Interim Projects Architecture Lead (12 month FTC)

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Msamlin · London, UK

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Reporting to the Chief Data, Digital & AI (CDDAO), MS Amlin is seeking an experienced architecture leader to define and oversee the enterprise technology architecture required to underpin the company's transformation. The successful candidate will ensure that architecture decisions support the business strategy, simplify the technology landscape, reduce operational risk, and enable innovation through cloud modernisation, data enhancement, and emerging technologies such as AI. The Interim Projects Architecture Lead will develop and lead the architecture function, ensure alignment with Group standards, and play a central role in major technology investments - including technology selection decisions. Deep familiarity with technology solutions used within specialty insurance and reinsurance markets will be highly advantageous. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future technology direction of a top‑tier Lloyd's syndicate undergoing meaningful transformation. What you'll spend your time doing:

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Leading on the technology architecture for MS Amlin, with the following direct responsibilities:

Defining and owning the enterprise architecture strategy ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory requirements, and group technology standards.

Leading the future-state design of MS Amlin's application, data, cloud, and integration architectures, ensuring resilience, interoperability, scalability, and security.

Partnering with business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into technology capabilities and roadmaps.

Guiding major application selection decisions, particularly in underwriting, claims, pricing/actuarial, risk, finance, and operations.

Overseeing solution architecture for major change initiatives, ensuring quality and alignment with enterprise architecture.

Evaluating emerging technologies and provide thought leadership on their relevance to specialty insurance and reinsurance.

Managing architectural governance, standards, and decision-making frameworks, ensuring consistent adoption across technology teams aligned with Group governance

Developing and leading a high‑performing architecture team, embedding modern engineering and architectural principles.

Simplifying and rationalising the application estate, designing a coherent platform landscape that reduces complexity and enhances value.

Collaborating closely with Group architecture teams to ensure adherence to group-wide patterns, controls, and standards.

Supporting and collaborating the broader MS Amlin team with:

Evolving the cloud strategy, ensuring appropriate use of cloud services, landing zones, and shared capabilities.

Shaping the data architecture vision, including data governance, analytics platforms, integration patterns, and the enablement of AI.

Supporting procurement and vendor selection, ensuring architectural integrity in contract and solution design.

Ensuring compliance with regulatory and security requirements, embedding architecture practices that minimise operational and technology risk.

Influencing and support transformation initiative.

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