transform processes and technology to execute marketing inspired strategic goals.
• University Degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering/Computer Science or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English speaking colleagues across the country.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.

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What we offer

Working here means you'll be empowered to be and do your best every day. Here is some of what you can expect as a permanent member of our team:

• A financial rewards program that recognizes your success

• An industry leading Employee Share Purchase Plan; we match 50% of net shares purchased

• An extensive flex pension and benefits package, with access to virtual healthcare

• Flexible work arrangements

• Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year

• An annual wellness account that promotes an active and healthy lifestyle

• Access to tools and resources to support physical and mental health, embracing change and connecting with colleagues

• A dynamic workplace learning ecosystem complete with learning journeys, interactive online content, and inspiring programs

• Inclusive employee-led networks to educate, inspire, amplify voices, build relationships and provide development opportunities

• Inspiring leaders and colleagues who will lift you up and help you grow

• A Community Impact program, because what you care about is a part of what makes you different. And how you contribute to your community should be just as unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, we value diversity and strive to create an inclusive, accessible workplace where all individuals feel valued, respected, and heard.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

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