Lead Architect , AI Solutions Architecture - EDDA

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Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Technology Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $169,400.00 - $279,600.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Collaborative Environment, Transformational Projects, and a Growing Team! As a member of AI and Emerging Technology Architecture, you'll be joining a strategic and collaborative team that is passionate about transforming our business and technology capabilities and paving the way for best-in-class solutions. As a Lead Architect, you will collaborate with senior Technology and Business leaders and apply your deep technical proficiency and visionary thinking to architect AI systems that drive business value while maintaining ethical standards. In this role we will look to you to: - Apply your hands-on expertise in AI/ML, Generative AI, and Agentic AI systems - including autonomous agent design, multi-agent orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Strands, Crew AI), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Agent2Agent integration - to architect scalable, production-grade AI solutions across the enterprise - Provide consulting expertise to division and domain architects, driving architecture alignment across lines of business and serving as a champion for establishing an enterprise AI solutions architecture practice - Align AI platform capabilities to the strategic needs of business groups - spanning LLM selection and routing, RAG pipelines, memory systems, and tool/function-calling patterns - while promoting reusability, interoperability, and responsible AI design - Help establish governance, risk, and control processes that ensure safe, compliant, and sustainable AI deployments, informed by frameworks such as the EU AI Act, GDPR, NAIC, and NIST AI RMF, and grounded in strong AI ethics and bias mitigation principles - Demonstrate a strong passion for tracking and communicating the evolving AI platform roadmap - spanning foundation models, agentic frameworks, and emerging autonomous systems - while surfacing competitive landscape insights and highlighting opportunities and challenges that complement enterprise initiatives - Bring strong collaboration, communication, and mentoring skills to bridge complex AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders, build consensus across diverse teams, and foster a knowledge-sharing culture within the architecture community Let us help you accelerate your career as we grow our team and transform our business! What Will You Do? Scope: Responsible for architecture for multiple technology and or/ business segments/domains for a single business unit. Technical Execution: Define and lead technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of architecture solutions. Proactively identify opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess potential impact on the enterprise. Drive continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt. Conduct hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions. Partner with Technology and Business leadership to ensure proper alignment with technology direction and execution of proof of technologies. Strategic Accountability: Provide strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principles and technology modernization. Engage with the senior leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives and gain buy-in. Prepare and deliver communications to convey architectural direction. Drive strategic relationships and champion organizational buy-in. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Technical Expertise & Education: Bachelor's degree in technology-related field or equivalent, with 8 to 10 years of architecture experience. Advanced level architecture and recent hands-on strong engineering experience with modern technologies. Successful execution of complex, large scale technology strategies. Leadership & Influence: Advanced leadership skills with the ability to leverage cross-functional networks to collaborate with architecture and enginee