Digital Sol. Architect Senior Director

Key Responsibilities

Banking & Wealth Domain Architecture

• Lead architecture of AI-native process modernization for Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Deposits, Lending, Payments, and Financial Advisory functions.
• Translate domain-specific regulations, risk controls, and compliance requirements (KYC, AML, fiduciary standards, suitability rules) into scalable AI-driven process models.
• Design target-state architectures for wealth and investment operations, including:
  • Client onboarding & KYC
  • Portfolio management workflows
  • Money movement & transfers
  • Advisory processes and client engagement journeys
  • Risk profiling and product recommendation flows

AI-Native BPS / BPaaS Design

• Architect BPS solutions leveraging modular agentic platforms, autonomous workflows, and decision-support systems.
• Define data, process, and ontology models in collaboration with engineering, ML, and semantic modeling teams.
• Establish reusable domain components that accelerate transformation across multiple banking clients.

Client Engagement & Delivery

• Lead discovery sessions to understand client workflows, pain points, and operational constraints.
• Present architectural patterns, business cases, and transformation roadmaps to C-level and senior banking leaders.
• Drive adoption of AI-native platforms across lines of business, ensuring alignment with compliance, risk, and operational stakeholders.

Strategic Alignment & Roadmapping

• Partner with product and engineering teams to align domain priorities with platform capabilities.
• Shape long-term modernization roadmaps for banks and wealth institutions, including automation objectives, data strategies, and AI agent orchestration.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Financial Services, with deep exposure to Retail Banking and Wealth Management business architecture.
• Proven experience designing banking domain architectures, including target operating models, process redesign, and modernization of customer journeys.
• Strong understanding of digital transformation, automation strategies, and BPaaS models within financial institutions.
• Experience mapping and optimizing processes across areas such as onboarding, servicing, lending, deposits, wealth advisory, payments, and operations.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts (LLMs, orchestration frameworks, agentic systems), even if not hands-on.
• Comfortable engaging C-level executives, translating complex topics into clear business narratives.
• Excellent communication, executive storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with core banking platforms, investment platforms, or industry-standard systems (e.g., Temenos, FIS, Fiserv, Avaloq, Charles River, Salesforce Financial Services Cloud).
• Understanding of financial data models, ontologies, and metadata frameworks used in banking and wealth platforms.
• Exposure to regulatory environments (AML, KYC, FATCA, FINRA/SEC for wealth).